Feb 47 – 2nd Infantry Division formed from 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division also known as X Division – HQ St David’s Barracks Hilden

General Officer Commanding: Major General PM Balfour to end 1948

Jun 47 – 2nd Infantry Division District formed – HQ St David’s Barracks Hilden  

Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) Armoured Car Regiment (Reconnaissance) from 1 Corps District – Northumberland Barracks Menden

Nov 47 – 14/20 Kings Hussars from 4th Armoured Brigade – Anglesey Barracks Wuppertal to UK 1947

Apr 48 – 10 Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) from Schleswig-Holstein Sub Area – Epsom Barracks Iserlohn to UK Tidworth Jul 53

CRE: Colonel CD Reed

May 47 – 2 Field Squadron formed from 244 Field Company – Mons Barracks Iserlohn

May 47 – 5 Field Squadron formed from 245 Field Company – Aldershot Barracks Iserlohn

May 47 – 21 Field Park Squadron formed from 254 Field Company – Mons Barracks Iserlohn

Jan 48 – 38 Field Squadron from 5th Division Engineers – Mons Barracks Iserlohn

Jun 48 – 23 Field Engineer Regiment formed – Mons Barracks Iserlohn to Gordon Barracks Hameln Dec 48

CO: Lieutenant Colonel AHM Morris

2 Field Squadron – 5 Field Squadron – 38 Field Squadron – 21 Field Park Squadron

2 Infantry Division Signal Regiment – Tunis Barracks Lubbecke

CO: Lieutenant Colonel AB McVittie OBE

Feb 47 – 160th Infantry Brigade reformed as 4th Infantry Brigade – HQ Llanelly Barracks Hubblerath renamed 4th Infantry Brigade Group Aug 47

1 Battalion East Lancashire Regiment – Llanelly Barracks Hubblerath to UK Jun 47

2 Battalion Grenadier Guards – Harding Barracks Wuppertal to UK Dec 47

1 Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment – Bradbury Barracks Krefeld to Hamburg District Mar 48

Jun 47 – 1 Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers – Llanelly Barracks Hubblerath

Mar 48 – 2 Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) from 6th Infantry Brigade – Bradbury Barracks Krefeld amalgamated with 1 Battalion Nov 48

Jul 48 – 1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment Manchester Barracks Wuppertal

Feb 47 – 157th Infantry Brigade reformed as 5th Infantry Brigade – HQ Napier Barracks Dortmund Hubblerath renamed 5th Infantry Brigade Group Aug 47 moved to Aldershot Barracks Iserlohn Sep 47

Commanders: Brigadier SN Shoosmith DSO OBE to 1947 – Brigadier H Long OBE MC to 1949 – Brigadier JHO Wilsey CBE OBE

2 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers – Napier Barracks Dortmund to Berlin Feb 48

Jun 47 – 1 Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) from 6th Infantry Brigade – Aldershot Barracks Iserlohn to Berlin Dec 49

Aug 47 – 2 Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) – Moore Barracks Dortmund to Berlin Jun 48

Jun 48 – 1 Battalion Durham Light Infantry – Moore Barracks Dortmund

Oct 48 – 1 Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment – Mons Barracks Iserlohn to Berlin Feb 51

Feb 47 – 153rd Infantry Brigade reformed as 6th Infantry Brigade – HQ York Barracks Münster renamed 6th Infantry Brigade Group Aug 47

1 Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) – Epson Barracks Iserlohn Feb 47 to 5th Infantry Brigade Jun 47

1 Battalion Gordon Highlanders – Meeanee Barracks Essen

CO: Lieutenant Colonel B Gerrard DSO – RSM: WOI Foster 

1 Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) – Glamorgan Barracks Duisburg

2 Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) – Ripon Barracks Bielefeld to 4th Infantry Brigade Mar 48

May 48 – 2 Battalion Grenadier Guards from UK – Dempsey Barracks Sennelager

more research to follow...additions and amendments most welcome...steve@baor-locations.co.uk

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British Army Units 1945 on
The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers volume X + XI by the institution of Royal Engineers
Sapper Magazine

The Royal Corps of Signals a History of its Antecedents and Development (circa 1800-1955) by Major General RFH Nalder CB OBE
The Royal Corps of Signals Unit Histories (1920-2001) by Cliff Lord and Graham E Watson

Wire Magazine
The British Army in Germany an Organizational History 1947-2004 by Graham E Watson and Richard A Rinald