RAOC Gazette - page 253
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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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Lieutenant Hurst, who was detached to the Company from the RMC Shrivenham for one month is due to leave us any day now. The Chief Clerk, Staff Sergeant Lee does not expect reparatory work in the Orderly Room filing cabinets to take more than one week! wurst. The CQMS and helpers did a good job putting up tentage and stores and when they went back on Sunday to clear up, surprise, surprise, there was still some beer left! The band of the 15/ 19th Hussars kindly provided a 'German Band' for the evening and brought along their families to enjoy the hospitality. At the start of August it was Libori Week in Paderborn. Lots of evenings out there. Why did Hissing Sid get lost? The posting front has also been very busy, we welcome the following to the hill, Sergeants Nobby Clark, Mick Gritton and Judy Garland, Corporals Wilf Davics and Geoff Palir, and Privates Doubtful Doughty, Tony Govicr, Dave Hindle (from 44 Company) Ken Patterson and our new REME Erk, Crafts- man Stew Grout. Congratulations to Corporal John Ridley and Private Taff Williams on their recent marriages and Staff Sergeant Colin Cooper on the arrival of a new Master David Cooper. The CQMS Ken Nightingale also deserves special mention having reached that point in his life where he can choose between three BFT tests. The final word must go to Lance Corporal Yorky Nesbitt, who was the Individual Champion and a member of the BAOR Team which were runners-up in the recent Joint Services Free Fall Championships. More of Yorky's exploits in a later issue. HEADQUARTERS SOEST GARRISON/ •TASK FORCE FOXTROT NO I hadn't heard of it. I telephoned friends and they had never heard of the Headquarters either. Of course, everybody had heard of Soest and could tell many tales of the times they spent on exercise with the Canadians in Soest but of this Head- quarters, never a mention. I searched through back copies of the Corps GAZETTE—to no avail. What had I done to deserve a posting to an un- heard of Headquarters? Visions of exile were floating across my mind, I knew complaining about delays in receiving my Corps GAZETTE would catch up with me sooner or later. At last I arrived and surprise surprise, a rose by any other name TFF is Headquarters 6th Armoured Brigade in disguise and is manned by Staff Clerks who are alive and well. The clerical support of this Headquarters is as follows: — Sergeants Dave Pritchard and Manny Livingstone, Royal Scots; Corporals Martin MacCarthy and Gary Hughes and Private Timothy Hewson—and of course, I am also here, WOl Kevin Hartley. Our II QMS is W02 Ben Turner, DERR; and the NBC NCO is Corporal Fred. Welland, Parachute Regiment. The Commander's driver is Corporal Philip (Dipstick) Lord. The clerks are well supported by a civilian staff: Herr Max Somer- field, Mrs Sonia Spence, Mrs Sarah Salter, Mrs Salley Lee, Mrs Sue Funnel and Mrs Margaret Downes. It is only a small Head- quarters but has a lot of Corps strength. Congratulations to Corporal Mays on passing his EPC with a distinction in Military Calculations, also to Lance Corporal Hughes and Private Hewson for bringing a little class and in- telligence to a recent TFF Signal Squadron driving course. Now we are in THE GAZETTE, readers may hear more from us, and perhaps a photograph in a future issue—who knows? The cry from Soest Headquarters is " we may be a small Headquarters but never mind the size feel the quality." 4th Armoured Division ORDNANCE COMPANY ^^•^^. AS I write this, the Company is fully ready ^^H^^^k to embark on Spearpoint—the final fling of ^^^H^^^A Crusader 80. So our contribution this month ^^^"^^^* is dedicated to our wives and also to the wives of all members of the Corps and indeed the Army. The source is unknown and we take no credit for its originality. We must first welcome new arrivals in Privates Sugden and Flanagan and more blushing brides Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Clissold to whom we express our hopes for every happiness. Perhaps they will take note of our dedication. (Printed on page 174). Combat Supplies Battalion NEWS from outstations will be a little thin this month as we go to press much earlier than usual because of some exercise or other. Enough said, though, since drafting notes for THE GAZETTE is better done in the office than some rain-sodden corner of a wood. For only the second time in living memory Grantham takes to the •A.^.. field, which gives a truer indication of the extent of the exercise than all the Public Relations currently ' doing the rounds.' While the world digests that portentous comment here are: I 44 RP COMPANY. Second Lieutenant Peter Gosney went off on leave, with parents in tow, in that famous orange VW Beetle affectionately nicknamed the " Rust Buggy." The cries of " He'll never make it," echoed throughout 44. The critics were proved wrong, he safely returned from touring Germany, with car! Recreational activity in the form of sailing has taken an upswing, with Lance Corporal , Denman patiently trying to teach the Company. Sporting news once again features predominately; the Battalion athletics team comprising mainly 44 members com- peted in two major athletics competitions: our Corps Athletics finished fourth and BAOR Minor Units finished seventh. Mention must be made of Lance Corporal Daisy Adams outstanding performance in the high jump where he finished first in the Corps. The Company Cricketers are Sergeant Jed Stone, Corporal Commercial and General Printers # WALTER BARGERY LTD 162 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7RR 01-928 6840 198 Drakefell Road, Brockley, London SE4 01 639 5237 * 43 RP COMPANY. The cold weather sports are starting again even before the willow has been oiled and put away and the last cucumber sandwich eaten. Staff Sergeant Andy Brathwaite and Private Bob Tai have represented the Battalion at cricket— on the winning side no less. The rugby and soccer teams are in training and we look forward to winning a few cups. We had a very good Anglo-German Barbeque in a new Barbeque Hut built by the locat Stadt. The Karnival Com- mittee organised it with help from our cooks, Corporal Dave Crocker and Privates Paul Fenech with Gaz Barks IC Brat- Printers of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Gazette 202 — |
| Book number | R0404 |