RAOC Gazette - page 122
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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 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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Corps Troops VEHICLE COMPANY THE month of June is with us once again bringing the sun's niys shining down upon us. We hope the sun remains with us ujitil the end of Crusader 80. A good advert for health and efficiency is our WOIC Technical Administration, W 2 Jltn Barnett, who at the moment looks as brown as a berry. F;|imour has it, once his working day has ceased he puts on 1 $ Indian headdress and does a war dance around his t jrbecue—his bratwursts are said to be the best in the Heepen ( barter area! In the 2nd Armoured Division Skill-at-Arms Meeting five i) embers of the Unit contributed to the RAOC Corps Troops t am gaining third place overall. Well done to all concerned. The Unit soccer team came runners up in the Bielefeld \ linor Units League. The season ended with a local Derby c atch against FC Ziegel, a local German team. It was an e itertaining match and we came out three two winners. To all e i-players the end of season football night went down very v Ell! The highlight of the evening was a football quiz presented I f Sergeant Dodger Allan. Private Jimmy Hackett led his team ti a convincing win over Private Brian Beedon's unfortunate liisers. We welcome to the Unit Sergeant Clarke, Privates Douglas, Garrett, Hatton and Hargreaves. ORDNANCE COMPANY AFTER a false start in that there has been a gap of two months since our last contribution, I have at last found a quill and ink pot to enable me to start my new job as, and I quote the Second- in-Command, ' scribe.' Several notable events have taken place. Mention must first be made to our success in the annual Corps Troops Sports Competition. Having won the Trophy in 1978 and losing it to CVC in 1979, competition was fierce this year. The rugby sevens team played some of their best rugby this season and the tug-of-war team had its inauguration (an honourable one I might add) into the sport. All in all an enjoyable afternoon was had by everyone and the Trophy is now back where it belongs. Hard luck CVC—we'll see you again next year! The next notable event (a polite way of putting it, according to the CSM) was the Harz Walkabout—Slogabout? Certain people in high places were heard complaining of sore feet and even the indomitable W 2 Nimmons was heard to be mutter- ing under his breath about the whole affair! The reason for cur lack of success,—"Oh! we were not doing it seriously t lis year. It was only a recce for next year." Meanwhile at the same time as this, a party of fifteen i trepid adventurers led by Second Lieutenant Mike Dolamore i idertook a BOBC Special Expedition in Norway. A full report l Bl appear at a later date. Without wishing to remove the «line from this extremely well organised event, have you i oticed how they always include more ups than downs? The (illy other comment to be made at this time is that the local ' brew' has to be tasted to be believed—several expedition i [embers came back staunch tee-totallers. On the departure scene we have had to say farewell to a 1 pole host of characters. Sergeant Terry Weightman and lance Corporal Barry Collins to Bicester; Private ' B o n e s ' 1 Ister to Chilwell; Corporal Roy Matthews to 3 Division; ljfivate ' T i n y ' Crews to Middle Wallop and Privates Martin McNicholas and John McCarton have returned to civvy street. (Jur best wishes for the future to all of them. Arrivals at the Unit have been Sergeant Tanner, Lance Corporals Thompson and Pattison and Privates Mallinson, Dodds, Fong, Millward, Green, Bancroft, Baker and Draper. To all of them—we hope you have a pleasant tour with us. The last three months have also seen a number of births and marriages: To Sergeant and Mrs Dave Withall a daughter Sara Jane and to Sergeant and Mrs Pete Bradshaw a daughter Julie Ann. Private Peter Stradomsky married Anne Elizabeth Greaves and Private Ian Dodds married Lesley Carol Layton. We wish both couples every happiness for the future. , On the promotion side of life congratulations go to Lance Corporals Mick Taylor and Scott Fyvie, both on achieving their substantive rank, and to Ron Caffrey on being promoted to Corporal. Last but not least, I think congratulations are in order to Private Mick Saxby on being top of his course, in his con- version from Staff Clerk to Supply Clerk. — 95 The DGOS af the Corps Vehicle Company with Sergeant M a r d i , W 2 Barnett, Brigadier Skinner and Major Lawson. STORES PLATOON CORPS TROOPS WORKSHOP THIS month has been an eventful one for the civilian staff of the platoon. We have said a sad farewell to Mr Paul Pratt who has been with us since he served in the RAOC as a supply clerk Lance Corporal. He will be missed and we wish him every success in his new vocation. As a result of that loss Mr Cull, who was the expense storeman, has taken over the vacant clerical post and has threatened to wear a tie now that he is non industrial. Lance Corporal Harvey has unfortunately broken his ankle but although he missed going to Vogelsang for regimental train- ing has been employed in Central Records Branch as a clerk. He is not too sure which is worse. The training in Vogelsang proved both interesting and worthwhile. Every possible facility was available to us and all ranks made good use of the change of air. It was good to get away from the office or store for a while. Congratulations must go to Sergeant Render on his pro- motion to Staff Sergeant To Privates MacGregor, David and Ritchie on promotion to Lance Corporal and to Mr and Mrs Kalvyn Wood on the birth of their son Jason. Farewell to Staff Sergeant Render on his departure, we wish both him and his wife a fond farewell and wish them well in civilian life. Staff Sergeant Render will be missed by the Workshop and the Platoon both for his technical knowledge and his prowess as a sportsman. Finally Lance Corporal ' Boy' David leaves us for 6 Field Force and is relieved by Private Whittam. CORPS STORES COMPANY THE first half of the year has seen the Unit involved in a variety of activities. Exercise Richmond Trial enabled us to renew acquaintances with the ' Pathfinders' of the 205th Aviation Squadron, US Army. The Squadron supplied the lift, for an outloading practice from our field location, with their Chinooks. On our return to barracks the technical expertise of the Unit was honed to perfection during a technical training week, run by Captain Hutchinson. Though the high light of the week was a visit to the Volkswagen factory at Wolfsburg, some very amusing and perhaps embarrassing insights were given by the soldier's essays. Titles given were, ' The Function of my Department' and ' The Responsibilities of the Officers within the Unit.' In the competitive field we have had some notable achieve- ments, dispelling the belief that we can only play hockey. Our sharpshooters, Major Fleming, Corporals Whitebread and Lowe, Lance Corporals Gray and Slade joined with Head- quarters Corps Troops to achieve third place in the 2nd Armoured Division Skill-at-Arms Meeting. Our swimmers gained second place in the Divisional finals held in Osnabruck. There appears to be a drop in our birthrate with a nil return for this edition, which is very unusual; could this be the result of overstretch? We welcome to the Unit Sergeant Crooks, who celebrated his arrival by winning the discus event at the Corps Athletic Meeting, Corporal Shaw RMP, transferring to the Corps, Lance Corporal Rolf, Corporal Wilmot and Private Wilcox. — |
| Book number | R0404 |