Lübbecke

Updated 16 August 2024

Landkreis Lübbecke was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
3rd Infantry Division 28 May 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 18 Aug 45
7th Armoured Division 15 Jun 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

30th Battalion Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) 1945 (1)

Hedrichsdorf (Hutted) Camp – Espelkamp-Mittwald – north of Lübbecke

BHQ 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment 1945 (2)

Muna Camp (Chemical Weapons and Ammunition Depot) – north of Lübbecke

1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment 1945 (2)
7th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1945-1946 (3)

(1) arrived from Belgium 8 Jun 45 – Bohlenstraße 17, Lubbecke disbanded 19 Jun 46
(2) arrived from Neuenlande north-west of Delmenhorst 8 May 45 – Hutted Camp
– to Muna Camp 31 May 45 – C Coy arrived 8 May 45 – moved to Sölingen south-west of Wuppertal 17 Aug 45
(3) arrived from Altena south of Iserlohn 17 Aug 45 – disbanded 15 Jun 46

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