Intelligence & Security Group (Germany)

Intelligence and Security Group was an Intelligence Corps unit grouping of a number of intelligence and security companies based throughout the British Army of the Rhine. There were other similar units located in Mainland Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Originally formed in 1965 Int & Sy Gp 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. 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.

Organisation of Sub-units

Int & Sy Gp had its headquarters alongside the JHQ Rheidahlen, it originally had five role-specific companies, but this grew to six; which were deployed as follows:

2 Intelligence Company - Rheindahlen and other section locations in the BAOR area
3 Intelligence and Security Company - Stadium Barracks, West Berlin
4 Security Company - Düsseldorf
5 Security Company - Hannover
6 Intelligence Company - JHQ Rheindahlen
7 Intelligence Company - Bielefeld.

Commanding officers

Commanding officers have included:

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Dodds - who set up Int & Sy Gp in 1965
Lieutenant Colonel Terence Arthur Cave CBE 1968-1970

The Group Restructured

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