Updated 27 July 2024
Itzehoe was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
7th Armoured Division 5 May 45
Guards Division 1 Jul 46
Hamburg District 31 Dec 46
There were three German barracks in Itzehoe within the town boundaries and all were full of PW/displaced persons on the arrival of the British Army.
North of the town on Langer Peter two side by side, Hanseaten Kaserne later Borgard Barracks (West) and Max-von-Gallwitz Kaserne later Richmond Barracks (East) along with south-east of the town Gudewill Kaserne later Conway Barracks.
65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA were the first occupational troops in requisitioned civilian accommodation on Wallstraße arriving 10 May 45 and departing for 11th Armoured Division 30 May 45.
HQ 7th Armoured Division 1945-1946 (1) not in Borgard Barracks as recorded many times on the internet, after extensive research including visits to the town and a member of the forum having relatives living in the area back in the 1940s, confirming the British Army were located here: Norddeutscher Netzwerk Offices, Brunnstraße 23, Itzehoe.
Gudewill Kaserne later Conway Barracks – Kaiserstraße
Home to:
42 Battery 15th (Isle of Man) Light-Anti Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (2)
Hanseaten Kaserne later Borgard Barracks – Langer Peter West
Home to:
B Squadron 1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (3)
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars RAC 1945-1946 (4)
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards RAC 1945-1946 (5)
1st Heavy Regiment RA 1946-1947 (6)
3 Heavy Battery – 5 Heavy Battery – 16 Super Heavy Battery – 28 Heavy Battery
27th Heavy Regiment RA 1947-1948 (6)
6 Heavy Battery – 23 Heavy Battery – 112 Heavy Battery – 137 Super Heavy Battery
7th Battalion Parachute Regiment 1948 (7)
3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment 1948 (7)
334 Forward Observation Battery RA 1948 (8)
Max-von-Gallwitz Kaserne later Richmond Barracks – Langer Peter East
Military Government use from 21 Jul 46
(1) arrived from Albersdorf north-west of Itzehoe on 28 May 45 – 22nd Armoured Brigade relieved HQ 7th Armoured Division when in Berlin Jul-Sep 45 – moved to the Kurhaus named Command House Parkstraße 1, Bad Rothenfelde south-east of Osnabrück 1 Jul 46
(2) arrived from Horst south-east of Itzehoe 31 May 45 – HQRA 7th Armoured Division – Battery HQ was in the Offizierskasino (Officers’ Mess) returns 12 Jun 45
(3) arrived from Lommel east of Antwerp Belgium after conversion to Comet tanks 16 Jul 45 – 22nd Armoured Brigade – moved to Berlin 30 Sep 45
(4) arrived from Lommel east of Antwerp Belgium after conversion to Comet tanks 20 Oct 45 – 22nd Armoured Brigade also located in Max-von-Gallwitz Kaserne from 22 Nov 45 – moved to Essex Barracks Lingen north-west of Osnabrück 21 Jul 46
(5) arrived from Mühlenbarbek east of Itzehoe 29 Nov 45 – 22nd Armoured Brigade – moved to York Barracks Münster 17 Jul 46
(6) arrived from Niedersprockhövel west of Hagen 24 Jul 46 – HQ RA Guards Division – Schleswig-Holstein Sub Area 31 Dec 46 – redesignated 27th Heavy Regiment RA 1 Apr 47 – moved to UK 12 Mar 48
(7) arrived from UK 12 Mar 48 – 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group – redesignated 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment of 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group 16 Jul 48 – moved to Tofrek Barracks Hildesheim 24 Sep 48
(8) from UK 12 Mar 48 – 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group – redesignated 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group 16 Jul 48 – disbanded 23 Jul 48
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49
Part II
Norwegian
3rd Infantry Battalion Norwegian Tyskland Brigade September 1948-Autumn 1949
Danish
Headquarters Den Danske Commando i Tyskland Autumn 1949-Autumn 1958
All Arms Battle Group (Infantry Heavy) Den Danske Commando Autumn 1949-Autumn 1958
Logistic units Den Danske Commando Autumn 1949- Autumn 1958