Updated 30 August 2024
Landkreis Neustadt am Rübenberge was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
Second Army
30th Corps 20 May 45
51st (Highland) Infantry Division 26 May 45
5th Infantry Division 24 May 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Middle School Nienburger Straße Neustadt
622nd (7th Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (1)
1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders 1945-1946 (2)
2nd Battalion (Caithness and Sutherland) Seaforth Highlanders 1946 (3)
(1) moved to Bersenbrück north of Osnabrück 31 May 45
(2) arrived from Poggemühlen south-west of Bremervörde 26 May 45 – moved to Zeven south-east of Bremervörde 27 Feb 46
(3) arrived from Zeven south-east of Bremervörde 25 Feb 46 – moved to Assaye Barracks Nienburg 27 Apr 46
Batteries/Companies were at various locations
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49