© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1965/07/21 🇬🇧 Exercise „FORELLE“ 29 Field Squadron RE The Year 1965 – A Year That Dissolved into the Dreary Grey of Endless Rainfall and Caused the Weser River to Overflow its Banks Again and Again.** The summer, usually marked by warm days and gentle sunlight, turned …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 *Memories of Tony Smith* 🇬🇧 18/05/1965 – 07/09/1967 29 Field Squadron RE – 35 Engineer Regiment EXERCISE “RHINE WINE” This exercise took place from 23/08/1965 to 04/09/1965. The 29th Field Squadron RE trained together with US troops near Guntersblum! The Rhine was closed to all shipping …
On May 27, 1965, a serious accident occurred on the way to the exercise “Canal Turn”. John Provan, who has just finished his driving license for a left-hand drive, touched a parking car with his 3t-Bedford RL. By the impact on the parked vehicle, the truck hurled around, sliding through a ditch and colliding with …
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