Updated 17 October 2024
Landkreis Stade was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
Guards Armoured Division 5 May 45
51st (Highland) Infantry Division 19 May 45
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 24 May 46
Guards Division 4 Jun 46
Hamburg District 5 Dec 46
Flugplatz (Airfield) Kaserne later Von Goeben Kaserne – south-east of Stade
appears British troops were not stationed here recorded as a storage area
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters
HQ 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 1945 (1)
HQ 154th Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (2)
HQ Royal Artillery 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 1945 (3)
HQ 30th Armoured Brigade 1945 (4)
(1) arrived from Schiffdorf east of Bremerhaven 20 May 45 – Haresfeld south of Stade – moved to Syke south of Bremen 11 Jul 45
(2) arrived from Bexhövede south-east of Bremerhaven 19 May 45 – Schloss Horneburg south-east of Stade – relieved by 153th Infantry Brigade in Zeven south-east of Bremervörde 1 Mar 46 – disbanded 22 Mar 46
(3) arrived from Schiffdorf east of Bremerhaven 20 May 45 – moved to Drübber south of Verden 13 Jun 45
(4) arrived from Netherlands 13 Jun 45 – Moisburger Landstraße Pippensen south-east of Stade – moved to Hahnenklee south-west of Goslar 20 Jun 45
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49