McLeod Barracks

Updated 28 August 2024

Original name – Hindenburg (Artillerie) Kaserne/Neue (Infanterie) Kaserne

Home to:
53rd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment RA 1945-1946 (1)
8 Battery – 9 Battery – 24 Battery – 25 Battery
2 Light Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery RA 1946 (2)

(1) arrived 13 May 45 moved to Eckernförde for disbandment 10 Mar 46
(2)
arrived from Lauenburg south-east of Hamburg less detachment 4 Feb 46 – disbanded 16 Mar 46

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

Part II

15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars Nov 1951 – Mar 1953
1st King’s Dragoon Guards Apr 1953 – Jun 1956 (1)
13th/18th Royal Hussars Mar 1956 – Feb 1958
Closed 1963.

(1) Arriving from Adams Barracks, Rahlstedt, Hamburg.

All photos courtesy of Bryan Cooke, late The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own)