© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1954 -1957 🇬🇧 26 Field Engineer Regiment – 60 Field Squadron RE Memories of Derek Hallam For me, it is always very interesting to browse the web to gather information about British units that were stationed in Hameln. A few weeks ago, during such a search, …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1951/10/31 🇬🇧 The British garrison is developing into a good employer In 1951, six years after the end of the war, the British garrison in Hamelin employed an incredible 650 GERMAN employees. However, these jobs were not yet very popular with the people of Hamelin, as …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1951/05/00 🇬🇧 21 Field Engineer Regiment 48 Field Squadron – 125 (Bridge) Coy The 21 Field Engineer Regiment, along with its squadrons, was stationed in Hameln for only a brief period. In October 1949, it was relocated from Holzminden to the town of the Pied Piper. …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1950/05/18 🇬🇧 Soccer Game between 21 Fld Engr Rgt – HSC Hameln Sport is always part of the army, as we all know that sport keeps you physically and mentally fit. Even in the first years of the occupation, there were always sporting competitions between Hameln …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1949/12/03 🇬🇧 Request to the occupying power Since the end of the war, numerous buildings in Hameln have been confiscated or newly constructed by the British occupying forces. To assist the German population, the then so-called Resident Officer, Colonel Bankart, offered that the newly built apartments could be …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking Oberst Bankart 🇬🇧 RESIDENZ OFFIZIER & SERVICE LIAISON OFFICERS 🇩🇪 1945-2014 Oberst Bankart, formerly 3 years British commander of the districts of Göttingen-Stadt and Land, Hannoversch Münden becomes district rescue officer in Hameln. Oberst Bankart, vorher 3 Jahre britischer Kommandant der Kreise Göttingen-Stadt und Land, Hannoversch Münden …
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