Aldershot Barracks
Built - 1935/6
Type - Luftwaffe
Original name - Flak Kaserne Iserlohn History - Flak Regiment 24 based here
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Headquarters
HQ 5th Infanty Brigade Group 1947-1964 (1)
HQ 4th Guards Brigade Group 1964-1968 (2)
Infantry
1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1947-1949 (3)
1st Battalion Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment 1949-1953 (4)
1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 1953-1956 (5)
1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment 1956-1959 (6)
1st Battalion 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) 1959-1960 (6)
1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles 1960-1963 (7)
1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1963-1964 (8)
1st Battalion Grendier Guards 1964-1966 (9)
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards 1964-1967 (10)
2nd Battalion Grendier Guards 1966-1968 (11)
2nd Battalion Scots Guards 1967-1968 (12)
Closed March 1968
Support
Royal Engineers
5th Field Squadron 1947-1948 (13)
5th Field Squadron 1958-1960 (13)
Royal Signals
5th Infanty Brigade Group Signal Troop later Squadron 1947-1959
205th Signal Squadron (Infanty Brigade Group) 1959-1962
5th Infanty Brigade Group HQ & Signal Squadron also known as 205th Signal Squadron 1962-1964
506th Signal Troop – 1 Royal Welch Fusiliers 1963
4th Guards Brigade HQ & Signal Squadron also known as 204th Signal Squadron 1964-1968
moved to York Barracks Münster with the Brigade HQ
501st Signal Troop – 1st Coldstream Guards 1965
503rd Signal Troop – unknown 1965
4th Guards Brigade Provost Company RMP
Help required with minor units
(1) 5th Infantry Brigade was reformed in Germany 1st February 1947 as part of 2nd Infantry Division with the HQ at St David’s Barracks Hilden the division was formed from the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division and 5th Infantry Brigade became a Brigade Group on 1 August 1947 moving from Napier Barracks Dortmund to Aldershot Barracks Iserlohn 1st September 1947 on 1st May 1958 the 5th Infantry Brigade became part of 4th Division moving to Tidworth UK June 1964 to become part of 3rd Infantry Division
(2) 4th Guards Brigade moved from Hubblerath May 1964 moved to York Barracks Münster March 1968
(3) Regiment from 6th Infanty Brigade Epsom Barracks Iserlohn moved to Brooke Barracks Berlin Dec 49
(4) Regiment from Berlin December 1949. Michael "I only told you to blow the doors off" Caine served in this regiment they moved to the Far East via UK Nov 53
(5) Regiment from UK moved to York UK November 1956
(6) Regiment from Cyprus and amalgamated with 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment on 29th August 1959 forming 1st Battalion 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk). What remained of the 1st Suffolk Regiment had moved from Folkestone to Iserlohn previously. The regiment moved to Montgomery Barracks Berlin Jan 60
(7) Regiment from UK February 1960 moved to Bulford April 1963 then Far East June 1964
(8) Regiment from UK May 1963 moved to St. George's Barracks Minden May 1964
(9) Regiment from Gort Barracks Hubblerath moved to London for Royal Duties January 1966
(10) Regiment from UK moved to London for Royal Duties February 1967
(11) Regiment from UK January 1966 moved to Buller Barracks Münster March 1968
(12) Regiment from UK January 1967 the first time in a mechanised infantry role moved to Waterloo Barracks Münster March 1968
(13) Squadron arrived Aug 1947 joining 2nd Infantry Division Engineers forming 23rd Engineer Regiment July 1968 to Hameln Jan 1949 returning May 58 command HQRE 4th Division moved to Paderborn Mar 1960
Aldershot Barracks/camp was consturcted between 1935/36 and was named and used as Flak Kaserne (Flieger Abwehr Kanone). These barracks were a large complex with a corps later brigade headquarters, supporting units and two infantry regiments accomodated on the one camp. After the Allied Forces left in March 1968, the Unteroffiziersschule der Luftwaffe relocated to Aldershot Barracks. On 1 October 1971, when handed back, it became Bernard Hülsmann Kaserne, Iserlohn. Combining the Unteroffizierschule and the Truppenschule, it became the Truppendienstliche Fachschule der Luftwaffe in 1971. Then in 1974 the Fachschule für Wirtschaft was integrated into it. During 1986 the school was moved to Northern Germany.
Demolished between 1997 and 1999 except for the Officer's Mess, MT garages, and the Gymnasium.
Flak Kaserne - Iserlohn
Back Gate.
Officers Mess.
Officers Mess.
MT Garages.
Married Quarters.
The six photographs above are courtesy of Eric Freeman from the Lancashire Fusiliers website taken in 1994.
These and more including 2009 views can be found here.