RAOC Gazette - page 88
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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1906 1980 THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS GAZETTE VOLUME 62 No. 3 AUGUST 1980 THE THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS AND ARMY ORDNANCE SERVICES AND THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE RAOC ASSOCIATION THE EDITOR'S NOTICES Editor : COLONEL E. RIDGEWAY, OBE (Retd.). Treasurer: LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. A. MILLER, (Retd.). SUBSCRIPTION RATES—HOME AND ABROAD. 40p per copy, or £4.80 per annum, post free. Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of the month, accompanied by remittance for previous month. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to "Treasurer RAOC Gazette," and should be crossed. CONTENTS. The contents of THE GAZETTE are strictly copyright and all rights expressly reserved. The views expressed herein do not necessarily express the views of the Editor or the Corps, therefore no responsibility will be accepted. PHOTOGRAPHS. If it is desired to illustrate news with photographs, the photo- grapher's name and his written permission to reproduce must accompany the pictures, to avoid infringement of copyright. ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS NOTICES. These will be inserted free to all past and present members of the Corps. FOR SALE AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. These must be submitted in the form in which it is desired that they shall be published. Charges: £2 for the first five lines or under, and 20p per line subsequently. Charges must be pre-paid. Box numbers will be allotted if asked for. EDITORIAL OFFICE: RAOC SECRETARIAT, DEEPCUT, CAMBERLEY, SURREY, (Telephone: Aldershot 24431, Ext. 516.) COVER PHOTOGRAPH STAFF SERGEANT BILL RULE has a habit of dropping in on famous landmarks in Berlin. Last year he was a member of the team which parachuted from ten thousand feet into the Olympic Stadium prior to the Germany versus Argentina Soccer International. The team broke the previous Berlin free-fall drop height. Now, our man, late Chief Clerk G Branch in Head- quarters Berlin Field Force, has dropped near the Siegessaule, the famous victory column, as a member of the British para- chuting team at the Allied Forces Day parade. The Victory Column commemorates the successful cam- paigns of the Prussian Army which resulted in the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership. The column is two hundred and twenty feet high and supports a gilded statue of the Goddess of Victory which can be seen in the photograph with an outstretched arm as if to welcome Staff Sergeant Rule to its domain. The viewing platform of the column, im- mediately below the statue, affords an excellent birds eye view of central Berlin but Staff Sergeant Rule viewed Berlin from a better vantage point without climbing the two hundred and eighty five steps inside the monument. Our intrepid Staff Clerk has been a member of the RAOC parachuting team, the Cannonballs, and is now at Headquarters 1 (BR) Corps, where, no doubt, he is looking for landmarks in Bielefeld to drop in on! To top it all Staff Sergeant Rule received the British Empire Medal in Her Majesty's recent Birthday Honours List. INDEX TO OTHER PAGES For the Record 66 to 69 People in the News 70 to 71 Notices ...72 Manx 80 73 and 75 Seen at Travers Clarke 74 The Donnington Raft Race 75 Adventure in the Harz Mountains 76 Station News (Home) 77 to 86 Station News (Abroad) 87 to 98 Postings and Promotions — 65 — 99 and 100 |
| Book number | R0404 |