Stade various

Updated 17 October 2024

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

1st Household Cavalry Regiment RAC 1945 (1)
1st Battalion Motorised Grenadier Guards 1945 (2)
2nd Battalion Armoured Grenadier Guards 1945 (3)
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards RAC 1945 (4)
2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry RAC 1945 (5)
61st Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945 (6)
193 Battery – 241 Battery – 242 Battery – 243 Battery
1st/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) (Machine Gun) 1945-1946 (7)
1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 1945 (8)
7th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) 1945-1946 (9)
1st Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen’s Own Royal Regiment) RAC 1945 (10)
2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) 1946 (11)

(1) arrived from Stade 5 May 45 – Himmelpforten west of Stade – moved to Riede north-west of Verden 22 May 45
(2) arrived area Wallstraße Stade 5 May 45 – moved to Martfeld north-east of Diepholz 21 May 45
(3) arrived Oederquart north-west of Stade 8 May 45 – moved to Twistringen north-east of Diepholz 24 May 45
(4) arrived from Bad Bederkesa north-east of Bremerhaven 19 May 45 – Neukloster south-east of Stade – Ovelgönne south-east of Stade – moved to Ochtrup north-west of Münster 28 Jun 45
(5) arrived from Bremervörde east of Bremerhaven 19 May 45 – Grünendeich south-east of Stade – suspended animation 22 Feb 46
(6) arrived from Schiffdorf east of Bremerhaven 19 May 45 – Horneburg south-east of Stade – moved to Abbenseth north of Bremervörde 30 Jun 45
(7) arrived from Bremerhaven 19 May 45 – Deinste south-west of Stade – Sandbostel south of Bremervörde – returns to Deinste 6 Jul 45 – Harsefeld south of Stade 11 Jul 45 – moved to Cuxhaven 1 Mar 46
(8) arrived from Heerstedt south-east of Bremerhaven 19 May 45 – Mulsum south-west of Stade – moved to Buxtehude south-east of Stade 9 Oct 45
(9) arrived from Wollingst south-east of Bremerhaven 23 May 45 – area Wallstraße Stade – suspended animation 23 Mar 46
(10) arrived from Lauenburg south-east of Hamburg 27 Jun 45 – Neukloster south-east of Stade – moved to Verden 5 Oct 45 – one squadron moved 25 Sep 45
(11) arrived from Travemünde-Priwall north-east of Lübeck 27 Feb 46 – area Wallstraße Stade – moved to Buxtehude 27 Apr 46

Squadrons/Batteries/Companies were at various locations

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