RAOC Gazette - page 234
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| Corps | RAOC |
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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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tatton J?tto£ Ministry of Defence ^ ^ ^f . NOW that the leave period is over it is ^ ^ ^ ^ r%r*& s ^ ^ time for Military Operations to prepare ^^$$J§§!f for what promises to be a very long gM^M hard winter, especially with the extra o ^*r*P^&^ 9 work load being created by the present J^^'yflgjWr^y/' financial climate. ^^% flggls ^ ^ ^ . Staff Sergeant Cliff Lee has just returned from the South of France and appears to be confirming the suspicions which I raised in last month's notes. On my return from leave it was reported that he was still in the office at 22.50 hours. It may be the CR season, but this is carrying it too far! It was also reported that the BGS(MO) was also seen around at the same time; could it be that he completes Part Two? WOl Sam Johnston has also just returned from two weeks leave in Canada /US A, after a visit to a long lost sister. He says he now knows what is meant by jetlag, or at least that is the excuse he has been giving for his recent incoherence. Others wonder if it is the exhuberance of his enthusiastic celebration of the good news—promotion to substantive WOl. Many con- gratulations. We also offer our congratulations this month (slightly be- lated) to Sergeant Barry Humphrey on his award of the BEM for his services in 86 Supply Depot The photograph shows him being presented with the medal by the GOC London District. I am pleased to report that Staff Sergeant Dennis Palmer has decided to remain in the Army and has just been given a five year ECR tour with the Army Recruiting Staff at Woolwich. Corporal Jane Chapman WRAC, one of his clerks in M 2 has decided to take a leaf out of his book and has withdrawn her application for PVR. She now looks forward to a cushy posting overseas. Staff Sergeant Paul Byron has had his posting changed and is now off to a Brigade in Northern Ireland in January 1981. Al- though not confirmed, I believe he volunteered for this posting as he did not find Military Operations demanding enough! Paul's replacement is Staff Sergeant Johnson, who joins us from Cyprus. The presentation of the BEM to Sergeant Barry Humphrey by the General Officer Commanding London District at Horse Guards. and quiet of Northern Ireland into the hectic fray of Corps policy. Captain Neil Dyer is bound for the Staff College, and, he says, looking forward to the rest! We welcome too, Private Kathryn Collier WRAC, to Ord la in replacement of Private Carol Livingston to whom we wish bon voyage. Directorate of Land Service Ammunition OLD Didcot hands will be pleased, to know that efforts going back to the early seventies are finally coming to fruition. Work is well underway on a new entrance road to the Barracks—to be named Vauxhall Way—and a new traffic circuit and perimeter. All this in preparation for an A43 link road leading from the Barracks entrance to the Milton Heights interchange. Turmoil exists at present but all is expected to come right by the end of the year. The airborne fraternity has been active again, leaping into the sea from a great height as part of their 421 EOD Unit train- ing. The lengths to which some people will go to avoid work is incredible. The more earthbound members of the Directorate had hoped the experience would dampen their enthusiasm some- what and may even lead to us getting some desks occupied for a while but, regrettably, no such luck. Next month we hope to report that a re-shuffle of office accommodation has taken place and a number of people are settled into different and hopefully, more spacious (or should it be adequate?) offices. We had hoped to report this move last month, and this month, but we await the arrival of British Telecoms to organise the telephones for us—and wait, and wait Our wishes for a full and speedy recovery go out to Major Robin Phillips, Staff Sergeant Bob Davies and Miss Wendy Stennett, all of whom have undergone surgical operations recently. Since our last notes were published we have welcomed aboard Colonel Peter Forshaw, Major Desmond Fench RA, Captain Stan Woods, W02 Roy Randall, Staff Sergeant Taff Cainan and Lance Corporal Michael Charnley. We extend a warm welcome to all of them and hope that their stay at Didcot is a happy and rewarding one. Headquarters Director General of Ordnance Services SECRETARIAT. In September life in Andover can be very pleasant and with everyone safely back from Summer (sic) Holidays we are now settling down to cope with the rigours of the coming winter, when it isn't so nice! Pride of place this month goes to Major Charles Cooke and SSM Graham Wood who have respectively been selected for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and the grant of an SRC, in 1981 ; to them both we offer our wholehearted congratulations. Major Barry Jones has recently returned from BAOR where, fully equipped with white coat and six small pebbles, he has been carrying out the duties of umpire on Crusader 80. He says that the game was played in the right spirit but he doesn't yet know the final score! Miss Debbie Rice is now well and truly ensconced in RMAS and at'long last we are able to say welcome to Miss ' Pip ' Brown who replaces her. To Miss Anita Holloway we say thank you for the very able way in which she held the fort during the interim period in addition to carrying out her own duties as Clerk to the Inspector RAOC. ORD 1. Our news this month is dominated by the imminent departure of Colonel Gerry Berragan, on promotion to Brigadier. As Colonel Ord 1 he has spent twenty nine months at the Helm (literally). Captain Richard Simmonds, having been here /or one whole month, is deftly moving manpower cover and liabilities around as if he had been doing it all his life; can't think how we ever managed before without an Ord le section. Captain Richard Rook has taken over as S03 in Ord la, jumping from the peace _ 185 — |
| Book number | R0404 |