New BAOR-locations website - 25 May 2024

Pleased to report the revised https://baor-locations.org is now online, Mike Royal Signals is the Webmaster, not to be confused with previous Mikes, he owns https://royal-signals.org.uk/main and has been working away from many years to convert from the previous format.

It will be a long task to correct errors and update the location pages, it anybody wishes to help please send me a private message, thank you.

Having been stationed in Verden – Willich – Iserlohn – Hameln have started updating those pages first, returned to the former BAOR as a civilian, initially in Iserlohn and now near Cuxhaven so have worked on those pages, along with Itzehoe and Oldenburg that a former forum member and friend JPW who researched these garrisons along with much more to do with BAOR, sadly due to ill heath he is unable to continue.

Now starting from A… updating with pre 1 Mar 49 information from my project https://britisharmyingermany.com

I have a request, if anybody has some spare time to read through the numerous forum messages and record additions or amendments, please contact me by private message with your email address and your preference of location and or cap badge. Thank you.

Pleased to report that there were three different BMH locations in Hamburg:

9 (British) General Hospital arrived from Netherlands – advance party from Bergen-Belsen 16 Jun 45 – Flak Kaserne Hamberg-Rissen – redesignated 9 (Rissen) British Military Hospital 15 Apr 46 – Control Commission Germany 14 Oct 46 – Military patients to 94 (Hamburg) British Military Hospital

94 (British) General Hospital – established off Fuhlsbütter Straße Barmbek-Nord May 45 – redesignated 94 (Hamburg) British Military Hospital 15 Apr 46 – moved to Lesserstraße Wandsbek 1953 to 1958 – used as an annex Sep 45 to Mar 46

Handed over to the Bundeswehr

Main website page updated…the beat goes on!

Pleased to reoprt Lüneburg has been updated https://baor-locations.org/home-3/locations/luneberg/
Do not intended to write a history as need to get on with the main website updates for up to 1949, an interesting garrison, due to a shortage of barracks accommodation for occupational troops a lot of requisitioned accommodation was initially required, the town was home to Second Army May/Jun 45, have a few gaps while waiting for the 10 Garrison war diary to arrive.

There were four main barracks as follows:
• Worcester Barracks formerly Scharnhorst (Infanterie) Kaserne – south of the town now Lüneburg University – used as a military hospital until Feb 46
• Bristol Barracks formerly Artillerie Kaserne – north of the town known as Lüner Kaserne – displaced person camp until Apr 46
• Alma Barracks formerly Fliegerhorst (Airfield) Kaserne – east of the town – used by the RAF first major army units arrived Nov 53 – now Theodor-Körner-Kaserne
• Wyvern Barracks formerly Schlieffen (Kavallerie) Kaserne – east of the town – two barracks side by side – cleared quickly by Jul 45 – now disused

Living not far for Lüneburg, drove there a few years back finding all the barracks in place, only the Theodor-Körner-Kaserne was in military use.