tunis barracks,lubbecke

of all the places i served lubbecke was by far my favourite, i have photos of all the other places but alas all my photos of tunis bks were stolen in a burgalry,have tried over the years to find photos of the camp but no luck if any body has any i would love copies, i can picture the camp so clearly in my mind but would love some photos, i know its a long shot but worth a try.
paul.

oldtimer wrote:

of all the places i served lubbecke was by far my favourite, i have photos of all the other places but alas all my photos of tunis bks were stolen in a burgalry,have tried over the years to find photos of the camp but no luck if any body has any i would love copies, i can picture the camp so clearly in my mind but would love some photos, i know its a long shot but worth a try.
paul.

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Tunis Bks was a great Posting was in the MT 72-75, and remember the sports afternoons to Barre Brau

yes jim it was a great posting it was the one place i would have gone back to without hesitation ,many happy times on trips to barre brau,the naffi shop just by the gate and the little gasthaus mutties bar just over the road,lovely little town lubbecke, not to far to stagger back at night after a few beers in the bars and then on to the disco.

great little mt section everyone was so relaxed and friendly ncos, officers never been in such a laid back camp like it.

paul.

was in tunas barrcks in 1964/66 officers mess then on the RP sarff had a flat in the end of the med center bhind guard room ,mj jackson was the oc he was rct i was dave underwood of 2nd queens regement loved it ther

Never had the honour to even visit this town, however in a few years it'll all be over and just memories of our great times in BAOR - BFG.
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Hi, I live in Lübbecke and I served  17-19 at the ARRC in Innseorh/ Gloucestershire.
I remrmber the British  solders from my teenager time.
As active DEU officer from Lübbecke I am very lnterested in the history of British Forces in my home town.

Falk

Hi Falk,
Welcome,
I'm sure that someone who has more knowledge of the military than I have about Lübbecke,will turn up soon.

All the best
Alan

Ps. Here is a little from our archives, which were compiled some time ago.


http://www.baor-locations.org/lubbecke.aspx.html

Welcome Falk

My research for https://britisharmyingermany.com is restricted from VE Day 8 May 45 up to 1 Mar 49, have found the following units in the town of Lübbecke for this time.

HQ Control Commission (British Element) Tax House, Hermann Göring Straße later Kaiserstraße
22 Jan 46 – 1 Local Administration Unit

911 (K) Military Government Detachment to 23 Aug 45 then 1025 (K) Military Government Detachment

30th Battalion Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) – General Headquarters Troops – Bohlenstraße 17 – disbanded 19 Jun 46

165 Town Major

9 Jun 45 – Detachment 26 Provost Company (Traffic Control) Corps of Military Police

15 Jul 45 – 914 Car Company (Control Commission) Royal Army Service Corps to 8 Oct 45

19 Jul 45 – 109 Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit Royal Army Ordnance Corps to 26 Sep 45

25 Jul 45 – HQ 25 Airfield Construction Group Royal Engineers to 12 Sep 45
681 Road Construction Company Royal Engineers to 12 Sep 45
215 Pioneer Company Pioneer Corps to 3 Sep 45

28 Aug 45 – 112 Communications Company Royal Signals – General Headquarters Troops/Control Commission

5 Sep 45 – Section 1016 Field Security Reserve Detachment Intelligence Corps
Bergertorstraße 16

8 Oct 45 – 604 Provost Company (Vulnerable Point) (Control Commission) Corps Military Police – disbanded 20 Dec 45

11 Nov 45 – 103 Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit Royal Army Ordnance Corps to 22 Nov 45

17 Nov 45 – 109 Provost Company (Army) Corps Military Police to 21 May 46 – returns 5 Jun 46 (Control Commission)

9 Mar 46 – 9238 + 9254 Fire Fighting Sub Sections Pioneer Corps

23 May 46 – 6 Sub Office 2 Pioneer and Civilian Labour Unit Pioneer Corps

6 Jun 46 – 10 Area Intelligence Team (Control Commission)

19 Jun 46 – HQ CRASC 80 Transport Column Royal Army Service Corps
Kaiserstraße 17

19 Jun 46 – 1757 Independent Transport Platoon (Control Commission) Royal Army Service Corps
Bahnstraße Lübbecke

1 Jul 46 – 1788 Independent Transport Platoon (Control Commission) Royal Army Service Corps

by 18 Jul 47 only the following units were in Lübbecke to support the Control Commission:

Garrison Engineer Lübbecke Royal Engineers
1054 Casualty Receiving Station Royal Army Medical Corps by 15 Jan 48 Central Medical Inspection Room Lübbecke
6 Sub Office 2 Pioneer and Civilian Labour Unit Pioneer Corps

Tunis Barracks remains unconfirmed and not shown on a BAOR original document issued 13 Sep 46.

In 1958 HQ 2nd Infantry Division moved from St David’s Barracks Hilden to the Tax House replacing the disbanded 6th Armoured Division details here https://www.baor-locations.org/BirdwoodLP.aspx.html also the Divisional HQ is reported to have moved to Lübbecke just prior to disbandment, know that 2nd Infantry Divisional units were stationed in Tunis Barracks Lübbecke and Birdwood Barracks Bünde.

When I have completed https://britisharmyingermany.com up to 1 Mar 49 hope to continue forward as there are clearly errors on the internet.

Hope this helps

Tunis Barracks is (after much discussion in Minden-Lübbecke) was re-developed for housing.
The Barracks lay between Mindenerstrasse (B65) and Gehlenbeckerstrasse. (purple outline on attached .jpg map)
Nowadays approaching from Minden the new-build Zollamt
(Customs Office where parcels and packets from outside EU (and from UK) are assessed for customs duty) is approximately on
the north eastern edge of the former barracks plot.
Advocates of What3words and Google maps might look at "sulkily.replicating.hotter" or
"melodrama.reordering.chuckling" to find points within the former barracks.

Map is from 1992 (Part of the site assessment for re-build)

Safe to say Tunis Barracks was a new build despite the Wiki records, does not appear on the 1944 map available online, so assume built early 1950s along with Birdwood Barracks Bünde, my newest location statement is Oct 48, Control Commission units were no longer listed by this time as no longer BAOR command, for future research we need to find out when the Control Commission HQ Lübbecke move out of the Tax House, know that HQ 2nd Infantry Division moved in from St David’s Barracks Hilden in 1958 not to Tunis Barracks as the www shows, or did they move in 1959 via Tunis Barracks?

“History is a mystery and only as good as those who wrote it down”

Error found should read

30th Battalion Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) – General Headquarters Troops – Bohlenstraße 17 – disbanded 19 Jun 46 not 19 Jun 45, therefore they were the Garrison Troops