© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1984 🇬🇧 42 Field Squadron RE Fire Brigade Festival in Emmern In 1984, the fire brigade in Emmern, a village in the municipality of Emmerthal, celebrated its 80th anniversary—a milestone that thrilled not only the local community but also highlighted a remarkable example of collaboration. The …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2003/01 🇬🇧 Operation “TELIC 1” 28 Engineer Regiment Loading at Hameln Station Photos by Rainer Preuss **2003** – The world was ablaze, and the war knew no mercy. Not even the gates of the tranquil Weser town of Hamelin could hold it back. The 28 …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1978 – A brilliant piece of art by Steve Hart 🇬🇧 42 Field Squadron RE Clive Jones Davies sent me a section of a newspaper report about one of his comrades. Steve Hart was stationed from 1977 to 1981 in Hameln with the 42 Field Squadron. During his …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking In Memoriam 🇬🇧 1973/07/24 – 1973/07/25 🇬🇧 British soldier from Hameln killed in an Exercise accident ✝ On 26 July 1973, a tragic training accident shook the region of Erzhausen in the district of Gandersheim. The “Deister- und Weserzeitung” reported on a terrible incident that occurred during a military …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 15/09/2008 – 25/09/2008 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „NEPTUNE’S EAGLE / UNITED SHIELD“ The 28 Engineer Regiment from Hameln conducted the free-running exercise “NEPTUNE’S EAGLE” from 15 to 25 September 2008. It was previously reported that the Panzerpionierbataillon 1 from Holzminden supported this exercise during a Weser river crossing in Grave …
© Dewezet & Arnd Wöbbeking In Memoriam Among other things, the tasks of the Royal Engineers from Hameln consisted of blowing up explosives. In war time, they had to destroy the Weser bridges to prevent a fast move of the Warsaw Pact troops. In many exercises this was part of the scenarios. But also on …
(c) John Hicking Gestern habe ich von John ein paar tolle Bilder aus den Gordon Barracks erhalten! Die Bilder stammen aus den Jahren 1980-83! Er war von 1980-1983 in der 42 Field Squadron und von 1991-1993 bei 522 STRE (Spezialist Team Royal Engineer) Vielen Dank für Deine Bilder John! ++++ Yesterday I got some great …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2013/07/06 🇬🇧 Freedom of the City Disbandment 42 Field Squadron RE A sad occasion for the soldiers of the 42 Field Squadron RE, part of the 28 Engineer Regiment from Hameln! Today, on 6th July 2013, their unit was disbanded as part of the restructuring of …
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