© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 Memories of Tony Smith 🇬🇧 18.05.1965 – 07.09.1967 29 Field Squadron RE – 35 Engineer Regiment 1965 EXERCISE “ROUNDABOUT” Tony Smith was stationed in Hameln with the 29 Field Squadron RE during the aforementioned period. The 29th Squadron was one of, if not the longest-serving unit of the …
© 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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