Lübeck various

Updated 3 November 2024

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

13th (Honorable Artillery Company) Regiment RHA (1)
G Battery – H Battery – I Battery
23rd Hussars RAC 1945 (2)
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry RAC 1945 (3)
75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA (4)
117 Battery – 118 Battery – 119 Battery – 338 Battery
8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) 1945 (5)
1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (6)
2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1945 (7)
2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 1945 (8)
6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 1945 (9)
2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1945 (10)
2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 1945 (11)
5th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 1945 (12)
28th Infantry Battalion RM 1945 (13)
63rd Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945 (14)
144 Battery – 146 Battery – 249 Battery – 251 Battery)
7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (15)
2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders 1945 (16)
2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) 1945 (17)
10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) 1945 (18)
2nd Battalion Glasgow Highlanders 1945 (19)
6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Caithness and Sutherland) 1945-1946 (20)
131st (Lowland – City of Glasgow) Field Regiment RA 1945-1946 (21)
319 Battery – 320 Battery – 495 Battery
121st (Leicestershire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1946 (22)
396 Battery – 397 Battery – 399 Battery
6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1946 (23)
BHQ 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards 1946 (24)
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) RAC 1946 (25)

(1) arrived from Herzogtum-Lauenburg 2 May 45 – TBC – moved to Zarpen west of Lübeck 3 May 45
(2) arrived from
Borstorf west of Mölln 2 May 45 – Lübeck-Dänischburg – moved to Langniendorf north-west of Lübeck 3 May 45
(3) arrived from Wentorf
north-west of Mölln 2 May 45 – St Lorenz Nord – moved to Eckhorst north-west of Lübeck 3 May 45
(4) arrived from
Herzogtum-Lauenburg 2 May 45 – Stockelsdorf – moved to Badendorf west of Lübeck 3 May 45
(5) arrived from
Koberg north-west of Mölln 2 May 45 – Lübeck-Dänischburg – moved to Langniendorf north-west of Lübeck 3 May 45
(6) arrived from Sirksfelde north-west of Mölln 2 May 45 – moved to Eckhorst north-west of Lübeck 23 May 45
(7) arrived 3 May 45 – Willy-Brandt-Allee – Altstadt 6 May 45 – moved to Kletzin south-east of Wismar 19 May 45
(8) arrived 3 May 45 – T
ravemünde north of Lübeck – Lübeck Docks 6 May 45 – moved to Wietow south-east of Wismar 19 May 45
(9) arrived 3 May 45 – Fackenburger Alle – Lindenplatz 6 May 45 – moved to – Wismar east of Lübeck 19 May 45
(10) arrived 3 May 45 – Hermann Hesse Park – moved to Krummesse south of Lübeck 12 May 45
(11) arrived 3 May 45 – area Kahlhortstraße/Dorfstraße – moved to Barnetz south-west of Lübeck 6 May 45
(12) arrived from Neustadt in Holstein 4 May 45 –
Alt Travemünde-Rönnau north of Lübeck – Schönböcken west of Lübeck 16 May 45 – moved to Hohen Wischendorf north-west of Wismar 17 May 45
(13) arrived from Lüneburg 4 May 45 – unknown – Mosling south-west of Kiel 5 May 45 – moved to Kiel 7 May 45
(14) arrived from Lüneberg 5 May 45 – unknown – moved to Laboe north-east of Kiel 8 May 45 – 144 Battery – HQ 8 Corps Defence to 7 May 45 – 146/249 Batteries to Laboe 12 May 45 – 251 Battery to Laboe 16 May 45
(15) arrived from Alt Mölln south of Lübeck – TBC 11 May 45 – Vorderreihe Travemunde north of Lübeck 15 May 45 – moved to Grevesmühlen west of Wismar 18 May 45
(16) arrived from Grosshansdorf east of Ahrensburg 18 May 45 – Arbeitsamt (Labour Exchange) Fackenburger Alle – moved to UK 11 Sep 45
(17) arrived from Schulenburg south-west of Lübeck 18 May 45 – Kaiseralle Travemünde north-east of Lübeck – Keuren Barracks 1 Aug 45
(18) arrived from Zarpen west of Lübeck 19 May 45 – Eschenburgstraße Karlshof – to Knightsbridge Barracks 1 Nov 45
(19) arrived from Reinfeld south-west of Lübeck 11 Sep 45 – moved to Ratzeburg east of Ahrensburg 11 Dec 45
(20) arrived from Hannoversch Münden south-west of Göttingen 29 Oct 45 – Curtiusstraße – disbanded 2 Feb 46
(21) arrived from Ratzeburg east of Ahrensburg 11 Dec 45 – unknown – suspended animation 9 Jan 46
(22) arrived from Pries north of Kiel 1 Feb 46 – Curtiusstraße – disbanded 15 Feb 46
(23) arrived from Bad Segeberg north-west of Lübeck 8 Feb 46 – Holstentor Nord – Curtiusstraße 11 Feb 46 – suspended animation 19 Mar 46
(24) arrived from Bensberg east of Köln 11 Mar 46 – Hohelandstraße – Furness Barracks 3 Dec 46

(25) arrived from Menden north-east of Iserlohn 15 Apr 46 – one squadron arrived 10 Apr 46 – Curtiusstraße – Knightsbridge Barracks 13 Jul 46

Squadrons/Batteries/Companies were at various locations

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