Small agricultural community approx 10 miles SW of Nienburg.
Updated 29 August 2024
Liebenau was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
Second Army
30th Corps 20 May 45
51st (Highland) Infantry Division 26 May 45
5th Infantry Division 24 May 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
HQ Second Army Troops 1945(1)
HQ 153rd Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (2)
A Company 5th/7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders (3)
Wilsa Camp – north-west Liebenau
Home to:
C Battery 639th (6th Battalion Essex Regiment) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (4)
D Battery 624th Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (5)
(1) arrived 2 May 45 – Schloss Eickhof south of Liebenau – moved to Gut Leye north-west of Osnabrück 18 Jun 45
(2) arrived from Tarmstedt south of Bremervörde 26 May 45 – Schloss Eickhof south of Liebenau 18 Jun 45 – Zeven south-east of Bremervörde 27 Feb 46
(3) arrived from Stolzenau south-west of Liebenau 28 May 45 – returns 6 Aug 45
(4) arrived 2 May 45 – moved to Lohne north-east of Osnabrück 19 May 45
(5) arrived from Nienburg 19 May 45 – moved to Georgmarienhütte south of Osnabrück 31 May 45
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49