Updated 10 August 2024
Stadt Lippstadt was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 4 Jun 45
7th Armoured Division 15 Jul 46
British Army of the Rhine Training Centre 28 Jul 47
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Landkreis Lippstadt – 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division was responsible until relieved by 2nd Belgium Infantry Division 21 Oct 46.
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
7th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1945 (1)
Monmouth Barracks formerly Erwitte Schloss south of Lippstadt
Home to:
419 Battery 125th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (2)
BHQ 2nd Battalion South Wales Borders 1945-1946 (3)
BHQ 1st/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) (Machine Gun) 1946 (4)
BHQ 4th Battalion Welch Regiment 1946 (5)
BHQ 11th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1946 (6)
1st/4th Belgium Infantry Battalion 1946-? (7)
(1) arrived from Netherlands 4 Jun 45 – area Georg Weerth Straße – moved to Mülheim east of Duisburg 14 Jun 45
(2) arrived from Netherlands 4 Jun 45 – moved to Nordwalde north of Münster 20 Jun 45
(3) arrived from Mülheim east of Duisburg 14 Jun 45 – moved to Solingen east of Düsseldorf 31 Mar 46
(4) arrived from Cuxhaven 1 Apr 46 – moved to Lüdenscheid south-west of Iserlohn 2 Jun 46
(5) arrived from Hubblerath east of Düsseldorf 3 Jun 46 – moved to Truppenübungsplatz north of Sennelager 3 Jul 46
(6) arrived from Truppenübungsplatz north of Sennelager 3 Jul 46 – disbanded 23 Sep 46
(7) arrived 23 Sep 46 less one company in Anröchte south-west of Erwitte
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49