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1965/01/25 – Friendship meeting at the shooting range – 26TptColm RASC

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© 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 …

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1965/05/27 – EXERCISE “CANAL TURN” – Memories of Tony Smith – 29 Field Squadron RE

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© 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 “CANAL TURN” Tony Smith was stationed in Hameln with the 29 Field Squadron of the Royal Engineers during the above-mentioned period. The 29th Squadron was one of the, if …

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1965/06/16 – EXERCISE “LAST CHANCE” – Memories of Tony Smith – 29 Field Squadron RE

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© 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 “LAST CHANCE” Tony Smith was stationed in Hameln with the 29 Field Squadron of the Royal Engineers during the above-mentioned period. The 29th Squadron was one of the, if …

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1965/07/21 EXERCISE “FORELLE”

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© 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 …

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1965/08/23 – EXERCISE “RHINE WINE” – Memories of Tony Smith – 29 Field Squadron RE

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© 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 …

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