Updated 6 September 2024

Landkreis Melle and Landkreis Wittlage were the responsibility of the following higher formations:
Second Army
3rd Infantry Division 7 May 45
30th Corps 28 May 45
2nd Canadian Corps 7 Jun 45
2nd Canadian Infantry Division 15 Jun 45
3rd Canadian Infantry Division (CAOF) 9 Jul 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 15 May 46
7th Armoured Division 15 Jul 45
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

7th Field Regiment RA 1945 (1)
9 (Irish) Battery – 16 Battery – 17/43 Battery
92nd (7th Battalion Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (2)
317 Battery – 318 Battery – 319 Battery
Residence for Command-in-Chief (Monty to 1 May 46) and Tactical HQ 1946 on (3)
147th Infantry Brigade 1945 (4)
1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (4a)
11th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (4b)
7th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (4c)
160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade (5)
6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (5a)
4th Battalion Welch Regiment (5b)
2th Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment (5c)
3 Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Battery (6)
94th (Dorset & Hampshire) Field Regiment (7)
218 Battery – 224 Battery – 468 Battery
HQ 131st Lorried Infantry Brigade (8)

(1) arrived from Hohenböken north-west of Delmenhorst 5 May 45 – Bad Essen west of Wittlage – moved to Bad Lippspringe north of Paderborn 29 May 45
(2) arrived from Delmenhorst 5 May 45 – Schloss Gesmold north-west of Melle – Melle east of Osnabrück 18 May 45 – moved to Warburg south-east of Paderborn 29 May 45
3) arrived from Wendisch Evern south-east of Lüneburg with Defence Company 3 Jun 45 – Gut Ostenwalde north of Melle
(4) arrived from Netherlands 26 May 45 – moved to Hagen-Emst west of Iserlohn 2 Jun 45
(4a) arrived 23 May 45 – moved Hemer east of Iserlohn 3 Jun 45
(4b) arrived 23 May 45 – moved to Lüdenscheid 3 Jun 45
(4c) arrived 23 May 45 – Sehlingdorf north-east of Melle 26 May 45 – moved to Gevelsburg south-west of Hagen 4 Jun 45
(5) arrived from Borstel-Hohenraden north-west of Hamburg 4 Jun 45 – moved to Düsseldorf 10 Jun 45
(5a) arrived from Barmstedt north of Hamburg 4 Jun 45 – moved to Düsseldorf 10 Jun 45
(5b) arrived from Barmstedt north of Hamburg 4 Jun 45 – moved to Mettmann east of Düsseldorf 10 Jun 45
(5c) arrived from Elmshorn north-west of Hamburg 4 Jun 45 – moved to Düsseldorf 10 Jun 45
(6) arrived from Belgium 8 Nov 45 – Melle – disbanded 9 Mar 46
(7) arrived from Burgdorf south-west of Celle 24 Mar 46 – Wittlage east of Osnabrück – disbanded 19 May 46
(8) arrived from Bargteheide south-west of Lübeck 15 Jun 46 – Rabingenstraße Melle east of Osnabruck – redesignated 31st Infantry Brigade 31 Dec 46 – Lorried added 15 Mar 47 – moved to Minden or Hannover 27 Feb 48

Batteries/Companies were at various locations

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

Gut Ostenwalde