Arnd Wöbbeking

Hagenohsen, close to Hameln

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1995/10/17 – 1995/10/27 – EXERCISE “NEPTUNES ENDEAVOUR” – Photos and Programm by Gert Burkert-Opitz

© Gert Burkert-Opitz On 24 October 1995, this training exercise took place on the water training area in Windsheim / Jössen near Petershagen! The exercise served, inter alia, to strengthen the communion between the heavy Pionierbatallion 130 from Minden and the 28 Engineer Regiment from Hameln! Also present were, inter alia, Queens Royal Lancers from …

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1986/02/18 – EXERCISE “HARD FIST” at Ohr Park

© Ian “Smokey” Burns Diese Bilder darf ich mit Erlaubnis von Ian (Smokey) Burns hier zeigen! Vielen Dank dafür!   These photos are from Ian (Smokey) Burns! Many thanks for these wonderful photos from Ohr Park! — — — and from his 2nd Tour he sent me this Photo from Upnor Camp Hameln:    

1987-1992 – 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron – Memories of Lee Evans

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 Memories of Lee Evans 🇬🇧 1987 – July 1992 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment RE / 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE   I was given a fantastic collection of pictures from Lee Evans, who was stationed in Hamelin during the period mentioned above. He captured an impressive …

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1987/10/12 – 1987/10/22 – EXERCISE “KEYSTONE”

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1987/10/12 – 1987/10/22 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “KEYSTONE” In September 1987, a large-scale military exercise named “Keystone 87” took place under the command of the 2nd (UK) Infantry Division. Units of infantry brought in from the British Isles were tasked with seizing the western bank of the River …

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23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron

(c) Joe Geekie I was with 23 and i was a member of scrotum. Which the lads involved will know what i mean! ++++ ++++ GROSSENWIEDEN ++++ ++++ KLOSTERGUT HILWARTSHAUSEN ++++ ++++ ++++ Hehlen – Daspe ++++ ++++ Upnor Camp Hameln ++++ ++++ Joe at BINDON BARRACKS! ++++ —

1988/11/01 – 1988/11/27 – EXERCISE “IRON HAMMER” – Photos by Andreas Warnecke

(c) Andreas Warnecke Eine tolle Photogalerie über eines der imposantesten Manöver des “Kalten Krieges” von Andreas Warnecke. Die Photos der Weserüberquerung wurden alle in Brevörde aufgenommen! +++ A great photo gallery about one of the most impressive maneuvers of the “Cold War” by Andreas Warnecke. The photos of the Weser crossing were all taken in …

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1993/11/08 – 1993/11/11 – EXERCISE “FORESIGHT”

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1993/11/08 – 1993/11/11 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “FORESIGHT” November – cold, grey, rainy – ideal weather for maneuvers, as in many years before. Marienburg Castle near Nordstemmen was a popular destination for maneuver troops and their guests every autumn. However, since the end of the Cold War, the exercises have …

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2004/09/20 – 2004/10/01 – EXERCISE “RHINO CHARGE” – Photos by Gert Burkert-Opitz

© Gert Burkert-Opitz Ein weitere guter Freund und Gönner meiner Webseite über die in Hameln stationierten Einheiten ist Gert Burkert-Opitz kurz GBO genannt! Er sendete mir seine Photos dieser Übung! Vielen Dank an Dich Gert! — —

2004/09/20 – 2004/10/01 – EXERCISE “RHINO CHARGE”- Photos by Thomas Lendorf

© Thomas Lendorf Von meinem guten Freund Thomas Lendorf habe ich diese Bilder erhalten! Vielen Dank dafür! Sie sind in Hameln and der Fischbecker Landstraße (Upnor Camp) entstanden! — —  

1980/09/14 – 1980/09/26 EXERCISE “SPEARPOINT” – Painting by Ken Howard – Under the Marienburg

(c) Ken Howard Ebenso diese Übung wurde von dem britischen Militärmaler Ken Howard auf Leinwand festgehalten! Soweit mir bekannt ist hat er ein Foto als Vorlage verwendet! Also this exercise was arrested by the British military painter Ken Howard on canvas! As far as I understand, he has used a photo as template! — — …

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1979/03/01 – 1979/03/02 – EXERCISE “KEN’S TRIDENT” – Painting by Ken Howard – Ferrypoint Hajen

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1979/03/01 – 1979/03/02 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „KEN’S TRIDENT“ The liaison officer reported a special kind of exercise for the first two days of March 1979: “Ken’s Trident.” The name spoke for itself, as Kenneth Howard OBE RA (26 December 1932 – 11 September 2022), a British artist, …

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1977/11/10 – EXERCISE “MIZZEN MAST”

© Shuggy Cameron Ein Photo welches ich von Shuggy Cameron erhalten habe! Vielen Dank dafür! Es zeigt die Hamelner Engineers an der Grohnder Fähre im November 1977! Vielen Dank Shuggy! ********************************************* *********************************************  

1992/05/20 – 1992/05/27 – EXERCISE “ATLANTIC DIG I” – Schloß Hämelschenburg

© Lippold von Klencke This exercise was no exercise of a usual kind! It was an exercise that has been made under the titel “Support and preservation of German culture and monuments”! Any reader of this article looks very clearly know,  how much the British garrison in Hamelin always was involved in public life! The images were …

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1992/05/20 – 1992/05/27 – EXERCISE “ATLANTIC DIG I” – Memories of Steve Tranter

1978/02 – 1979/09 – 42 Field Squadron RE – Memories of Dean Grice

© Dean Grice

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