Looking for Nigel Barber Quebec Barracks Osnabrueck 1977 ..

Guest

Hello everybody,

I'm looking for my old friend Nigel Barber, who lived in Osnabrueck Quebec Barracks in 1977 and later. He will be about 55 years old now.

Thank you for sending any informations.

Karla

Bugsy

Is that so you can go into his ribs for child-support?

MsG

Stephen Lock

Just as an aside, and sorry if this takes it off-topic, but how did a British set of barracks end up with a Canadian name like Quebec?

Inheriting Canadian barracks and perhaps keeping the name, I can see (although that didn't happen in the instances where BAOR did actually inherit Canadian barracks in Deilinghofen/Hemer/Iserlohn/Werl/Soest), but this is different. Would be interested in knowing a bit of the background/history to that.

Guest

No, there are no children. I only lost track of Nigel.

Chemist

Did Nigel Barber have a second name( after Nigel) or an initial?It would easier to find him if you have this information

Guest

I'm sorry, but I've lost all informations.
He was in Quebec Barracks, in Northern Ireland and he worked for some times in the Yachting Club Dümmersee.

oldtimer

hi karla, i have been visiting this site for a long time but never joined till today, i saw your post looking for nigel barber and have some experience in tracking people down so thought i would give it a go. i found a nigel barber who was in the corp of enginners in 1977 and based in osnabruck in his 50s now and living in newcastle upon tyne, i have sent him an e mail asking him if he was at quebec barracks so only time will tell i came across his name on a site i visit and he is the right age and was in the army at that time so lets hope you will be lucky ,will let you know if i get a replie.

Guest

Thank you very much!
Karla

Chemist

Oldtimer-What site do you use?

I have been looking at 192.com

Paul · Subject: Quebec Barracks Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:21 pm

Stephen Lock wrote:

Just as an aside, and sorry if this takes it off-topic, but how did a British set of barracks end up with a Canadian name like Quebec?

Inheriting Canadian barracks and perhaps keeping the name, I can see (although that didn't happen in the instances where BAOR did actually inherit Canadian barracks in Deilinghofen/Hemer/Iserlohn/Werl/Soest), but this is different. Would be interested in knowing a bit of the background/history to that.

Possibly after the Battle of Quebec between England and France (with Mass. thrown in).

Paul.

oldtimer

i use a lot of sites, forces sites and networking sites like facebook,friendsre united when i try and trace people, i came across a nigel barber in his fifties on friends reunited his profile said he had been in the corp of enginners from 1976 to 1986 so i then looked at quebec barracks for those years and found a reference for the corps of enginners being based there, sometimes you get lucky sometimes not so sent him an e mail only time will tell,lets hope it is good news for karla.

will fill in my profile so people will know a bit about me,have enjoyed reading all the threads and it took me back to some happy times , i am based in manchester but the site map shows me in some unusual places.

Guest

thank You very much,

I guess I found Nigel in Friends Reunited.
I remembered his hometown, while reading the correspondig entries.
I signed up an sent Nigel an e mail.

Perhaps I'm lucky an he will reply.

Thank you very much for your help!!!!!

All the best to you,

Karla

Stephen Lock

Paul wrote:

Stephen Lock wrote:

Just as an aside, and sorry if this takes it off-topic, but how did a British set of barracks end up with a Canadian name like Quebec?

Inheriting Canadian barracks and perhaps keeping the name, I can see (although that didn't happen in the instances where BAOR did actually inherit Canadian barracks in Deilinghofen/Hemer/Iserlohn/Werl/Soest), but this is different. Would be interested in knowing a bit of the background/history to that.

Possibly after the Battle of Quebec between England and France (with Mass. thrown in).

Paul.

That's what I sort of thought...referring, I assume, to the epic battle on the Plains of Abraham, just below Quebec City, between Wolfe and Montcalm? It was this battle that ended French hegemony in North America and established what was to become Canada as a British colony rather than a French one. Quebec,and Quebecois, have never got over it!

In fact, the anniversary of the battle just came and went and there were plans to re-enact the battle on the Plains of Abraham (and Paul McCartney was to perform!) but there was such a hue and cry raised by the separatist party (and, believe it or not,folks, the Bloc Quebecois, who are secessionists, are a federal party,although certainly not federalist, and sit in Parliament!!) it was cancelled. I believe the re-enactment took place down in New York somewhere...bizarre, but then welcome to Canadian politics LOL

Guest

Dear oltimer,

the work is done.
I just received an answer mail from Nigel.
I found him with your help.

Thank you very much!
Karla

oldtimer

so pleased for you karla,glad to know i found the right nigel for you best wishes. paul