Tag: Hameln Garrison

1966 – 1972 – WO1 RSM Joe V. Herman – A True Legend

© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1966 – 1972 🇬🇧 WO1 RSM Joe V. Herman – A True Legend The First RSM of the 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment RE Not long ago, I received photographs of Joe Herman from his son, Bruce Herman. He handed them over with the words, “You’ll surely …

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1990/06/14 – IRA Terror in Hameln

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1990/06/14 – IRA Terror in Hameln 🇬🇧 An attack that could have killed – and yet narrowly did not. In the late afternoon of 14 June 1990, at approximately 5:15 p.m., a powerful explosion rocked the grounds of the British Royal Engineers in Hameln – specifically …

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1964/12/03 – Hameln Becomes a Garrison Town

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1964/12/03 🇬🇧 HAMELN GARRISON Hameln Becomes a Garrison Town – What Does That Mean? Since 1964, Hameln has officially held the status of a garrison town – but what exactly does that entail? In the autumn of 1964, the headquarters of the 11th British Pioneer Brigade …

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