Somerset Barracks

Updated 12 August 2024

Somerset Barracks previously Essex Barracks named 21 Jun 45 formerly Luftkreiskommandos (HQ Air Command) – Hindenburgufer Kaserne – Niemannsweg

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28th Infantry Battalion RM 1945 (1)
32nd Infantry Battalion RM 1945 (2)
147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA 1945-1946 (3)
413 Battery – 431 Battery – 511 Battery

(1) arrived from Mosling south-west of Kiel 7 May 45 – moved to Cuxhaven 21 May 45
(2) arrived from Lüneburg 18 May 45 – moved to UK 19 Jun 45
(3) from Camp Hammer 15 Jul 45
– disbanded 28 Jan 46

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