Schleswig various

Updated 10 September 2024

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

HQ 83 Group RAF advance party 1945 (1)
HQ 29th Armoured Brigade 1945 (2)
Brigade Commander’s office 1945 (3)
15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars RAC 1945 (4)
8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) 1945 (5)
270 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC 1945 (6)
65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945-1946 (7)
257 Battery – 258 Battery – 259 Battery – 256 Battery

Infanterie Kaserne – Schloss Gottorf Schleswig

8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) 1945 (5)
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) RAC 1946 (8)
102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1946 (9)
99 Battery – 107 Battery – 288 Battery – 289 Battery
29th Field Regiment RA formerly 124th (Highland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1946 (10)
8 Battery – 79 Battery – 145 Battery
Displaced Persons Camp

Molke Kaserne

Displaced Persons Camp
HQ 29th Armoured Brigade 1945-1946 (2)
8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) 1945-1946 (5)
HQRE 11th Armoured Division 1946 (11)
13 Field Squadron – 612 Field Squadron – 147 Field Park Squadron + 10 Bridging Troop
HQ Royal Signals 11th Armoured Division 1946 (12)
Rear party HQ 11th Armoured Division 1946 (13)
HQRE Guards Division 1946 (14)
14 Field Company – 615 Field Company – 108 Field Park Company + 11 Bridging Platoon

(1) Hotel Stadt Hamburg Schleswig to 7 Jun 45
(2)
arrived from Heilshoop north-west of Lübeck 10 May 45 – Kropp south of Schleswig – Gut Winning north-west of Schleswig 14 May 45 – Moltke Kaserne 10 Oct 45 – relieved by 31st Armoured Brigade 30 Jan 46 – disbanded 4 Feb 46
(3) Landratshaus (District House) Schleswig 13 May 45 to 10 Oct 45
(4) arrived from Satrup north-east of Schleswig 14 May 45 – Kappeln-Dothmark north-east of Schleswig – moved to Belgium 9 Sep 45
(5)
arrived from Langniendorf north-west of Lübeck 11 May 45 – Busdorf south of Schleswig – Grossdannewerk south-west of Schleswig 13 May 45 – Schloss Gottorf 19 May 45 – Moltke Kaserne 28 Feb 46 – suspended animation 15 Mar 46
(6) arrived Kropp south of Schleswig 10 May 45 – Friedrichstadt area south of Husum 18 May 45
(7) arrived from Albersdorf south-west of Rensburg 9 Sep 45 Kappeln-Dothmark north-east of Schleswig moved to Eckernförde south-east of Schleswig 1 Jan 46
(8) arrived from Lehmkuhlen north of Ascheberg 1 Mar 46 – advance party arrived 27 Feb 46 – moved to Hamm north-east of Dortmund 1 Apr 46 – rear party moved 30 Apr 46
(9) arrived from Bad Segeburg north-west of Lübeck 15 May 46 – advance party arrived 30 Apr 46 – moved to Kiel 8 Jun 46
(10) arrived from Hagen west of Iserlohn 4 Jun 46 – less advance party to Eckernförde – moved to
Eckernförde south-east of Schleswig 11 Jun 46
(11) arrived from Schloss Louisenlund east of Schleswig 7 Mar 46 – disbanded 12 Mar 46
(12) arrived from Schloss Louisenlund east of Schleswig 7 Mar 46 – disbanded 25 Mar 46
(13) arrived from Schloss Louisenlund east of Schleswig 11 Mar 46 and disbanded
(14) arrived from Eckernförde 7 Apr 46 – Caterham Barracks 4 Aug 46
13 Field Park Squadron arrived 24 Apr 46 –
235 Field Park Company arrived 24 Apr 46 – 233 Field Company arrived 22 Aug 46

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