Updated 20 August 2024
Landkreis and Stadtkreis Lüneburg were the responsibility of the following higher formations:
HQ Second Army 3 May 45
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 14 Jun 45
Guards Division 4 Jun 46
5th Infantry Division 6 Jul 46
Hamburg District 5 Dec 46
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
Main HQ Second Army 1945 (1)
HQ 10 Garrison 1945 (2)
HQ 214th Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (3)
(1) arrived 3 May 45 – Soltauer Chaussee or Straße Luneburg – moved to Bünde west of Bad Oeynhausen 13 Jun 45 – Tactical HQ – Margarete Endermann Weg, Häcklingen south-west of Lüneburg to 13 Jun 45 – Rear HQ – Oedemer Weg, Lüneburg to 13 Jun 45
(2) from Wyvern Barracks 7 May 45 – Am Schifferwal, Lüneburg – relieved by 214th Infantry Brigade moved to Hannover 29 Aug 45
(3) arrived from Westertimke north-east of Bremen 8 May 45 – Lüdersburg north-east of Lüneburg – Uelzen south of Lüneburg 30 May 45 – Schießgrabenstraße 2, Lüneberg 7 Sep 45 – relieved by 6th Guards Brigade in Hamburg 5 Jun 46 – disbanded 30 Jun 46
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49