What was going on in 1959 / Was geschah im Jahr 1959

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959/12/24 🇬🇧 Football Game – 125 (Bridge) Coy Shortly before Christmas in 1959, an exciting football match took place between the 125 (Bridge) Company and the 7th Engineer Battalion of the Bundeswehr from Holzminden, as reported by the *Deister- und Weserzeitung*. The match ended in a …

© by David Ashby Vor ein paar Tagen surfte ich mal wieder durch das Netz auf der Suche nach Informationen über Einheiten die in Hameln stationiert gewesen sind! Ich fand ein paar Fotos von David Ashby! Ich schrieb ihn an und fragte ob ich sie verwenden dürfte. Ich musste nicht lange auf eine Antwort von …

© Arnd Wöbbeking Interview with Raymond „Ray“ Shave – The Middlesex Regiment Am Sonntag den 19.04.2015 bin ich mit meiner Frau in Herford auf dem alten Markt unterwegs gewesen! Dort war der Auftakt der Abschiedswoche für die Britischen Truppen in der Hansestadt Herford. 5 Musiker der „Band of the Royal Engineers“ gaben sich die Ehre und spielten …

© DEWEZET Ein weiterer Artikel der DEWEZET aus dem Archiv von Gerhard Fricke! Herzlichen Dank dafür! Er beschreibt den Führungswechsel im Middlesex Regiment! Oberstleutnant Nolda übergibt die Führung des Regiments an Oberstleutnant Battye! Dazu gab es am 21.11.1959 eine Parade in den Gordon Barracks! +++ Another article in the DEWEZET from the archive of Gerhard …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧1959/11/18 🇬🇧 Change of Command at the Middlesex Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Nolda, the outgoing Commanding Officer of the Middlesex Regiment, is leaving Hamelin. For two and a half years, he led the unit, which had been relocated from Cyprus to the banks of the Weser.  During this …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959/11/05 🇬🇧 “Remember, remember, the Fifth of November” – GUY FAWKES DAY On 5th November 1959, the Deister- und Weserzeitung announced that British troops, along with their families, would light two bonfires on the same day. One bonfire will burn in the northern part of Gordon …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959/09/04 🇬🇧 The new Pipers Club is finished In October 1958, construction began on the new building for the Pipers Club on Süntelstrasse. The building was completed in September 1959. The building is used to support troops and is looked after by the “Church Army”. The …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959/08/15 🇬🇧 Advance notice of completion of the new Pipers Club The Pipers Club, built by the Staatshochbauamt near GORODN BARRACKS is soon completed. At last, 14 years after the end of the war, the hotel “Unter den Linden” can now be returned to the germans. …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959/08/01 – 1962/04/30 🇬🇧 PJ Martinson becomes liaison officer The Canadian Lieutenant Colonel P.J. Martinson takes over the position of liaison officer in Hameln. Martinson is a native of the USA with Scandinavian ancestors. Martinson has been in Germany since 1945 and was liaison officer in …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 29.04.1959 🇬🇧 Traffic-Accident in Hameln A tragic accident shook the city of Hamelin on the morning of Tuesday, April 28, 1959. At around 7:30 am, a truck belonging to the British Armed Forces stationed in Hamelin collided with a German vehicle at the busy intersection of …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959/03/11 🇬🇧 Accident close to Wouldham Park An accident with a Bedford RL of the British armed forces from Hameln came on the B83 on the „Ohrsche Landstraße“ at the entrance to the water exercise place (Wouldham Park) there. The British soldier said he had pushed …

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959 🇬🇧 125 (Bridge) COY RASC – Memories of John Benson John Benson was stationed here in Hamelin in 1959 with the 125 (Bridge) Coy of the RASC. He has kindly provided me with some photos of himself and his comrades for the site. Many thanks …