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2025/07/01 – EXERCISE “GRAND CROSSINGS 25” – Pt.2 – 23 AMPH – Weser Upnor Training Area Hameln

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧  2025/06/24 – 2025/07/01 EXERCISE „GRAND CROSSING 2025“ 🇬🇧 GERMAN/BRITISH Pionierbrückenbataillon 130 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE Part 2 on the Weser – 01.07.2025 On 1 July 2025, a key moment of the multinational exercise “GRAND CROSSINGS 25” unfolded at the historic “Upnor” water training site in Hamelin, located …

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2025/06/28 – EXERCISE “GRAND CROSSINGS 25” – Pt.1 – 23 AMPH – at the Rhine

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧  2025/06/24 – 2025/07/01 EXERCISE „GRAND CROSSING 2025“ 🇬🇧 GERMAN/BRITISH Pionierbrückenbataillon 130 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE Part 1 on the Rhine – 28.06.2025 The Rhine – majestic, powerful, ever in motion. For centuries, it has been more than a waterway; it has symbolised the kind of challenge soldiers …

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1952/05/31 – Weser River Closures – Weekly Exercises

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1952/05/31 🇬🇧 Weser River Closures – Weekly Exercises Upnor and Wouldham Announcement by Resident Officer Bankart The British occupation forces in Hameln, through Resident Officer Bankart, announced that the Weser River will be completely closed to navigation each week during the summer months, from Wednesday evening …

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1983 / 71 Amph Engr Sp Sqn – Challenger / M2 – Test at Upnor – Memories of Dean Grice/Peter Rowell

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 06/1982-12/1985 🇬🇧 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment RE 71 Amphibious Engineer Support Squadron RE Memories of Dean Grice & Peter Rowell   Dean returned to Hameln for the second time, this time as part of the 71 Amphibious Engineer Support Squadron. What he was to experience during this …

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2008/09/15 – 2008/09/25 EXERCISE „NEPTUNE’S EAGLE / UNITED SHIELD“

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 15/09/2008 – 25/09/2008 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „NEPTUNE’S EAGLE / UNITED SHIELD“ The 28 Engineer Regiment from Hameln conducted the free-running exercise “NEPTUNE’S EAGLE” from 15 to 25 September 2008. It was previously reported that the Panzerpionierbataillon 1 from Holzminden supported this exercise during a Weser river crossing in Grave …

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1967 – M2 Trials by 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron – Memories of Ritchie Smith

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© 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 …

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2010/06/04 – Crewmens Course at Upnor

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2010/06/04 – Crewmens Course at Upnor 🇬🇧 28 Engineer Regiment 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron / 412 (V) Tp These impressive images were taken by Sebastian Kreutzkamp, who had the opportunity to participate in this training! Invited by the British troops, Sebastian even had the chance to …

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2007/05/21 – 2007/05/24 – EXERCISE “NEPTUNES ENTERPRISE”

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2007/05/21 – 2007/05/24 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “NEPTUNE’S ENTERPRISE”  In May 2007, a significant training exercise took place at the Upnor water training area in Hameln, along Fischbecker Landstraße. Among the participants were Stormer HVM (High Velocity Missile) vehicles from the 12th (UK) ADR RA (12th Air Defence Regiment …

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1996/12/01 – 1996/12/04 – EXERCISE “NEPTUNES FROST”

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1996/12/01 – 1996/12/04 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “NEPTUNE’S FROST“ Official handover of M3 vehicles to the 28 Engineer Regiment From 1 to 4 December 1996, Exercise “NEPTUNE’S FROST” took place in and around Hameln. This exercise marked a turning point for the regiment, as it was officially equipped …

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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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1965 – 1966 – 408 Bridge Tp – 40 Sqn – 26 RCT – Wouldham Camp – by Graham Walker

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© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 Memories of Graham Walker 🇬🇧 1965 – 1966 408 Bridge Tp – 40 Sqn RCT – 26 RCT Wouldham Camp Graham arrived in Hamelin at the 408 (Tp) Royal Engineers in late 1965 early 1966. However, as the troop did not have a suitable task for him, he …

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