New Sub-Forum linked to the main BAOR-Location Web Pages

Radartech

Welcome and thank you for the offer

There are a few bits of information on Wesendorf on the Master Data Base which can be found off the Main Page/ Locations Section. However we have a major problem in that this is locked to the current Website Administrators and cannot be added to or amended.

As an interim measure may I suggest you create a new topic in this Forum Section headed 226 Signal Squadron Wesendorf followed by your information. It can then be moved to the correct position at a later date but in the meantime can be read and amended by the current contributors to this site

On behalf of an old member of the Company I am trying to find the Barracks and address in Bielefeld for 9 Coy RASC. 27 and 36 Coys RASC were also there. If anyone know could they email me on hinton.geoffrey@gmail.com

thanks

Geoff

In my time in Bielefeld there was always a significant RASC Transport Company presence in Catterick Barracks though this varied over the years. It would be helpful to know exactly when your friend was in Bielefeld

He left 50 years ago so about mid -60s

TA DA

Sorry chaps,

but I keep getting irritating message such as "503 Service not available" when I click on the thread "Locations ..." (and others!)

Kind regards,

Mike

Ya know, this place just gets more mind blowing in any forum. I hope somebody has the sense in London to be saving all this info. I mean if BBC and authors come here for info. then it's where it's happening.

Good point Hardrations.

I wonder what they make of our peculiar brand of humour ?

Irreverence?

brum wrote:

Good point Hardrations.

I wonder what they make of our peculiar brand of humour ?

If they do wonder, it's probably along the lines of : How the hell did the BAOR become a sucess with this lot?

And the answer lies in the story of the farmer who was selling a really good looking white arab stallion.

As it pranced about the corral it would repeatably run head first into a pole in the middle of the corral.

The buyer says, " You're trying to sell me a blind horse".

"Nope, he's not blind" says the farmer, " He just doesn't give a F**K".

And that my friends explains much of the attitude of the average soldier in BAOR

Well that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.  

Hardrations

Brilliant!!

Thanks JP. Now I can't get out of the den, as my head is to swollen. 

[quote="Hardrations
If they do wonder, it's probably along the lines of : How the hell did the BAOR become a sucess with this lot?

And the answer lies in the story of the farmer who was selling a really good looking white arab stallion.

As it pranced about the corral it would repeatably run head first into a pole in the middle of the corral.

The buyer says, " You're trying to sell me a blind horse".

"Nope, he's not blind" says the farmer, " He just doesn't give a F**K".

And that my friends explains much of the attitude of the average soldier in BAOR

Well that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.  [/quote]

   

 

Shelldrake knew that..

I was trying to find where The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was posted to in Minden during the period 1958-60 after returning from Malaya.  There was no mention on the locations page but I found the following:

Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
10 Sep 58: Sailed from Aden in the 'Devonshire' for UK
1958.10  Germany: Elizabeth Barracks, Minden .  11 Infantry Brigade Group
1960.04  England: Doniford Barracks,Watchett

So they were in Elizabeth Barracks, Minden October 1958 to April 1960.

Sadly I can't remember where I found this information, whether it was on this site or elsewhere.  I will continue to rack my brains.

I hope this helps.

With reference to my last.  The info about The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was on:

The Army page entitled British Army Units from 1945 on. I cannot post the link for 7 days but please PM me if you need it before that.