RAOC Gazette - page 80
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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Two long serving civilians will also, sadly, be gone from our midst on their retirement Frau Hiidegrade Groth our LPO Supervisor, who first joined Ordnance Services in 1945 and who was a founder member of the LPO Organisation will, no doubt, be found in her garden. Mr Harry Spencer BEM, the CQMSs assistant, has been with us since 1968 after long service in the RA and with the GSU in Berlin. He will be spending his retirement in Austria. Thank you both for your loyalty and for serving Ordnance Services so very well. Our ' Personality of the Month' will also be leaving us shortly. Take a bow Corporal Moggie Hodginson. With his Separture, there should be space for some Army vehicles in Ihe Vehicle Park. Corporal Hodginson has seen service in Kenya, Belgium, Germany and lush Ludgershall. He holds lust about every vehicle license in the book and his valuable foluntary work as barman for the RAOC Association and BATS deserves a mention. ' Moggies ' wife Lillian will also be much missed by BATS. RAOC In Cyprus EPISKOPI. There have been a great number of changes on the military side since our last report. We welcome Major Dobie, S02 Supplies and Contracts, Major John, S02 Org/Plans, Captain Walsh, Adjutant and Staff Sergeant Thomas SNCO Materiel (Vehicles). The Headquarters was kept very busy with various aspects of Princess Anne's visit with the main work load falling on the unfortunate OWO WOl Downes. In the end it was a great success and all went smoothly. The new Adjutant has, since his arrival, had the whole Headquarters in stitches with his ' Paddy' jokes. So to fill in the time he was spending on the jokes, CRAOC has given him the job as Liaison Officer for Logistic Support to UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) which is now the responsibility of Headquarters RAOC. We don't seem to be hearing that many Irish jokes now, a great relief for most. We entered two teams in a Joint Service Orienteering Com- petition over thirty three miles and did quite well. Team A (Sergeants Goodwin, Markley and Mrs Elaine Markley) managed to finish in sixth place, our other team (Corporal Gordon, Mrs Terry Gordon and Mrs Margaret Johnson) had to retire due to an injury. The Headquarters also entered o team in the Saxons six-a- side hockey competition. The team consisted of CRAOC, WOs2 Bragger and Walton,' Staff Sergeants Wright and Fish (RAPC), Sergeants Goodwin and Toze. We put on a fairly good show for ourselves, winning two of our five games, drawing one and losing the other two. A very enjoyable days hockey was had by all and our thanks to Sergeant Toze who organised the team, CRAOC and W02 Walton who supplied the after match drinks, and WOl Downes who says he photographed the event but due to processing ' problems' these photographs are not available for publication. H R H Princess Anne talks to W 2 Swann and Major Forrest with Sergeant H u n t in the background. to all who helped with its preparation. During the Royal Visit, Corporal Perry and his family probably came closer to HRH than most other families. Corporal Perry himself was presented to the Princess as Secretary of the Cyprus Services Rambling Club and his three daughters were also presented—one with the Guides, one with the Brownies and the third at her school. Sporting achievements hog most of the limelight this time and we start by proudly announcing that Staff Sergeant Leek, Corporal Mayoh and Lance Corporal Woodruff were selected for the Army (Cyprus) rugby team which beat RAF (Cyprus) fourteen to four. We also have other Army (Cyprus) sportsmen albeit in slightly less physical sports. Sergeant Taylor was selected for the Army (Cyprus) golf team and Corporal Sweeney played in the Army (Cyprus) hockey team. Changing sport again, the Unit entered three teams for the Akrotiri to Episkopi Road race which covers a distance of fifteen miles. Those making up the first two teams were Captain Brown, Staff Sergeants Burt and O'Flaherty (detached from Supply Depot Dhekelia for the duration of the race), Sergeants Franklin, Markley and Mason, Corporals Gordon, Johnson and Lewis and Lance Corporal Brammer. The third team was a ladies team consisting of Mrs Terry Gordon, Mrs Margaret Johnson, Mrs Elaine Markley and two guests. All three teams success- fully completed the difficult course in which one leg is a two and a half miles long steep hill. Along with several male competitors, the three aforementioned ladies also completed the Akrotiri ten mile road race in less than one and a half hours— a tremendous achievement Sergeant Neal has arrived from Blackdown to take over as Training NCO from Sergeant Franklin. We also extend a warm welcome to W02 Whelan and to Corporal Revill. ACCOMMODATION SERVICES UNIT. The wind of change is blowing gently on the personalities of ASU, with Major \Vagstaff returning to UK where he is to take up a lucrative post with a civilian firm and settle with Brenda and the boys in the ' Gin and J a g ' Belt of Southampton, we wish them good fortune. We welcome his replacement Captain McCusker, Captain Symonds has now handed over to newly arrived Cap- tain Robertson. The MQES at Episkopi was officially opened recently as a Self Service'Shop, and since then has proved to be a popular success, we reckon this in an Army First, even though cribbed from the RAF. Rationalisation is the keyword for 1980, at the end of which, a more efficient streamlined organisation will, we hope, arise (just like Aphrodite). British Army Training Unit Suffield THIS is a special article for lovers of good literature who normally only count the photographs of a certain well known senior officer and check the postings. With the sun beating down from the big blue sky and forgetting for a moment the mosquitos and rattlers we send long overdue notes from the Ord- nance Company BATUS. The hard work of our temporary staff throughout ' what must be the coldest conditions the British Army has to endure has really paid off. In a period of seven days we have issued the wherewithall for an entire battle group to go to war. The process went surprisingly smoothly and SNCOs who have handed over the AKROTIRI. During her visit to Cyprus, HRH Princess Anne saw, as part of her programme, a display by RAOC Cyprus showing all the aspects of Army Ordnance Services on the Island. Our display, ably stage managed by Captain Brown, consisted of a selection of rations, ammunition and stores, a Saladin and a simple diagramatic guide to the inventory re- supply system all under the banner ' RAOC, We supply the Services.' Those present to explain the display items and role of the RAOC were Major Forrest, W 2 Swann (from the Supply Depot Dhekelia) Staff Sergeant Leek and Sergeant Hunt (from the Ammunition Depot). The display was most impressive and Princess Anne showed much interest in it, altogether a credit — 61 — |
| Book number | R0404 |