Northolt Barracks

Updated 11 August 2024

Northolt Barracks named 21 Jun 45 formerly Fleigerhorst (Airfield) Kaserne – Holtenau

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7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) 1945 (1)
63rd Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945-1946 (2)
144 (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Battery – 146 (Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders) Battery – 249 (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Battery – 251 (Oxfordshire
Yeomanry) Battery
77 Squadron 5th Armoured Engineer Regiment RE 1945 (3)
HQ Kiel Area Brigade 1945-1946 (4)
HQRA 11th Armoured Division 1946 (5)

(1) arrived from Geesthacht south-east of Hamburg 7 May 45 – moved to Laboe north-east of Kiel 24 May 45
(2) arrived from Laboe north-east of Kiel 29 May 45 – Fluke Camp 10 Mar 46 – returns 31 Mar 46 – Fluke Camp 4 Jun 46 – returns and suspended animation 15 Jun 46
(3) arrived from Volkstorf south-east of Lüneburg 10 May 45 moved to Ramelsloh south of Hamburg-Harburg 19 Jun 45
(4) from Cambridge Barracks 19 Oct 45 – disbanded 12 Jan 46 – relieved by HQRA
11th Armoured Division
(5) arrived from Gut Altenhof south-east of Eckernförde 12 Jan 46 – returns 10 Mar 46 – disbanded 15 Apr 46 – relieved by 5th Guards Brigade in Hendon Barracks

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