RAOC Gazette - page 32
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
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What a fertile land we live in, at least that's the sentiments of both Captains Harris and Lloyd who have both been presen- ted with bundles of joy in the last few weeks. Congratulations to all concerned, especially their wives, well done ladies. As usual visits tend to brighten our lives, we've recently had two noteworthy visits, the first was from a group pf Jordanian Officers one of whom was the DST, Colonel Shahar AH Suleiman and an enjoyable time was had by all. Our second visit of note was made by Brigadier Inge, the Munster Garrison Commander, who came for the Unit's ARU. Again this was a success and went without a hitch. Sport in the Unit is on the up. Since the arrival of Sergeant Dennis Price (not the actor) golf is suddenly the ' in thing.' In the company of another of our ardent golfers, Sergeant Taffy Hillard, competitions are being entered at a fantastic rate. Just for the record, their handicaps seem to be each other. Football, said tongue in cheek, is our other main sporting interest and it is to be noted that we recently achieved our best result to date, yes folks, we forced them to a draw. Hopefully things will improve. Finally a quick word on our other arrivals and departures. Farewell to Sergeant Chris Robbins who has gone to ETS at Blackdown and also to Corporal Paddy Holmes on his departure for a stint at 49 RP Company. Welcomes are accorded to Sergeants Dennis Price and Greg Simpson who join our happy group for who knows how long. In closing the OC wishes to thank MSU for their brief mention in the April GAZETTE, this, in fact, saved having to contribute our own notes for that edition. THE RAOC GAZETTE ADVERTISEMENTS 15 Ordnance Group HEADQUARTERS ON the 1st April 1980 our 'family' was enlarged when the Forward Vehicle Depot Recklinghausen formally became part of the 15 Ordnance Group. Suitable signals were exchanged between the Commander, Colonel Edwards and the OC of the FVD, Major Holland to mark the occasion. As if to pre-empt this event Mrs Watford the wife of our Chief Clerk W02 John Watford, presented him with a son and we are delighted to report that both father and son are doing well—mother of course took it in her stride! WOl Noel Fletcher has left us on posting to LEA Andover and in his place we welcome WOl Alan Leonard from Hong Kong. To finish a happy vein it would appear that winter is behind us—the sun shines warmly, the cricketers are in the nets and conversation turns towards the summer holidays. ORDNANCE DEPOT VIERSEN A few months ago we reported a trip the Officers made to the Waterloo Battlefield subsequent to a fascinating lecture on the Battle by Major Peter Gibson. Such was the success of that occasion, that this month we gladly accepted an offer from him to do a similar session on the Battle of Arnhem. And so it was that he gave an extremely interesting, well illustrated lecture followed the next day by a ride in the PRI bus to see where it all took place. Our thanks and appreciation to Major Gibson for all the careful work and preparation he put in to make it a memorable day for us. At the end of the rugby season, the Viersen Badgers came up smiling by winning the ' Chairmans C u p ' competition with an aggregate of one hundred and ninety eight points for and forty nine against. The Chairmans Cup, which was presented by Colonel Musson, was run on a league basis over the season and the highlight, which clinched the league for us, was the match against our old rivals 14 Topographical Squadron RE when we beat them eighteen to twelve. A welcome to our new arrivals this month: W02 Shaw, Staff Sergeant Keily, Sergeant Haynes, WOl Mallet and Sergeant Woolley. We congratulate W 2 Erskine on promotion to WOl and A/WOl Humphreys and A/Staff Sergeant Fortune on sub- stantive rank. Congratulations to Corporal and Mrs Kennedy on the birth of their son Terence. FVD Recklinghausen AMONGST our visitors during the past month have been members of the Wulfen Youth Club who spent a day down here visiting the Recklinghausen Stadt, part of the visit being a tour of our Depot, and on 16th April we welcomed the DQMG Brigadier Hild. — 23 — PRICE £15.85 (inc. VAT & pp) ft, * Size: 4+" including base SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES A superbly modelled figurine in ENGLISH PEWTER of the HIGHEST QUALITY of a soldier of your regiment or corps in Internal Security Dress makes a perfect gift for a friend or your relations, or a personal memento and trophy to be proud of when displayed. You can even use our engraving service to make your figure a really personal gift or memento. 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| Book number | R0404 |