RAOC Gazette - page 89
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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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TA MAN IS CHAMPION SHOT ONCE again we successfully combined our annual meeting with the ACC on Ash Ranges; they repeated their previous years gesture in providing competitors and range staff with most excellent midday lunches throughout the week. A total of one hundred and forty RAOC competitors represented fourteen Units including teams from BAOR and Northern Ireland. Jfor tf)t Htcorb "fSl^ AWARDS FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OBE Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Watts M E N T I O N E D IN DESPATCHES Colonel G. B. Hopkinson W01 A. A. Burns Sergeant J. L. A. Earey Sergeant S. Phillips WE WIN THE A R M Y JUNIOR (MINOR UNITS) ATHLETICS CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME THE RAOC Apprentices College has won the Army Junior (Minor Units) Athletics Cup for the Corps, for the first time, by narrowly beating the Junior Paras in a very exciting finish. The final result hingeing on the relay. A full report will be in next month's GAZETTE. EX-APPRENTICE AWARDED BEM GENERAL SIR ANTHONY FARRAR-HOCKLEY recently visited the Junior Division, The Staff College at Warminster and during this visit, Corporal Hilborn, an ex-Junior RSM of the Apprentices College was presented with the British Empire Medal. That General Farrar-Hockley was able to make the presen- tation was particularly appropriate as it was whilst serving under his command at Headquarters AFNORTH that Corporal Hilbom was awarded the honour for providing exceptionally valuable services to the smooth and efficient running of the Headquarters. It was also particularly pleasing for Corporal Hilborn that his mother and family were able to attend the celebration lunch after the ceremony. Corporal Hilborn receives his award. The Chairing of the Champion: Lance Corporal Werherby T A is chaired from the Ranges by his colleagues. Hard to believe now but the whole weeks programme was keenly contested in the most glorious weather which in fact, was instrumental to some delay on the final day by causing a heath fire. However, with a little adjustment and aiming off, the chairing of the Champion for 1980, Lance Corporal Wefherby (TA), led by the Staff Band, went off without a hitch. The result of the meeting reflected a good standard of shooting during the week with the thirty one trophies quite widely distributed. ST KILDA THE group of rugged islands known as St Kilda are situated fifty five kilometres to the West of the Outer Hebrides, the most westerly point of the United Kingdom. Because of their great interest to naturalists, the National Trust for Scotland, to whom they were bequeathed in 1957, has leased them to the Nature Conservancy Council; the Army maintain a Radar establishment there. The Islands, however, have not been permanently inhabited since 1930, when, following several centuries of gradual population decline all the residents were evacuated, at their request, to the mainland of Scotland on 29th August, 1930. On 29th August 1980, the fiftieth Anniversary of the Evacuation of St Kilda, a special visit to the islands has been arranged when the Kirk, restored by Trust volunteer work parties, will be rededicated. The National Trust for Scotland, is to issue a special commemorative cover for this occasion and, with the co- operation of the Post Office, for the first time in over fifty years a St Kilda postmark will be used. This special pictorial handstamp will commemorate the anniversary of the evacuation and will be used on the one day only, 29th August 1980. In addition to the standard cover as above, a limited issue of five hundred covers will be available signed by a group of the islanders, returning to St Kilda for the occasion. The Army's involvement with present day St Kilda will be marked by a further five hundred covers signed by Brigadier Ryan, Commanding Officer of the St Kilda Garrison. These will receive a special St Kilda Army handstamped cachet. — 66 — |
| Book number | R0404 |