© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2025/11/18 🇬🇧 2015 – The day I Met Hughie Murray It all began in 2009 with a box. Dusty, forgotten, left in the attic—yet brimming with newspaper clippings. The subject? Military maneuvers. The fate of this box? Unclear. Throw it away? Too valuable. So, I went through everything …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 20.06.1986 🇬🇧 Bridge for the Horse Riding Club in Emmern As in several previous years, the Royal Engineers from Hameln once again offered their assistance to the clubs and institutions of Emmerthal in 1986. The Emmerthal Riding and Driving Club was hosting its traditional tournament, but the …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1968/01/17 🇬🇧 Floods in Hamelin Heavy rainfall combined with rapid snowmelt triggered a state of emergency in the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont on 15 January 1968. The flooding particularly affected the tributaries of the River Weser – the Hamel, Humme and Emmer. The situation was especially severe along …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1958/09/18 🇬🇧 Bridging and Rafting Demonstration at Ohr on the River By 1958, the Cold War was in full swing. The British Army was searching for new, more efficient, faster, and at the same time safer bridge and ferry systems to enable the rapid transport of armoured vehicles, …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1975/07/11 🇬🇧 Sports field construction in Emmerthal-Börry On 11 July 1975, the Deister- und Weserzeitung reported on the construction of the sports ground for SC Börry in Emmerthal. The project was completed in two stages. The second phase was carried out by 24 soldiers of the 73 …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧🇳🇱1979/03/26 – 1979/04/07 🇳🇱🇬🇧 EXERCISE / OEFENING “RHINO EM” 1 (NL) Korps – 13 (NL) Brigade 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment RE 64 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE Newspapercut from the Deister- and Weserzeitung The *Deister and Weser Newspaper* also reported on the exercise. The Dutch liaison officer informed …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1984 🇬🇧 42 Field Squadron RE Fire Brigade Festival in Emmern In 1984, the fire brigade in Emmern, a village in the municipality of Emmerthal, celebrated its 80th anniversary—a milestone that thrilled not only the local community but also highlighted a remarkable example of collaboration. The …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1977-1978 🇬🇧 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment 64 Amphibious Engineer Squadron Memories of Andy Rickett Andy Rickett sent me this photo from his time with the 64 Amphibious Engineer Squadron. It was taken in either 1977 or 1978 and tells a story far beyond the image itself. …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1985/86 🇬🇧 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment Memories of John G John G. Welsch has fond memories of his time here in Hamelin with the 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment. He recalls many Royal Engineer exercises in our beautiful region. He served as a Recce Officer (Reconnaissance and …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1971-1975 🇬🇧 Message form the past Football Shirt of the SV Hajen e.V. by Bill Smith Many British soldiers lived in private accommodation during their service and were actively involved in sports clubs in Hameln and the surrounding area. Bill Smith sent a special souvenir from his …
© 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 …
© https://british-army-in-hameln.com/ Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1997/10/10 🇬🇧 65CSS gave helping hands to Firebrigade Kirchohsen The British troops were always helpful and present whenever there were problems. Much was done discreetly, without attracting attention. Just like that, relatively unbureaucratically. In some situations, it must be said: What would the district have done without the help of …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1967 🇬🇧 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE M2-Trials Memories of Ritchie Smith Ritchie Smith is a true legend of the Royal Engineers in Hameln. A genuinely kind-hearted person, he kindly shared with me his impressive photos from the time when the Gillious ferries were still in …
(c) Thomas Lendorf & Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2010/11/08 – 2010/11/12 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “NEPTUNE’S ODYSSEY” On 9 November 2010, an event took place in and around the small village of Latferde by the Weser, something that hadn’t happened in at least 20 years! You might call it one of those “couldn’t have gone worse” moments – …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1979/03/01 – 1979/03/02 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „KEN’S TRIDENT“ The liaison officer reported a special kind of exercise for the first two days of March 1979: “Ken’s Trident.” The name spoke for itself, as Kenneth Howard OBE RA (26 December 1932 – 11 September 2022), a British artist, …
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