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PostSubject: Army barracks in Hamburg   Army barracks in Hamburg Icon_minitime4/4/2011, 02:16

Hi all,

In 1951 and 1952 my RE unit travelled [ a few times] from Osnabruck to Hamburg; which was our destination should the Russians attack. We would never have even got halfway!!

Question, from memory we stayed in a barracks, not too far from city centre; and believe on the opposite side of the street was a convent or something similar

Any idea when this barracks were?

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PostSubject: Re: Army barracks in Hamburg   Army barracks in Hamburg Icon_minitime4/4/2011, 07:31

That sounds like the one i had an overnight in en route to Eckernförde from Herford.Don`t remember a lot about it as we were allowed to take in the delights of Hamburg that night.
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PostSubject: Re: Army barracks in Hamburg   Army barracks in Hamburg Icon_minitime13/3/2018, 19:40

1949 Transit Accn Hamburg

Offrs Accn:  Four Seasons Offrs Transit Hotel  Jungfernsteig (closed 1950/51)
Offrs Fams Accn:  Streit Transit Hotel, Jungfernsteig
(also known as Standard House)

und Graf Möltke Transit Hotel Steindamm1

WOs'and Sgts' Transit Mess (30 beds)
OR Wing (350 beds Cpls >Pte)
124 Transit Camp, Sedanstrasse a


WRAC Accn  > 15 Bn WRAC


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PostSubject: Re: Army barracks in Hamburg   Army barracks in Hamburg Icon_minitime14/3/2018, 22:50

Pborn4 wrote:
1949 Transit Accn Hamburg

Offrs Accn:  Four Seasons Offrs Transit Hotel  Jungfernsteig (closed 1950/51)
Offrs Fams Accn:  Streit Transit Hotel, Jungfernsteig
und Graf Möltke Transit Hotel Steindamm1

WOs'and Sgts' Transit Mess (30 beds)
OR Wing (350 beds Cpls >Pte)
124 Transit Camp, Sedanstrasse a




WRAC Accn  > 15 Bn WRAC

Thanks Pborn4 for the two replies

Has anyone got details of Transit Camps 124 and 125, their formation / disbanded; what unit ran these; is there any history available

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PostSubject: Re: Army barracks in Hamburg   Army barracks in Hamburg Icon_minitime15/3/2018, 17:12

V Company 40 Reinforcement Holding Unit was converted to 124 Transit Camp
Jan 46 – 124 Transit Camp, Herz Jesu Kloster Strasse, Gross Königsdorf west of Köln
admin Guards Division to Apr 46 then 10 Liaison HQ (British unit in the now Belgium Sector)  to May 46 then British Troops 1 Belgium Division area – clearly had moved to Hamburg District by 1949

33 Reinforcement Holding Unit was possibly converted to 125 Transit Camp
Jan 46 – 125 Transit Camp, Wavell or Dempsey Barracks, Hannover-Bothfeld with admin 51 (Highland) Infantry Division to May 46 then 40 (Hannover) Garrison to Oct 47 then 5 Infantry Division to Feb 48 then Hannover District – still there Oct 48

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