Updated 10 September 2024

Fliegerhorst Kaserne later named Freyberg Barracks

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31 Brigade Workshops REME (1)
31 Armoured Brigade Workshops REME (1)
1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry RAC 1945 (2)
22nd Dragoons RAC 1945 (3)
141st Regiment (The Buffs) RAC 1945 (4)
Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) RAC 1945 (5)
Farewell to Armour Parade – Guards Armoured Division converted to Infantry 9 Jun 45
3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (6)
HQ 4th Armoured Brigade 1948 (7)

(1) redesignated 31 Armoured Brigade Workshops 19 Aug 45 – moved to Oedt west of Krefeld 1 Sep 45
(2) arrived from Hesslingen north-west of Rotenburg 9 May 45 – moved to Lübberstedt east of Lüneburg 4 Jun 45
(3) arrived from Hesedorf south-east of Bremervörde 10 May 45 – moved to Delmenhorst west of Bremen 26 May 45
(4) arrived from Delmenhorst 26 May 45 – moved to Freiderichstadt south of Husum 28 Aug 45
(5) arrived from Beidendorf south-west of Wismar 7 Jun 45 – moved to Kamp-Lintfort north-west of Duisburg 1 Sep 45
(6) arrived from Friederichstadt south of Husum 28 Aug 45 – moved to Süchteln south-west of Krefeld 31 Aug 45
(7) arrived from Lüneburg 10 Mar 48 – disbanded 31 Mar 48

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

Part II

31st Armoured Workshop REME
17th Infantry Workshop REME ? – 1958 (1)
Handed over to Bundeswehr – 1958

(1) Previously titled 31 Armd Wksp. 17 Inf Wksp. Went on to disband in mid 1958.

Above shows a pre war photo of the entrance to the Fliegerhorst Kaserne at Rotenburg/Wumme.

Former Luftwaffe Air Defence Fighter Base to the north of the small market town of Rotenburg midway between Hamburg and Bremen. Captured by the Coldstream Guards at the end of WW2. 5RTR were there in the late 1940s but in the early 1950s facilities were adapted for use as 31 Armoured Workshop REME. Site was handed over to the German Army in the late 1950s for similar use as an Armoured Vehicle Repair and Maintenance Unit.Cannot remember any official name for the complex which was known locally as the Fliegerhorst Kaserne.

Peter Watson

The camp was handed over to the Bundeswehr in 1958 and was named Lent Kaserne, the last British unit was 17 Inf Wksp REME, previously titled 31 Armd Wksp. This was my first posting in Dec 1957, after Boys service and A Veh training, it was short lived as 17 Inf disbanded in mid 58 and I was posted to the 8 KRIH in Luneburg.

Bob Gregory