Intelligence & Security Group (Germany)

Intelligence and Security Group (Germany) (abbreviated as Int & Sy Gp (G)) was an Intelligence Corps unit grouping of a number of intelligence and security companies based throughout the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR).[1][2] There were other similar units located in Mainland Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[3][4]

Intelligence & Security Group (Germany)
Badge of the Intelligence Corps
Active1965-1993
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army Intelligence Corps
RoleIntelligence and Security
SizeBattalion structure with HQ and six companies
Garrison/HQJHQ Rheindahlen and elsewhere in BAOR
Motto(s)Manui Dat Cognitio Vires (Knowledge Gives Strength to the Arm) (Latin)
ColorsCypress Green
MarchThe Lincolnshire Poacher
Engagements71 Intelligence Section and other Group personnel deployed on Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Group personnel also deployed to the Former Republic of Yugoslavia on Operation Grapple (UNPROFOR) missions.
Commanders
Ceremonial chiefThe Duke of Edinburgh

Originally formed in 1965 Int & Sy Gp (G) would be re-titled 1 Military Intelligence Battalion in November 1993, but it remained headquartered in JHQ Rheindahlen but with a lesser number of intelligence and security-roled companies.[5] Prior to the formation of the Group HQ Intelligence Corps Germany HQ was located at 52 Gnisenau Strasse in Mönchengladbach. In 1964 the headquarters was relocated to the BSSO (G) Block inside the JHQ secure compound at the Rheindahlen Military Complex.[6]

Organisation of Sub-units

Int & Sy Gp (G) had its headquarters alongside the JHQ Rheidahlen, it originally had five role-specific companies,[7] but this grew to six; which were deployed as follows:[8][9][10][11]

  • 2 Intelligence Company - Rheindahlen and other section locations in the BAOR area
  • 3 Intelligence and Security Company - Stadium Barracks, West Berlin (British Sector)
  • 4 Security Company - Düsseldorf (with security sections deployed to British garrisons in North Rhine Westphalia and logistic support facilities in the Low Countries)
  • 5 Security Company - Hannover (with security sections deployed to British garrisons in Lower Saxony)
  • 6 Intelligence Company (Photographic Interpretation) - JHQ Rheindahlen
  • 7 Intelligence Company - Bielefeld (with intelligence sections and detachments deployed to 1 British Corps, divisional and brigade headquarters).

Commanding officers

Commanding officers have included:

  • Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Dodds - who set up Int & Sy Gp (G) in 1965[12]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Terence Arthur Cave CBE 1968-1970[13]

The Group Restructured

In November 1993 Int & Sy Gp (G) was retitled 1 Military Intelligence Battalion as part of an army-wide review of intelligence and security support.[14] This new intelligence unit would eventually relocate from Rheindahlen to the UK and become part of 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade.

References
  1. "BAOR Order of Battle 1989" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. "JHQ". www.baor-locations.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. Bijl, Nick Van der (19 October 2009). Operation Banner: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1969 _ 2007. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781844159567. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. "Newshound: Brigadier Leakey affidavit from Sunday Tribune, April 14, 2002". www.nuzhound.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. Bijl, Nick Van Der (2013). Sharing the Secret: The History of the Intelligence Corps 1940-2010. Pen and Sword. p. 309. ISBN 9781473833180. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. "Elles Barracks". www.baor-locations.org. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. Bijl, Nick van der (2017). British Military Intelligence: Objects from the Military Intelligence Museum. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445662398. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  8. Bijl, Nick Van Der (2013). Sharing the Secret: The History of the Intelligence Corps 1940-2010. Pen and Sword. p. 241. ISBN 9781473833180. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  9. "BAOR Order of Battle 1989" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  10. "JHQ". www.baor-locations.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. Bijl, Nick Van der (19 October 2009). Operation Banner: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1969 _ 2007. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781844159567. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  12. Bijl, Nick Van Der (2013). Sharing the Secret: The History of the Intelligence Corps 1940-2010. Pen and Sword. pp. 240–241. ISBN 9781473833180. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  13. "Royal Leicestershire Regiment". www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  14. Bijl, Nick Van Der (2013). Sharing the Secret: The History of the Intelligence Corps 1940-2010. Pen and Sword. p. 309. ISBN 9781473833180. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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