Updated 23 July 2024
Hannover was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
8th Armoured Brigade Group 22 May 45
51st (Highland) Infantry Brigade 1 Mar 46
5th Infantry Division 24 May 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
8th Armoured Brigade Group 1945 (1)
13th/18th Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) RAC 1945 (2)
1st Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry RAC (3)
147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA 1945 (4)
413 Battery – 431 Battery – 511 Battery
12th Battalion (Queen’s Westminsters) King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1945-1946 (5)
5th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 1945-1946 (6)
107th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (7)
334 Battery – 335 Battery – 337 Battery
1st Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queens’s Own Royal Regiment) RAC 1945-1946 (8)
5th Battalion (Caithness and Sutherland) Seaforth Highlanders 1946 (9)
5th Battalion Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 1946 (10)
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 1946 (11)
2nd Battalion Essex Regiment 1946 (12)
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 1946 (13)
(1) arrived from Basdahl south-west of Bremervörde 18 May 45 – Kirchröder Straße Hannover-Kleefeld – Hans Böckler Allee Hannover-Kleefeld 21 May 45 – relieved 84th Infantry Division US Army – moved to Sterling House 31 Jul 45
(2) arrived from Hülseberg north of Bremen 19 May 45 – Godshorn – Herrenhausen 21 May 45 – Vienenburg north-east of Goslar Oct 45
(3) arrived from Karlshöfenerberg south-west of Bremervörde 19 May 45 – Linden – Ronnenberg south-west of Hannover 21 May 45
(4) arrived from Essel east of Bremervörde 19 May 45 – Döhren – moved to Kiel 11 Jun 45
(5) arrived from Barchel west of Bremervörde 19 May 45 – Pelikanviertel – Lüerstraße 5 Jun 45 – Klein Oschersleben south-west of Magdeburg 22 Jun 45 – Pelikanviertel 8 Jul 45 – disbanded 4 Feb 46
(6) arrived from Vienenburg north-east of Goslar 18 Oct 45 – Herrenhausen – disbanded 4 Feb 46
(7) arrived from Belgium 3 Jun 45 – Wülfel – moved to Hameln 27 Oct 45
(8) arrived from Verden 29 Oct 45 – Empelde – suspended animation 1 Mar 46
(9) arrived from Hesedorf south-east of Zeven 25 Feb 46 – Herrenhausen – Pelikanviertel 27 Feb 46 – moved to Dempsey/Edinburgh Barracks 4 May 46
(10) arrived from Westertimke south of Bremervörde 26 Feb 46 – Herrenhausen – moved to Dempsey/Edinburgh Barracks 2 May 46
(11) arrived from Bad Gandersheim 4 May 46 – Pelikanviertel – moved to concentration area Landkreis Bad Gandersheim 8 Jun 46
(12) arrived from Einbeck south-west of Goslar 4 May 46 – Herrenhausen – moved to concentration area Landkreis Bad Gandersheim 8 Jun 46
(13) arrived from Berlin 7 Jun 46 – Linden – Vahrenwald-List – moved to Munsterlager 30 Sep 46
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49