Former employees: REME in Wetter, Germany (23 Base Workshop)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am working for the company taglicht media from Cologne, we are a production company that creates documentaries for German television.
Currently we are producing a new documentary series about houses with an interesting and lively history. One episode will be about the Villa Bönnhoff in Wetter at the river Ruhr, once the house of an old industrialist, that was used by the REME during the time of the British occupation of the Rhineland.
For this episode we are looking for veterans of the 23 Base Workshop of the REME in Wetter, Germany. We are also looking for people who worked there and who would like to talk to us about their time at the REME. We are especially looking for members of the REME that have actually lived in said Villa and who would be interested in talking to us about their time there and sharing their stories. We would also be extremely grateful for anyone who can provide us with pictures of the REME and Wetter in general.


We would be very grateful if anyone who reads this post and who knows someone who once worked at the REME in Wetter could forward this request to them.

Please feel free to write us messages on this forum.


Thank you very much in advance.

Sincerely yours,

taglicht media

Will give a detailed response direct as a pm

There is a FaceBook page: 23 Base Workshop REME for any ex-23 Base personnel. I served as Chief Clerk from 2004-2007. Met my lovely German wife Christa Posner there and got an extension so I could finish my career there and take local discharge. e both ended up as missionaries in Guatemala where I am still serving. Sadly Christa passed away in September 2021 from the evil man-made covid.
I saw many things go on whilst serving there, and sadly our Brigadier Geoff Slater left suddenly due to someone (I think I know who) bubbling him to the Int Service. A brilliant officer.