May 45 – 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division from 8th Corps – HQ Schwerin later Lubeck disbanded Apr 46
Commander: Major General CM Barber CB DSO
15 (Scottish) Reconnaissance Regiment RAC – East of Hamburg disbanded Aug 46
CO: Lieutenant Colonel KCC Smith
1 Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) (Machine Gun) – Lubeck to Epsom Barracks Iserlohn Jul 45 to convert to infantry to Albuhera Barracks Rendsburg to Hamburg District Apr 46
CRA:
131 (Lowland - City of Glasgow) Field Regiment RA – Karstorf to Ratzeburg Sep 45 to 227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade Dec 45
CO: Lieutenant Colonel JND Tyler OBE MC later Lieutenant Colonel GM Palmer MC
181 Field Regiment RA
CO: Lieutenant Colonel TP Keene
190 Field Regiment RA
CO: Lieutenant Colonel RJ Streatfield
102 (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment RA – Bargteheide to Möln Jul 45 to Bad Segeburg Feb 46 to Schleswig Apr 46 to Keil disbanded Sep 46
119 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA disbanded Oct 45
CO: Lieutenant Colonel JF Young
CRE:
20 Field Company RE
278 Field Company RE
279 Field Company RE
OC: Major Inglis
624 Field Park Company RE
26 Bridging Platoon RE
15 Divisional Signals
62 Divisional Company RASC
283 Company (Infantry Brigade) RASC
284 Company (Infantry Brigade) RASC
399 Company (Infantry Brigade) RASC
15 Ordnance Field Park RAOC
305 Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit RAOC
44 Infantry Brigade Workshop REME
45 Infantry Brigade Workshop REME
227 Infantry Brigade Workshop REME
153 Field Ambalance RAMC
193 Field Ambalance RAMC
194 Field Ambalance RAMC
CO: Lieutenant Colonel Oxley
22 Field Dressing Station RAMC
23 Field Dressing Station RAMC
40 Field Hygiene Station RAMC
Royal Army Chaplaincy Service
15 Divisional Provost Company
15 Divisional Postal Unit
May 45 – 44th Infantry Brigade – HQ Schwerin to Bad Bramstedt disbanded Apr 46
Commander: Brigadier Cumming-Bruce DSO later Brigadier JC Cockburn
6 Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borders disbanded Mar 46
CO: Lieutenant Colonel CWP Richardson DSO
8 Battalion Royal Scots disbanded Mar 46
CO: Lieutenant Colonel BA Pearson DSO
6 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers – Kreis Segeberg to Schwerin to Bad Segeberg Jul 45 disbanded Mar 46
CO: Lieutenant Colonel I Mackenzie DSO then Lt Col RA Buchanan then Maj JDO Delano-Osborne
May 45 – 46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade – HQ Kiel disbanded Apr 46
Commander: Brigadier RM Villiers
2 Battalion Glasgow Highlanders – Kiel to Ratzeburg Jan 46
7 Battalion Seaforth Highlanders – Hendon Barracks Kiel moved 1 week later reformed as 2 Battalion Seaforth Highlanders to Hamburg District Apr 46
9 Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) – Schonberg Elbe to Kiel to Wismar Jun 45 to Bargetheide Jul 45 to Aumuhle Nov 45 disbanded Jun 46
2 Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) – Lubeck Jul 45 to Gandersheim Oct 45 to 5th Infantry Division Mar 46
May 45 – 28 Battalion RM from 8th Corps 5 Kings Regiment from 8th Corps
147 (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment RHA from 8th Armoured Brigade
227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade – HQ Lubeck disbanded Jan 46
CO: Brigadier EC Colville
10 Battalion Highland Light Infantry disbanded Aug 45
2 Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s)
2 Battalion Gordon Highlanders to Libya Sep 45
Dec 45 – 131 (Lowland - City of Glasgow) Field Regiment RA – Lubeck disbanded Jan 46
CO: Lieutenant Colonel GM Palmer MC
Jun 45 – 306th Infantry Brigade from 21st Army Group disbanded Apr 46
601 Infantry Regiment RA
608 Infantry Regiment RA
612 Infantry Regiment RA
8 Fuselier Battalion Belgium Army – Wagenfeld
more research to follow...additions and amendments most welcome...steve@baor-locations.co.uk
Information sources
British Army Units 1945 on - Orders of Battle - WW2Talk
The British Army in Germany an Organizational History 1947-2004 by Graham E Watson and Richard A Rinald