Anglesey Barracks

Updated 4 October 2024

Original Name – Sagan Kaserne also Kapellen Camp 317 – briefly renamed Manchester Barracks

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53rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 1945-1946 (1)
69th (Caernarvonshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA 1945-1946 (2)
241 Battery – 242 Battery
61st (North Midland) Super Heavy Regiment RA 1945-1946 (3)
241 Battery – 242 Battery – 443 Battery
North Irish Horse Yeomanry RAC 1946 (4)
Part of 14th/20th King’s Own Hussars RAC 1946-1947 (5)
BHQ + HQ/B Company 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment 1948-1950 (6)

(1) arrived from Solingen-Ohligs south-west of Wuppertal – disbanded 28 Feb 46
(2)
from Colmar Kaserne 9 Sep 45 – disbanded 28 Feb 46
(3)
arrived from Ratingen-Lintorf north of Düsseldorf – 3 Nov 45 disbanded 15 Jan 46
(4)
arrived from Hilden north-east of Düsseldorf 25 Jan 46 – disbanded 7 Jul 46
(5)
arrived from Lüneburg 7 Jun 46 – moved to UK 12 Nov 47
(6) arrived from UK 2 Jul 48 – moved to Berlin Apr 50

More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49
British Army Units 1945 on

Part II

1st Battalion Welsh Guards 1950 – 1952
1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 1952
1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles 1954 – 1956
Unknown Bundeswehr signals training depot