Knightsbridge Barracks

Updated 12 August 2024

Knightsbridge Barracks formerly Waldersee Kaserne – Walderseestraße

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10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) 1945-1946 (1)
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards 1946 (2)
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) RAC 1946-1948 (3)
3rd King’s Own Hussars RAC 1948-1949 (4)
15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars RAC 1949-1951 (5)

(1) from Karlshof 1 Nov 45 – disbanded 5 Feb 46
(2) arrived from
Birlinghoven east of Bonn 5 Feb 46 – moved to Neumünster 13 Jul 46
(3) from
Curtiusstraße 13 Jul 46 – moved to Iserlohn 9 Jun 48 – one squadron 4 Mar 48
(4) arrived from Rendsburg 1 Jul 48 – moved to Münster 20 Jan 49 – advance party 1 Dec 48
(5) arrived from UK Oct 49 – moved to Hamburg Apr 51

More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49
British Army Units 1945 on