2 Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion Welsh Guards – Stade to Köln/Bonn area disbanded Jun 45

1 Independent Machine Gun Company (Nortumberland Fusiliers)

CRA:

55 (Wessex) Field Regiment RA – Aachen Jun 45

CO: Lieutenant-Colonel B Wilson

153 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA – Achim near Verden Jun 45 to Brand Kaserne Aachen to Leicester Barracks Husum Feb 46

CO: Lieutenant-Colonel JS Atkins

21 Anti-Tank Regiment RA to 7th Armoured Division – Jun 45

94 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA

CO: Lieutenant-Colonel JM Northern

CRE: Lieutenant Colonel JN Thomas DSO MC

14 Field Company RE – Köln/Bonn area 1945

615 Field Company RE – Köln/Bonn area 1945

148 Field Park Company RE

11 Bridging Platoon RE

Guards Division Signals

268 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC disbanded Jun 45

535 Divisional Transport Company RASC

310 Armoured Brigade Company RASC

244 Infantry Brigade Company RASC

Divisional Ordnance Field Park RAOC

30 Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit RAOC

5 Guards Armoured Brigade Workshop REME – Ottendorf to UK Oct 45

32 Guards Infantry Brigade Workshop REME

with Light Aid Detachments and a Light AA Workshop

19 Field Ambulance RAMC

128 Field Ambulance RAMC

8 Field Dressing Station RAMC

60 Field Hygiene Station RAMC

Mobile Dental Unit RAMC

Royal Army Chaplaincy Service

Guards Armoured Division Provost Company

77 Field Security Section

Guards Divisional Postal Unit

Jun 45 – 92 (5 London) Field Regiment RA from 5th Infantry Division

Jun 45 – 75 Anti-Tank Regiment RA from 11th Armoured Division

Jul 45 – 1 Household Cavalry Regiment RAC – Stade to Goslar formed the Life Guards Armoured Car Regiment at Northampton Barracks Wolfenbuttel to Berlin Mar 46 to Luneberg Jun 46 to Cario Jul 46

Jul 45 – 2 Household Cavalry Regiment RAC – Brühl near Köln formed the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) Armoured Car Regiment to Northumberland Barracks Menden Apr 46

Jun 45 – 5th Guards Armoured Brigade

HQ Cuxhaven area renamed 5th Guards Brigade Jun 45 to Köln/Bonn area to Schleswig-Holstein Feb 46 disbanded Dec 46

Commanders: Brigadier NW Gwatkin to Jul 45 then Brigadier EH Goulburn to Aug 45 then Brigadier CAM Vandeleur then BrigadierThe Lord Tryon Sep 45

1 Battalion Coldstream Guards – unknown to UK 1946

4 Battalion Coldstream Guards from 6th Guards Brigade – unknown to Eckernforde Feb 46

1 Battalion Grenadier Guards – Stade to 7th Armoured Division Jun 45 returns to Bonn Aug 45 to Kriegsmarine Barracks Kiel Feb 46 to Neumünster 1946 to UK 1946

4 Battalion Grenadier Guards from 6th Guards Brigade – Euskirchen south of Köln to Schleswig-Holstein Feb 46 to Neunengamme near Hamburg Jun 46 to UK Oct 46

2 Battalion Grenadier Guards – Freiburg to Seiburg to Lubeck Jan 46 to Neumünster 1946 to Berlin 1946

2 Battalion Irish Guards – Gummersbach to St Patrick’s Barracks Wandsbek Hamburg Feb 46 to UK Mar 47

CO: Lieutenant-Colonel Giles AM Vandeleur

Jun 45 – 25 + 26 Fuselier Battalion Belgium Army under command – Much – Felderhoferbrücke – Schönenberg – Ruppichteroth

May 46 – 2 Battalion Coldstream Guards from Italy – Lubeck later Neumunster to Berlin 1946

May 45 – 6th Guards Armoured Brigade formally 6th Guards (Tank) Brigade from 18th Airborne Corps US Army to 8th Corps – HQ Lubeck to Connaught Barracks Plön renamed 6th Guards Brigade Jun 45 to Köln/Bonn area disbanded RAF Wahn Köln Jun 45

Commander: Brigadier WDC Greenacre

3 Battalion Scots Guards – Lubeck to Weiden west of Köln to 32nd Infantry Brigade (Guards) Jun 45

CO: Lieutenant Colonel CIH Dunbar

4 Battalion Grenadier Guards – unknown to Kiel to Euskirchen south of Köln to 5th Guards Brigade Jun 45

4 Battalion Coldstream Guards from 6th Guards Brigade – unknown  to 5th Guards Brigade Jun 45

CO: Lieutenant Colonel The Lord Tryon to Sep 45

3 Squadron – OC: Major IJ Crossthwaite

32nd Infantry Brigade (Guards) – HQ Cuxhaven area to HQ Köln/Bonn area to 8th Corps District Feb 46 to Hamburg District Apr 46 and disbanded Dec 46

Commanders: Lieutenant Colonel JC Windsor-Lewis to Jul 45 then Brigadier John Ormsby Evelyn ‘Joe’ Vandeleur DSO

5 Battalion Coldstream Guards – Cuxhaven area to Köln/Bonn area disbanded 1946

CO: Lieutenant Colonel Edward Roderick Hill DSO 

2 Battalion Scots Guards – unknown to St Andrew’s Barracks Hamburg May 46 to UK Dec 46

2 Battalion Irish Guards from 2nd Army 

Jun 45 – 3 Battalion Scots Guards from 6th Guards Brigade – unknown to Weiden west of near Köln disbanded Feb 46

CO: Lieutenant Colonel CIH Dunbar

Feb 46 – 1 Battalion Grenadier Guards from 5th Guards Brigade – Neumünster to UK 1946

Feb 46 – 4 Battalion Grenadier Guards from 5th Guards Brigade – Neuengamme near Hamburg to UK Oct 46

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 History of the Corps of Royal Engineers volume X + XI by the institution of Royal Engineers
The British Army in Germany an Organizational History 1947-2004 by Graham E Watson and Richard A Rinald