Hello all, i'm trying to identify which British units or HQ's were based in the Hannover area over the period 1945-47. Can anybody point me in the right direction please? Thanks, Mac.
Mike, i'm looking at the city itself i think. The record of the person i'm researching has them AWOL in Hannover . Unfortunately that's all i have. I do know they were Royal Engineers and worked in the Bergen - belsen area post war. I was trying to narrow down possibilities for further reasearch. Mac.
http://british-army-in-hameln.com/regiments/ The closest to Hannover was Hameln, see above link. I do remember however that British Officers were moving into houses in Kleefeld and Kirchrode (part of Hannover)sometimes between 1946 and 1948. Stefan.
Myself and Bluebell Minor are researching the early days of BAOR, as yet not published and hope the following is helpful to you but regarding the Royal Engineers units these were under Army and Corps not local command 8th Armoured Brigade Group command 30th Corps redesignated 30th Corps District 11 Jun 45 take over from the 35th US Infantry Division in Hannover City 22 May 45 – disbanded 1 Mar 46 29 Aug 45 – HQ 10 Garrison arrives – departs Nov 45 1 Mar 46 – 51st (Highland) Infantry Division relieved 8th Armoured Brigade Group forming 40 (Hannover) Garrison 22 May 46 – HQ 40 (Hannover) Garrison command to 5th Infantry Division 8 Jun 46 – HQ 130th Infantry Brigade from British Troops Berlin – redesignated 30th Infantry Brigade 1 Jan 47 – disbanded Apr 47 Sep 47 – HQ 15th Infantry Brigade – disbanded 31 Mar 48 Will let you know as Royal Engineer units appear here is for 19 June 1945 52 CRE Works – HQ Neinburg 275 Works Section 661 Artesian Works Company 663 Artesian Works Company 552 Army Troops Company 187 CRE Works – HQ Lüneburg 569 Artesian Works Company HQ 16 Airfield Construction Group – HQ Flensburg 112 Workshop and Park Company Best of luck with your research Steve
Steve, thank you very much for that information, much appreciated. I'll do some digging around your list and see if i can tie anything in from my records. Out of interest, what are you planning to publish ? Mac.
152nd brigade (51st HD) were in and around the Hanover area, 2 battalions of which (2nd Seaforth were billeted in Neustadt) 5th Seaforth and 5th Camerons were billeted in Herrenhausen, commencing 27th Feb '46. They were tasked with law and order duties. Their main problem being Black market, thieving and murderers. At Hanover Rail Station approx. 1000 German and displaced persons would shelter in the underground bunkers over night. A Cameron raid on the D.P's camp at Empelde, an old Dynamite factory, honeycombed with concrete bunkers, they caught 3 murderers. Late April 152 brig moved to Dempsey Barracks and from there to Brussels in May and suspended animation.
