Sep 46 – 55 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti Tank Regiment RA from 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division – Ubique Barracks Dortmund renamed 53 Anti Tank Regiment Regt RA Apr 47
May 45 – 71st Infantry Brigade – HQ Hamburg to Luttringhausen near Remscheid disbanded Mar 46
Commander: Brigadier CL Firbank
1 Battalion Highland Light Infantry – Solingen to 185th Infantry Brigade Aug 45
1 Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
4 Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers
CO: Lieutenant Colonel JM Hanmer DSO
2 Monmouthshire Regiment
6 Royal Welch Fusiliers
Aug 45 – 1 Battalion Norfolk Regiment from 185th Infantry Brigade
May 45 – 158th (Royal Welch) Infantry Brigade – HQ Mulheim disbanded Jul 46
Commanders: Brigadier JHO Wilsey then Brigadier GD Browne
1 Battalion East Lancashire Regiment – Oberhausen to 160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade Jul 46
1/5 Battalion Welch Regiment
Jun 45 – 7 Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers from 56th Infantry Brigade
Dec 45 – 2 Battalion South Wales Borders from 56th Infantry Brigade – Solingen to 157th Infantry Brigade Aug 46
May 45 – 160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade from 7th Armoured Division formed 4th Infantry Brigade Feb 47
Commanders: Brigadier CFC Coleman then Lieutenant Colonel HBD Crozier then Brigadier CFC Coleman
4 Battalion Welch Regiment
2 Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment
6 Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers
Dec 46 – 2 Battalion Grenadier Guards from 5th Guards Brigade – Harding Barracks Wuppertal
Jul 46 – 1 Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers from UK – Caernarvon Barracks Düsseldorf then Llanelly Barracks Hubblerath
Jul 46 – 1 Battalion East Lancashire Regiment from 158th (Royal Welch) Infantry Brigade – Oberhausen then Llanelly Barracks Hubblerath
Jun 45 – 308th Infantry Brigade from 1st Corps District – HQ Mönchengladbach disbanded Jul 46
Commanders: Lieutenant Colonel JD Ferguson later Lieutenant Colonel CB Venn later Brigadier F Stephens
Brigade HQ from 61st Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA
627 Infantry Regt RA
629 Infantry Regt RA from 2nd Army
Divisional RA units under command
Jan 46 – 159th Infantry Brigade from 11th Armoured Division – HQ unknown disbanded Jul 46
Commander: Brigadier JB Churcher
4 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
1 Herefordshire Regiment
1 Cheshire Regiment
Jul 46 – 153th Infantry Brigade from 51st (Highland) Infantry Division formed 6th Infantry Brigade Feb 47
1 Battalion Gordon Highlanders – Meeanee Barracks Essen
7 Battalion Gordon Highlanders merged with 1st Battalion at Essen
1 Battalion Black Watch – Glamorgan Barracks Duisburg
5 Battalion Black Watch merged with 1st Battalion at Duisburg
1 Battalion Royal Fusiliers from UK – Epsom Barracks Iserlohn
Aug 46 – 157th Infantry Brigade from 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division formed 5th Infantry Brigade Feb 47
Commander: Lieutenant Colonel RLC Rose
5 Bn Highland Light Infantry
5 Bn King’s Own Scottish Borders
7 Bn Cameronians
2 Battalion South Wales Borders from Divisional Troops – Harding Barracks Wuppertal to UK Dec 46
2 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers – Buer Gelsenkirchen to Napier Barracks Dortmund Oct 47
CO: Lieutenant Colonel Maxwell
On 1st February 1947 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division commanded by Major General CG Woolner CB MC formed the new 2nd Infantry Division with the headquarters at St David’s Barracks in Hilden
more research to follow...additions and amendments most welcome...steve@baor-locations.co.uk
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