RAOC Gazette - page 43
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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 | 1978 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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E£> i.(-A. ioPn ten at tfje (Miters Club Annual inner THE 1977 Officers Club Dinner was held at Headquarters Mess. Some two hundred members attended, a rather disappointing number—possibly accounted for by the change of date to late in the year. Next years dinner will be back to the traditional October. Friday the 13th as it happens. There were no guests this year so the occasion was very much a * family ' affair. In an amusing yet underlyingly serious speech, the Representative Colonel Commandant, Major General Cornock, covered all aspects of the Corps year from sports to strikes, from things material to things materiel. A memorable speech, not only in its content, but also for the impressive ability by which the General is able to produce any number of facts and figures without recourse to notes. As there was no tape recorder present a detailed transcript is not however, avail- able. The Annual Dinner, in the pleasant surroundings of Head- quarters Mess, is not only a most enjoyable event it represents very good value in these cost conscious times; it should be noted that a similar dinner at the old venue—The Savoys- would now cost over twenty pounds. A sobering thought in more ways than one, Brigadier Spencer, Brigadier Ranson, Major Cooke, Major General Speller and Brigadier Crawley. ^% : ?^:-^^»¥Bs: Brigadier Crawley and Lieutenant Colonel Bruce—talking rugby no doubt—with Colonel Crompton, Brigadier Macdonald and Lieutenant Colonel Saunders. Major Brigadier Morrison, Colonel Crompton, Colonel Cooke and Major General Darkin. — General Lieutenant 269 — Darkirt, Major General Stanyer Fernyhough. with Colonel Cannons Major Allen Major Lieutenant Colonel Underhill. Brigadier Ford and |
| Book number | R0246a |