Updated 23 July 2024

Built –
Type –
Original Name – Otto von Emmich Kaserne
History –

Handed over to the Bundeswehr 1956  – today Hauptfeldwebel-Lagenstein-Kaserne

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

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24 Tpt & Mov Regt RLC
256 MCPG RE
633 MCTG
Senior Claims Officer NWE 1986-1992 (1)

(1) Moved to JHQ Rheindahlen in 1992

A Kriegschule was a General Military School used for basic officer training in Germany up until the defeat in 1945. All Wehrmacht officers in World War II had passed through a Kriegsschule during their training. The Wehrmacht had five ‘Kriegsschulen’: at Potsdam, Dresden, München, Hannover, and Wiener-Neustadt. Officer candidates, known as Fahnenjunkers undertook an extensive 8 week course, aimed at giving them a good knowledge of the basics of command. After completion of the course, the officer candidate moved off to his chosen Truppenschule or branch of service school.

I served with the 1st Canadian Highland Bn. 27th C.I.B.G., December 1951 until October 1953, in Hannover, Germany .

My wife also served in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany with the Women’s Royal Army Corps. for a year and we married, our marriage lasted 54 years until her death: she passed away here in Canada, August 10, 2007.

John T Radford ex 1st Canadian Highland Battalion