Category: Gordon Barracks

2004/07/10 – Freedom of the City – Parade at GORDON BARRACKS – OPEN DAY WOULDHAM in 2004 – Videocollection

© Rainer Preuß Rainer Preuß, a good friend of mine loaded up some great videos about Freedom of the City – Parade at GORDON BARRACKS – OPEN DAY WOULDHAM in 2004! Great memories Rainer, thanks for that!  +++              

2004/07/10 – Freedom of the City

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1965/03/09 – Fire in the roof of Gordon Barracks

Digital Copy of the Original Maingate Sign Bindon Barracks © British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1965/03/08 🇬🇧 Fire in the roof of Gordon Barracks **Monday, 8 March 1965, 2 a.m.** A blinding flash of light illuminated the night sky over the Gordon Barracks. The roof of the building jutted into the sky like a burning torch, flames greedily licking at the …

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1964/10/19 – EXERCISE “ETERNAL TRIANGLE”

(c) DEWEZET 19.10.1964 – 300 Offiziere versammelten sich um über die Ergebnisse des derzeit laufenden Manövers Eternal Triangle zu diskutieren! ++++ 19/10/1964 – 300 officers gathered around the cinema and talked about the results of the ongoing Exercise “Eternal Triangle” ++++ ++++

1962/07/24 – British–German (Hameln) Go-Cart Club

© www.british-army-in-hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1962/07/24 🇬🇧 British–German (Hameln) Go-Cart Club Fortunately, the *Deister- und Weserzeitung* provided extensive coverage – otherwise, I would certainly have missed this club. It remains unclear when exactly the club was founded or how long it operated. Nevertheless, it sounds like an exciting and entertaining time. …

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1959/11/21 – Parade of the Middlesex Regiment in the Gordon Barracks

© 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 …

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1951/10/31 – Die britische Garnison entwickelt sich zu einem Super Arbeitgeber…..

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1951/10/31 🇬🇧 The British garrison is developing into a good employer In 1951, six years after the end of the war, the British garrison in Hamelin employed an incredible 650 GERMAN employees. However, these jobs were not yet very popular with the people of Hamelin, as …

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