Today I received some very sad news. On August 28th, 2024, one of the great supporters of the websites www.British-Army-in-Hameln.com and www.Military-database.de passed away. “Panzer-Neumann,” as he was affectionately called, was an invaluable source of precious photos and information about the British military in Hameln. His dedication and passion will never be forgotten. “Come on, …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1999/08/26 🇬🇧 New commander of the 28 Engineer Regiment On August 26, 1999, the command of the 28th Engineer Regiment changed hands. Exactly 25 years ago, John Mullin, an Englishman, handed over command to his successor, Andrew Mills, a Scotsman. The local Newspaper „Deister- und Weserzeitung“ …
British Army Hameln © Arnd Wöbbeking It was another fantastic weekend in Hameln. Former members of the 65 Corps Support Squadron of the Royal Engineers gathered here. On Friday evening, we enjoyed a great BBQ on the “TASK” at the Hafenverein – a big thank you to Andrew for his work at the grill. On …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1965/01/25 🇬🇧 Friendship meeting at the shooting range 26 RCT / RASC Soldiers have weapons, and members of shooting clubs handle them too—so why not hold a competition together? That was the thought of the members of the “Hameln Shooting Club” and the officers and non-commissioned …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1962/08/13 🇬🇧 Hugh’s Game 125 (Bridge) Coy RASC Hugh McKenna, who now lives in Bo’ness, Scotland, was stationed in Hamelin as a young lad from 1960 to 1963. By chance, we connected on Facebook and have been corresponding regularly ever since. I am fascinated by the …
© Rainer Preuss Rainer hat in seinem Archiv noch ein paar Bilder vom Tag der offenen Tür aus dem Wouldham Camp gefunden, vielen Dank dafür! +++ Rainer found a few pictures of the Open Day from Wouldham Camp in his archive, thank you for that! +++
(c) Jerry Lyden / Arnd Wöbbeking Jerry Lyden war in Hameln beim 26 Royal Corps of Transport! Aus seiner Erinnerung heraus schrieb er mir eine Skizze, welches Gebäude der Bindon Barracks (Scharnhorst Kaserne), welche Verwendung hatte zu seiner Zeit hier in Hameln! ++++ Jerry Lyden was in Hameln with the 26 RCT! From his memory …
© 35 & 28 Engineer Regiment Long time ago I posted an article here on the page…. lots to do… but now I got a brilliant booklet about the MGB Competition in Hameln! Rainer Preuss sent in the paper, many thanks for Support! Does someone know more about, maybe the results? Schon lange her, das …
© Arnd Wöbbeking, Roger Thorington, Airfied Höxter Brenkhausen 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Höxter-Brenkhausen airfield. At that time, I was able to help Mr. Horn to renew the memorial stone for the 65 Corps Support Squadron. This year in Hamelin, some of these squadron members met again to celebrate a …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1971/04/07 🇬🇧 Establishment of the 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment RE April 7, 1971, was a memorable day in the history of the Hameln garrison. Since 1945, British troops have been stationed in the town of the Pied Piper, including three infantry regiments, though it has mainly …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1964-1965 🇬🇧 Earthworks by the Royal Engineers In 1963-1964, the Plinke gravel pit near Breslauer Allee caused considerable public discontent. Uncontrolled mounds of rubble and waste disfigured the area, necessitating intervention. At that time, haulage contractor Wilhelm Schmale strongly advocated for restoring the site to a …
© 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 …
Last year in October the Royal British Legion Hameln Branch was disbanded. In the last three month the members of the RBL talked about, what is to do with the Standard. Normally the Standard will be layed to rest in a church, but they decided to hand over the Standard to the local museum of …
© Arnd Wöbbeking Artlenburg, a small town on the banks of the Elbe. Historically documented is this place with its ford over the Elbe since the first century. The Romans use this transition as do many after them. The salt road leads along here and the Ertheneburg on the east side secured the ford against …
© Arnd Wöbbeking Blood & Sand, the colors of the Middlesex regiment were once again blowing through the Linsingen Barracks at Süntelstraße in Hameln +++ Blood & Sand, die Farben des Middlesex Regiments wehten noch einmal durch die Linsingen Kaserne an der Süntelstraße in Hameln. It was 51 years since Ray Shave and Brian …
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