Updated 7 September 2024
Landkreis Nienburg 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
HQ 305th Infantry Brigade 1945 (1)
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (2)
624th Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (3)
639th (6th Battalion Essex Regiment) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (4)
HQ 30th Corps District 1945-1946 (5)
5th/7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders 1945-1946 (6)
5th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 1945-1946 (7)
HQ 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 1946 (8)
25th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1946-1947 (9)
12/25 Battery – 31 (Kirkee) Battery 31 (Kirkee) Field Battery
Part of 24th Field Regiment RA 1946 (10)
HQRA 5th Infantry Division 1946-1947 (11)
(1) Wehrmeldeamt (Army Records Section) Biskuit Straße 3B, Nienburg – moved to Mellinghausen north-west of Neinburg to 20 May 45
(2) Rehburg-Loccum south of Neinburg – moved to Bassen north-east of Verden 15 May 45
(3) Stöckse east of Nienburg – Nienburg-Holtorf 19 May 45 – moved to Osnabrück-Eversheide 31 May 45
(4) Nienburg-Holtorf – moved to Vechta north-west of Nienburg 19 May 45
(5) arrived from Schiffdorferdamm east of Bremerhaven 22 May 45 – Hotel Thöle Hoyaer Straße Bücken north-west Nienburg – Amtssparkasse (Bank) am Goetheplatz Nienburg 11 Jun 45 – moved to Worcester Barracks Lüneburg 15 Apr 46
GOC’s Residence and Tactical HQ – Villa Strube Eystrup north of Nienburg
(6) arrived from Wilstedt south-east of Bremerhaven 26 May 45 – Stolzenau south-west of Nienburg – suspended animation 4 Feb 46
(7) arrived from Kuhstedt south-west of Bremervorde 27 May 45 – Steyerberg south-west of Nienburg – suspended animation 4 Feb 46
(8) arrived from Syke south of Bremen 19 Apr 46 – Amtssparkasse (Bank) am Goetheplatz Nienburg – disbanded 20 Jun 46
(9) arrived from Dunderstadt east of Göttingen 15 Jun 46 – Nienburg Altstadt – Assaye Barracks 31 Mar 47
(10) arrived from Italy 1 Jul 46 – Sulingen west of Nienburg – moved to Verden 15 Sep 46
(11) arrived from Drübber south of Verden 31 Jul 46 – Amtssparkasse (Bank) am Goetheplatz Nienburg – Assaye Barracks 31 Mar 47
Squadrons/Batteries/Companies were at various locations
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49