Updated 26 July 2024

Hameln was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
51st (Highland) Infantry Division 7 Jun 45
5th Infantry Division 25 Feb 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

306th Infantry Brigade 1945 (1)
608th (Welch) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (2)
B Battery of 601st (West Yorkshire) Infantry Regiment RA (3)
492 Field Battery of 128th (Highland) Field Regiment RA (4)

(1) arrived from France 3 Jun 45 – Schloss Schwöbber south-west of Hameln – relieved by 105th Anti-Aircraft Brigade in Hildesheim 7 Mar 46 – disbanded 14 Mar 46
(2) arrived from France 4 Jun 45 + A Battery – Pyrmonter Straße – Hotel Bellvue Klütstraße 34, 30 Jun 45 – disbanded 31 Oct 45
B + D Batteries – Luisenstraße 4 Jun 45 – Holtenser Landstraße 30 Jun 45
E Battery – Luisenstraße 4 Jun 45 – Linsingen Kaserne/Gordon Barracks 30 Jun 45
(3) arrived from Bad Münder north-east of Hameln 4 Jun 45 – Factory der Hohe Schillerstraße 26 Sep 45 – moved to Springe north-east of Hameln 12 Oct 45
(4) arrived from Bücken south of Verden – Ohr south of Hameln returns 31 Oct 45

Bindon Barracks
Gordon Barracks

More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49

Part II

A straight line drawn on a map between Bielefeld and Hildesheim would pass through Hameln.

The area has had a British Army presence for many years, and this has mainly been Royal Engineer oriented. The presence of the River Weser made it ideal for bridging exercises and river crossings.

Arnd Wöbbeking lives in Emmerthal near Hameln, and no doubt known to those who were stationed there. He is in the process of developing a website charting the British Army presence in Hameln, and it can be found HERE. It is in both English and German.

Photographs courtesy of Arnd Wöbbeking

The above photographs are of the area of the Ammunition Dump Bückeberg at Hagenohsen. Not to be confused with the other Bückeberg, this is an area of high ground approximately 9km south of Hameln.