© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1974/08/23 🇬🇧 Royal Engineers at the Heisenküche Hameln The Royal Engineers are not just known for their maneuvers—they often contribute significantly to local infrastructure as well. A notable example took place in August 1974: during a military exercise, the Royal Engineers of the 35 Engineer Regiment …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1974/07/08 – 1974/07/12 🇬🇧 Officers and NCOs Construct Bridge Officers and non-commissioned officers of the 35 Engineer Regiment from Hameln voluntarily came together to construct a new bridge near Glesse. The original bridge had been built by Canadian engineers in 1958, after the previous one …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1980/10/03 🇬🇧 British combat divers helped On 4 October 1980, the *Deister- und Weserzeitung* reported on a recovery operation at the Pfortmühle in Hameln. A 200-litre drum containing diesel had apparently been located there for several days, which was discovered due to visible oil traces and …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1968/09/26 – 1968/10/24 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „ETERNAL TRIANGLE“ An autumn exercise in the year I was born – there must have been a lot of crashing and rattling. Around 20,000 soldiers from Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands took part in the exercise, in which the …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1984/02/14 🇬🇧 Demolition Exercise in the Süntel Forest: An Operation by the 4th Tp – 37 Field Squadron RE / 35 Engineer Regiment RE In early 1984, an operation was set to unfold in the Süntel Forest that would not only alter the landscape but also serve as …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1970/06/07 🇬🇧 Rescue in dire need It was the 7th of June, 1970, a date that Rolf Hilker would forever consider his second birthday. Together with his son and his dog, the man from Meierberg near Bösingfeld was enjoying a relaxed day on the Weser River, floating …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1963/01/08-31 🇬🇧 Goldbeck was engulfed… The winter of 1962/63 was not only harsh—it was relentless. The villages in the higher regions of the district were surrounded by a white hell, completely buried in snow, suffocated under a blanket of icy cold and oppressive snowfall. In Goldbeck, …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1986/10/15 🇬🇧 Marathon for needy children of Hamelin 29 Field Squadron RE In October 1986, the 29 Field Squadron RE of the 35 Engineer Regiment sparked genuine waves of enthusiasm by completing a marathon of a very special kind! Their so-called “charity run” took them from …
© 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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