Leicester Barracks

Updated 27 July 2024

Original name – Marine Artillerie Kaserne

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23rd Hussars RAC 1945-1946 (1)
Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) RAC 1946 (2)
153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA 1946-1947 (3)
153rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1947 (3)
129 Battery – 130 Battery – 131 Battery
22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1947-1948 (3)
47 Battery – 53 (Louisburg) Battery – 58 (Eyre’s Company) Battery
5th Battalion Parachute Regiment 1948 (4)
2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment 1948 (4)

(1) arrived from Niendorf north-east of Lübeck 11 May 45 – disbanded 28 Jan 46
A Sqn – Wireless Station, Hockensbüll north-west of Husum 10 May 45 to 1 Oct 45
(2) arrived from Kamp-Lintfort north-west of Duisburg 28 Jan 46 – moved to Münster 1 Apr 46

A Sqn – Niebüll north-west of Husum 31 Jan 46
(3) arrived from Aachen 1 Apr 46 – redesignated 153rd Light Anti-Aircraft RA 15 Jan 47 – redesignated 22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1 Apr 47 – moved to Münster 12 Jan 48 less one battery until 1 Mar 48
(4) arrived from UK 12 Mar 48 – redesignated 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment 16 Jul 48 – moved to Hannover 25 Sep 48 relieved by the Norwegian Army

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

Part II

The British handed over these barracks on 30 September 1948 to the Norwegian Army, but had a small office in place up until February 1954.

Norwegian
2nd Regiment Sep 1948-? (1)
Air Defence Battery – Apr 1953

(1) Belonging to the Norwegian Tysklands-Brigade, elements of the 2nd Regiment were rotated on a six monthly basis after the British handed over the barracks on 30 September 1948. The last of the Norwegian units left in April 1953.