RAOC Gazette - page 268
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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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listed in 1933 he has now completed almost forty eight years service. Lieutenant Colonel Saunders leaves us with our sincere thanks for his sterling work for the Corps, both in uniform and as a Retired Officer. Long may he enjoy his final retirement. A CLEAN LIVING MANY readers will be surprised to learn of the retirement of Herr Hanfried Rosenfeldt MBE, from his post as Manager of No. 6 Static Laundry at Hohne. Herr Rosenfeldt has been em- ployed in one capacity or another in the laundry since 1946 and for the last twenty five years he has been the manager, almost a permanent fixture, and to be honest he still looks far too young to retire! Eight tons of laundry and a ton-and-a-half of dry cleaning is processed daily by the laundry and this output over a period N e w Heights. Both Sergeant Bloor and Corporal McKendrick had oppor- tunities to visit Turin and other nearby places of interest and came back having thoroughly enjoyed the whole venture. The only ' complaint' they had was over the cooking arrange- ments. Confusion reigned as cookhouse changed to galley and vice-versa, depending upon who was cooking — the service expedition cooks or the commando cooks! On Exercise Crusader Corporal McKendrick also had the opportunity of running the Bath Unit for a part of the Orange Forces. At one point he was overrun with women from the American 82nd Airborne Signals detachment wanting a shower. He has swom he didn't peep. HELP Herr Hanfried Rosenfeldt. of some thirty four years is some achievement on the Hanfried Line. But Herr Rosenfeldts' life has been full of achievements; first as a member of the German Army during World War II where he received many decorations including the Iron Cross 1st Class, serving in Poland, France and Russia, and it is rumoured that he was the first German Officer into Dunkirk. After the war he joined 2nd Army Static Laundry (eventually re-named No. 6 Static Laundry) where he was awarded the MBE in 1968 for his work in its reorganising and modernisation. A rare double the Iron Cross and MBE! We all wish Hanfried a happy retirement and good luck to both him and to his wife Kaefhe. BIANCO FOR THE DISABLED TOGETHER with Regional Depot RAOC Stirling, RAOC at Army Headquarters Scotland recently raised the creditable sum of £150 for the Gogarbum Group of Riding for the Disabled. Our photograph shows Mrs Connolly, wife of CRAOC Scot- land, presenting the cheque to Miss Veall the organiser of the Group. The funds are being raised to furnish riding facilities for disabled persons to improve their quality of life. BATHING FOR three weeks Exercise Monte Bianco provided a rare opportunity for a Bath Unit to be used for a more uncon- ventional purpose—that of providing shower facilities for a group of climbers. An inter-service climbing expedition was attempting to scale Mont Blanc and a detachment of Royal Marine Commandos from Arbroath was undergoing climbing training. It was the task of Sergeant Bloor REME and Corpora] McKendrick RAOC, both of the 1 (BR) Corps Troops Ord- nance Company, to run the Bath Unit for this mixture of some one hundred and ten people. : After a twenty four hour drive, with only one stop at the French Ordnance Barracks at Mulhouse, they arrived at their destination. This was the Alpini Barracks at Val Veni in Northern Italy. The region was suffering the worst summer for eighty four years and, apart from the last nine days, the weather was very bad. At the end of each day there were some very dirty climbers! — Photo Sergeant Grey. RDA receive the cheque. 2 3 — |
| Book number | R0404 |