Updated 5 September 2024
Stadtkreis and Landkreis Recklinghausen were the responsibility of the following higher formations
3rd Infantry Division 30 May 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 13 Aug 45
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 1 Mar 46
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 16 Jul 46
2nd Infantry Division 1 Feb 47
Polizeipräsidium (Police HQ) – Beisinger Weg Recklinghausen
HQ 9th Infantry Brigade 1945 (1)
1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borders 1945 (2)
HQ 156th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade 1945-1945 (3)
4th/5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1945-1945 (4)
1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1946 (5)
4th Battalion (Hallamshire) York and Lancaster Regiment 1946 (6)
Luftwaffe Kaserne – Airfield Buer–Erle south-west of Recklinghausen – there was a proposal to rename Brownrigg Barracks in Sep 46
Home to:
HQ 146th Infantry Brigade 1946 (7)
2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1946-1947 (8)
(1) arrived from Lengerich south-west of Osnabrück 30 May 45 – moved to Belgium 13 Aug 45 – relieved by 156th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade
(2) arrived from Waltrop east of Recklinghausen 30 May 45 – moved to Belgium 13 Aug 45
(3) arrived from Belgium 13 Aug 45 – moved to Burgsteinfurt north-west of Münster 1 Mar 46 – relieved by 146th Infantry Brigade at Airfield Buer–Erle
(4) arrived from Belgium 13 Aug 45 – moved to Truppenübungsplatz north of Paderborn 29 Jan 46
(5) arrived from Eslohesouth-east of Neheim 29 Jan 46 – moved to Oldenburg 4 Jun 46
(6) arrived from Bottrop south-west of Recklinghausen 4 Jun 46 – suspended animation 6 Nov 46
(7) arrived from Meschede south-east of Arnsberg 1 Mar 46 – relieved by 157th Infantry Brigade in Dortmund moved to Ahlenberg south of Dortmund 16 Jul 46
(8) arrived from Mönchengladbach 16 Jul 46 – moved to Munsterlager 8 Jun 47
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49