28 Engineer Regiment

There are two trains of thought on this Regiment.

One says that it was stationed for most of its life in Bindon Barracks, Hameln before moving to Gordon Barracks. The other says it was in Gordon Barracks.

Anyone out there who can clear this one up please?

Paul.

I'd safely say that 28 Amph were stationed in Bindon! I did an AA Camo & Surv Cse back in the early eighties in Gordon Bks and it was occupied by 35 Eng Regt, HTH.

Hi Paul

Soprano54 is correct 35 Engr Regt supporting 20 Armd Bde was reformed in Nov 70 in Gordon Barracks and moved to Barker Barracks Paderborn Dec 99 where they remain today from Dec 77 to Jan 81 were known as 4 Armd Div Engr Regt

I was attached to the Combat Engineer Training Centre in 1979 from 3 Armd Div Engr Regt Iserlohn therefore on 4 Armd Div Engr Regt strength for admin purposes

28 Amph Engr Regt supporting 1 (BR) Corps formed Jan 71 in Bindon Barracks they dropped Amph in 1992 and supported 1 Armd Div then in Dec 99/Jan 00 moved into Gordon Barracks and remain there today

Cheers
Steve

Thanks to both of you for your replies.

I will amend the pages as necessray in due course.

Paul.

Hi guys,

I'm german and I live 7km in the south of Hameln!

In honour of all British Units of Hameln I built a homepage. The page isn't complete and I'm still working on it.

I'm looking for some help for my page and I don't know if the info are all correct.

If you have some information (pics, dates, whatever....) for me and my page please contact me!

Have a look:

http://armaniwoe.jimdo.com/history-of-british-army-in-hameln/

Best regards
Arnd

armaniwoe wrote:

Hi guys,

I'm german and I live 7km in the south of Hameln!

In honour of all British Units of Hameln I built a homepage. The page isn't complete and I'm still working on it.

I'm looking for some help for my page and I don't know if the info are all correct.

If you have some information (pics, dates, whatever....) for me and my page please contact me!

Have a look:

http://armaniwoe.jimdo.com/history-of-british-army-in-hameln/

Best regards
Arnd

Hello Arnd,

I am Paul and one of the Administrators on the site, although I have been absent for a period of time (longer than I wanted to be actually)

Let me know what you are looking for and I am sure that someone on the site will come up with something for you.

Paul.

Guest wrote:

Hi Paul

Soprano54 is correct 35 Engr Regt supporting 20 Armd Bde was reformed in Nov 70 in Gordon Barracks and moved to Barker Barracks Paderborn Dec 99 where they remain today from Dec 77 to Jan 81 were known as 4 Armd Div Engr Regt

I was attached to the Combat Engineer Training Centre in 1979 from 3 Armd Div Engr Regt Iserlohn therefore on 4 Armd Div Engr Regt strength for admin purposes

28 Amph Engr Regt supporting 1 (BR) Corps formed Jan 71 in Bindon Barracks they dropped Amph in 1992 and supported 1 Armd Div then in Dec 99/Jan 00 moved into Gordon Barracks and remain there today

Cheers
Steve

Did I ever correct those pages?? I must look!!!

Paul.

armaniwoe wrote:

Hi guys,

I'm german and I live 7km in the south of Hameln!

In honour of all British Units of Hameln I built a homepage. The page isn't complete and I'm still working on it.

I'm looking for some help for my page and I don't know if the info are all correct.

If you have some information (pics, dates, whatever....) for me and my page please contact me!

Have a look:

http://armaniwoe.jimdo.com/history-of-british-army-in-hameln/

Best regards
Arnd

That is fantastic, Arnd. As some of us have written on this site, there is a concern that the stories, history, usw of BAOR in Germany will gradually be forgotten or slip into irrelevance as the generations of those of us who served, or whose families served, in Germany age and pass away and a new generation grows up with no connection to this history.

I know the history of the Canadians in NRW is becoming forgotten and there just isn't much in the way of memorials or monuments or any sort of recorded history in Hemer, Iserlohn, Deilinghofen (there is a 'denkmal' to commemorate the hockey players there, put up by the Iserlohner Roosters and a small plaque on the Deilinghofen church), Werl, Unna, or Soest.

On line, all I have ever been able to find are sites created by the children, now adults of course, of Canadian military once stationed in Germany but have found nothing that is what I would call a "history" as such.

So knowing there is someone out there who is interested in keeping alive that history is wonderful.

Danke Shoen!!

Thanks for the nice words!

I have only good memories of the days of the cold war and the British soldiers from Hamelin!

Each week they were with their ferries close to my home and have practiced or "blown up" our bridge between Hagenohsen and Kirchohsen!

I ask again everyone, which has images of troops in Hamelin, between 1945 and today please help to complete my side with photos or what else!

Thanks a lot!

Best regards
Arnd

hello everyone this is my first post. I served my national service Feb 1956 to Oct 1957 with 26 Feild Engineer Regt at Gordon Barracks Hameln I was in RHQ Troop MT, is there anyone out there from the same time ? Iwas known in those days as lofty Robson. Alan Robson 23190370

Paul

Just joined,

I was posted to 23 Amph Engr Sqn back in 1974 (then 28 Amph Engr Regt).

We were stationed in Bindon Bks, with 64 and 73 Amph Engr Sqns.

Soon after 73 went to NI as inf, they left and 65CSS took their place.

73's rigs were divided between 23 & 64, with some going away for war stock I believe.

Great days

Mike

Guest wrote:

Hi Paul

Soprano54 is correct 35 Engr Regt supporting 20 Armd Bde was reformed in Nov 70 in Gordon Barracks and moved to Barker Barracks Paderborn Dec 99 where they remain today from Dec 77 to Jan 81 were known as 4 Armd Div Engr Regt

I was attached to the Combat Engineer Training Centre in 1979 from 3 Armd Div Engr Regt Iserlohn therefore on 4 Armd Div Engr Regt strength for admin purposes

28 Amph Engr Regt supporting 1 (BR) Corps formed Jan 71 in Bindon Barracks they dropped Amph in 1992 and supported 1 Armd Div then in Dec 99/Jan 00 moved into Gordon Barracks and remain there today

Cheers
Steve

Spot on! I was there '78 until '84 and that's how I remember it.

28 AMPH ENGR REGT ( 23,64& 73 AMPH ENGR SQNS PLUS RHQ TROOP WERE IN SHARNHORST STRASSE CASERNE (BINDON BKS)

Hi,

28 Engineer Regiment is disbanding this year and I am writing the Regimental History. If you have any stories or photos relating to the Regiment, please PM or email me. Any help or information about the Regiment would be really helpful.

Thanks.

JK

Welcome to this site and good luck with your project

Webmaster Steve (an individual with Sapper connections) and I, with the assistance of other members of this site are currently researching and recording the early years of BAOR from May 1945 onwards.

We, and Steve in particular, might have some basic background information on the Hameln area which might be of interest.

Conversely we would appreciate sight of any information you may unearth on the 1945-1950 period.

JPW,

Sure. Happy to help if I can. Any information on Hameln and 28 Engr activity would be greatly received.

Thanks,

JK

Welcome JK

May 62 – 23 Amphibious River Crossing Cadre formed from 1 Troop 50 Field Squadron of 25 Corps Engineer Regiment – Roberts Barracks Osnabrück
Jun 62 – 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron moved to Bindon Barracks Hameln May 64

Jan 71 – 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment command 1 (BR) Corps – Bindon Barracks Hameln
Help needed with NI tour dates
23 + 64 Amphibious Engineer Squadrons
NI Ballykelly Engineer Role Oct 78 to Feb 79
64 Amphibious Engineer Squadron
73 Amphibious Support Squadron

May 92 – command to CRE 1 Div
Jun 92 – 12 Field Squadron joins from 25 Engr Regt

1993 – General Engineer Support Regiment to 1 Armoured Division
64 HQ Squadron
12 Field Squadron renamed 12 (Nova Scotia) HQ Sqn moved to 25 Engr Regt
NI Maze Prison Mar to Sep 93
23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron
NI Maze Prison Sep 93 to Mar 94
73 Amphibious Support Squadron moved to 23 Engr Regt Jan 93
65 Field Support Squadron from 1994
522 STRE (Works) from 1994

1999 – General Engineer Support Regiment to 1 Armoured Division
64 HQ and Support Squadron
23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron
42 Field Support Squadron
45 Field Support Squadron
65 Field Support Squadron
522 STRE (Works)
412 Amphibious Engineer Troop (V)

Hope this helps but there could be errors

Best of luck
Steve 

Hi All

It is true that 28 was at Scharnhorst kaserne, bindon barracks and then moved to Gordon when 35 left for Paderborn. I was part of the rear party at 28 during the strip out and hand over back to the stadt.
I've just returned from Hameln, I visited for the farewell celebrations before Gordon barracks is finally handed back as well. I took a few photos of what was bindon, I will post them shortly. much of the barracks was pulled down 23's block included. RHQ, RAO, officers mess, wo's mess and the screws mess are left and I think 65's block as well.
Not sure what happened to the plaque at the back of the barracks would be interested to hear.
For all you ex 28 folks the green lantern/bath tub still goes, prob deserves some kind of corps recognition.

23 Amph Engr Pln now based in Herzog v. Braunschweig Kaserne Minden (for next 3 years) (but living in Bielefeld) and exercising with their Bundeswehr counterparts on the Weser (16 Oct 14) with M3 Amph bridging rig

http://www.mt.de/lokales/minden/20237731_Britische-Pioniere-in-Minden-begruesst.html

(sorry its in German!)

Paddy

Interesting.

Are the Sappers commuting on a daily basis to/from Bielefeld/Minden?

On current information they are, those in MQs are also housed in the Bielefeld estate.

Pborn3 wrote:

23 Amph Engr Pln  now based in Herzog v. Braunschweig Kaserne Minden (for next 3 years) (but living in Bielefeld) and exercising with their Bundeswehr counterparts  on the Weser (16 Oct 14) with M3 Amph bridging rig

http://www.mt.de/lokales/minden/20237731_Britische-Pioniere-in-Minden-begruesst.html

(sorry its in German!)

Hi all,
That is bridging made easy; not the hours of hard work we did over the Weser in early 1950's; then keep an eye on it while a large number of tanks roller over during the night
The best bit was picking mushrooms for breakfast in the morning

Tony [40 Field Sqn, RE]

Bindon Barracks, Hameln before moving to Gordon Barracks. The other says it was in Gordon Barracks????



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To repeat a post from 5 years ago

28 Amph Engr Regt supporting 1 (BR) Corps formed Jan 71 in Bindon Barracks they dropped Amph in 1992 and supported 1 Armd Div then in Dec 99/Jan 00 moved into Gordon Barracks and remain there today

Hope is now "alles klar"

There is a very good website http://british-army-in-hameln.com hosted by a German military history enthusiast with contributions from former Sappers who have settled in the area which contains a great detail of accurate information about both the Barracks and 28 Engineer Regiment.