RAOC Gazette - page 22
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
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. already as both Steve Whittaker and Stan Preston have picked up acting rank of Corporal. Congratulations to both of them. Staff Sergeant Benny Gorbould has found fame in the Unit Magazine as ' Benny—The meanest Stocktaker in the west' and we have also (very nearly) scored a dramatic win over the Workshop at football, and that's without our two star players Corporal Alan Mayoh, who was working and Lance Corporal Steve Prowen who is injured. Corporal Mick Turner, our team Captain, is confident we'll get our revenge next time. If we can't beat them at football we'll just send Sergeant Alan Carter round to tell some of his jokes. Corporal Tom Povey is now PMC of the Spanner Club, and indeed as usual RAOC are to the fore in all Unit activities. In fact I have heard rumours that Corporal Geoff Wood is forming a boxing team, although this may be just malicious gossip. ' Baby Face' Chris Emerton is certainly a candidate for selection as I have heard that his boyish charm ' Knocks them Dead ' in the Spanner Club Disco's. Finally a quick plug for Lance Corporal Ian Sharpe and Private Sid Rutter, not mentioned above but now they're men- tioned they'll have to buy a GAZETTE! Best wishes to all who know us in Munster and Bielefeld, see you all in July. 321 EOD Unit HEADQUARTERS SECTION. By way of a quick review of our activity in the first quarter of 1980, events are almost equal in number to 1979. Our most notable successes (and there have been many) have been well reported to the media. Two very large (six hundred and fifty pounds) culvert bombs have been found and neutral- ised, as was a six hundred pounds RCIED lorry bomb. There were some we failed to reach in time, but morale remains high and there have been some warming messages of public support. One of our new pieces of equipment is the mini-ATO, who is short enough to walk through culverts upright. We only have one deployed at present; CATO is refusing offers of more, because he objects to carrying all the heavier kit for him. WOl Mick Wright has arrived to take over from WOl John Underhill at the Northern Ireland Forensic Science Laboratory and Staff Sergeant Bob White is taking over from Staff Sergeant Bob Watson as our ' Super Bleep' in a flurry of radio transmitters, flashing lights, dummy explosive and much muttering of mysterious codewords. We say welcome to Mick Kettle. Our AT Corporal, Chris Hall left recently, his farewell party was enlivened by the presence of an attractive brunette who seemed determined to present Chris with a farewell present as well as the usual engraved mug. The rest of Head- quarters Section watched the preliminary action with baited breath. The well known Lisbum nightspot ' Woodlands' hotel was destroyed by a car bomb recently, this caused much muttering amongst the ' pads ' who had some windows broken by the blast. up the greatest number of these, and on his last day in the Province he dealt with ten Mark ten mortars in Newry. Wc congratulate Kevan on a completion of a difficult tour of duty and wish him well for the future. We say welcome to W02 Boscott our new man at Bcssbrook Mill. Not to be outdone by the Bessbrook team there have been a number of notable tasks completed in the more picturesque areas of Middlctown. Dunganon and Omagh by the section's other teams. NO. 2 SECTION are busily moving house Barracks to their new location in Fort George taken over a two storey building. This will facilities and there is plenty of room to resile from Ebrington where they have give them better the Benbow Inn. Headquarters Scotland THERE has been a lot of coming and going during April with Major Ken Mullins departing for Logistic Executive and Major Ian McKinnon arriving to take over Combat Supplies from Major Joe Roynon-Jones. the latter has moved s i d e w a y s to t a k e o v e r Organisation/ Plans/Training. Major McKinnon comes with an ad- dition to the Ordnance Dog Population in ' Velora Nice and Easy' better known as Jan. W02 Marchant has joined the ranks of property owners and has not been seen for sometime. It is rumoured that he has drowned in a drum of distemper. STORES SECTION RA RANGE HEBRIDES SINCE our last contribution many weird and wonderful things have confronted our intrepid Stores Section. The OC, Captain Slade, went on leave and had to be contacted twice, isn't he lucky he actually went where he said! W 2 Robson not to be outdone by the OC also went on leave ostensibly to work on his new house but ended up by spending more time and money in various garages around the Newcastle area and is now pray- ing for a tour in BAOR so he can buy a new car. Staff Sergeant Ray has eventually passed his Communication Skills much to the joy of the Education Officer, it is difficult to NO. 1 SECTION. We sent four representatives to the Glendhu Childrens Hostel on the Old Holywood Road. They took along baskets of Easter Eggs which were purchased with money donated by all members of the Section. The Chief ' Eggman' and organiser was Corporal Taff Phillips who along with his merry band of helpers: Private Nick Lovett, Driver ' Uncle S t u ' Wimpory and Guardsman Brian McDonald, had the enjoyable task of handing out the eggs to the children. They could not have wished for a better day, for a change the weather was warm and sunny as were the childrens chocolate smothered smiles. Our merry band were immediately adopted by the children, however, we think this was a diversionary tactic as one of the children, completely unnoticed, played havoc with the Brigade radio set. Stu Wimpory has hung up his football boots as the result of several young lads running rings around him in a friendly kick about. Sambo the section cat and mascot whom we all thought was a male recently performed a miracle, in that he/she gave birth to two adorable kittens—courtesy of the GCH ginger torn. The kittens are being amiably looked after by Sambo and their foster father Lance Corporal 'Melky' Adamson. NO. 3 SECTION has been active, attending the normal quota of hoaxes, falses etc. But there have also been a wide range of IED's throughout our area. W 2 Kevan Callaghan chalking — 15 — SIMPLIFY YOUR GIFT PROBLEM WITH A GIEVES & HAWKES Gift Voucher Available In £5 denominations t o any quantity Fill in the form below and the Gill Voucher will be « n ! lojouby return or port. 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| Book number | R0404 |