Category: BARRACKS-TRAINING-AREAS

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” ++++ ++++

1963/06/ – Spr Ginger McLean – ✝

Information from Roger Makin In Memoriam ++++ Im Juni 1963 starb Sapper Ginger Maclean im Wouldham Camp an der Weser! Er fiel bei Übungsarbeiten von seinem Bulldozer und wurde anschließend von seinem Fahrzeug überrollt! ++++ Spr Ginger Maclean died at Wouldham Camp in June 1963! He fell of a Bulldozer and was run over it! ++++ …

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

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© 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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1961/10 – 45 Field Park Squadron – Wouldham Camp Hameln – Memories of Stuart D Trott

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 October 1961 – Wouldham Camp Hameln 🇬🇧 Memories of Stuart D Trott – 45 Field Park Squadron Stuart D. Trott was with the 45 Field Park Squadron in Hameln on the Wouldham site. While he was there with his squadron, a French engineer unit was there and demonstrated …

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1960 – 45 Field Park Squadron – Ravelin Bridge Camp Hameln – Memories of Stuart D Trott

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1960 – Ravelin Camp Hameln 🇬🇧 Memories of Stuart D Trott – 45 Field Park Squadron Bridge Camps, I think every squadron that had anything to do with building bridges was in Hamelin at Ravelin Camp. That was their camp and from there they set off to Wouldham …

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1960 – 45 Field Park Squadron – Ohr Park – Memories of Stuart D Trott

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1960 – Ohr Park Hameln 🇬🇧 Memories of Stuart D Trott – 45 Field Park Squadron Stuart D. Trott was with the 45 Field Park Squadron in Hameln on the training ground at Rittergut Ohr. He was able to take incredible pictures there. A Centurion battle tank supporting …

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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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1959/03/11 – Accident close to Wouldham Park

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1959/03/11 🇬🇧 Accident close to Wouldham Park An accident with a Bedford RL of the British armed forces from Hameln came on the B83 on the „Ohrsche Landstraße“ at the entrance to the water exercise place (Wouldham Park) there. The British soldier said he had pushed …

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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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1951/05/00 21 Field Engineer Regiment – 48 Field Squadron – 125 (Bridge) Coy

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1951/05/00 🇬🇧 21 Field Engineer Regiment 48 Field Squadron – 125 (Bridge) Coy The 21 Field Engineer Regiment, along with its squadrons, was stationed in Hameln for only a brief period. In October 1949, it was relocated from Holzminden to the town of the Pied Piper. …

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