RAOC Gazette - page 67
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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Corporal Hepburn and Private Welford join Headquarters Soest Garrison. Finally, to complete the RAOC representation at Head- quarters Soest Garrison, WOl Longley arrives from Head- quarters Northern Ireland to take up the appointment of Staff Assistant. Corporal Thatcher has been posted to the Garrison Headquarters from Headquarters 3 Division and Private Hewit- son is attached to Garrison Headquarters also from Headquarters 3 Division. 6 ORDNANCE FIELD PARK A HIGHLIGHT of the month was the unit Exercise All Change, with Lieutenant ' Comrad Supportski' R. W. J. Oldham and his hardy guerrillas providing the enemy. This month's oscar goes to Private Saunders for his impression of a dying opera singer trying to lure us into an ambush, without success. An 4th Division exhilarating cross country ride gave the drivers a chance to •n i BY the time this newsletter goes to print, practice avoiding potholes, and for those not so lucky the ^ ^ ^ ^ we shall have restructured as 4 Armoured vehicle recovery experience was well worthwhile! ^^H^^^^ Division. In so doing we relinquish com- The sporting front has seen the hockey team's first goal, ^ ^ H ^ ^ ^ k mand of 6 Ordnance Field Park and the scored by Corporal Shepherd within the first minute, and the team ^^^B^^^K control of 5 Field Workshop Stores now looks as though it almost knows what it is doing. The •^•^^^^B Section, 26 Engineer Regiment Workshop football team- is playing well, having beaten 1 (BR) Corps ^^^^^^m Stores Section and 57 Station Workshop Stores Company seven to two over two legs. Whether this is due to Lance Corporal BarracIough T s captaincy or Lance Corporal Pattison dancing through the goal posts is debatable. The Christmas season was ushered in, in style, with W02 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Stores Section who pass to 3 Armoured Farraffan putting in much hard work on the Unit Christmas ^^^T Division. We wish them well in their Draw. Everyone enjoyed themselves, including those found •• '• new role and would like to express our sleeping under tables or next to loudspeakers. Not to be out- hanks for all the support and help they have given to us in done the Storehouse and PC and A have had their own functions [he past. as well, and Sergeant Hodgkiss of Mechanised Transport is There has been quite a lot happening in the last month, so busy preparing for the Restructuring Parade. n i start at the top, so to speak. G Branch have moved en This has been a busy time for all, including the Company masse onto the top floor of the Headquarters building, and the Commander who can now order * Ein Bier Bitte' with con- score so far is two hernias and a badly sprained back. Corporal viction having passed his Colloquial German Course. Stevenson who had just returned from a successful RPC 1 By the time these notes are printed the festive season will course found himself putting his new found fitness to good be over, but from all here at 6 Ordnance Field Park we would use. Corporal Parkes however, still recovering from a BI like to wish everyone a Happy New Year (restructured), as Staff Clerk course (which he passed) found his office consisted 3 Armoured Division Ordnance Company. of a wooden box and two filing cabinets in the corridor. The Last but not least congratulations to Lance Corporal Dawson news of the .impending move, must have filtered down to on his promotion to A/Corporal and a welcome to Second Private 'Andy' Gibbs, who promptly left us for civilian life, in which we wish him well We also say farewell to Sergeant • Lieutenant Perks, Sergeant Ludlow, Corporal Tagoe, Lance Corporals Macdonald and Byrne, Privates Godbold, Egan, West, O'Doherty, who is posted to RAF Brize Norton, and hello Spink and Cowley. to the new Chief Clerk ' G ; Staff Sergeant * Barry * Owen We say goodbye to Lieutenant Oldham, Lance Corporal who has joined us from Headquarters 6 Armoured Brigade. Burton, Privates Broster and Fletcher, and to Staff Sergeant G PR have a new photographer in Sergeant * Bill * Bain from Spice, an his departure and promotion to W 2 . Berlin, I had hoped to include one of his photographs of a member of the Headquarters, but was threatened with expulsion 20 ORDNANCE FIELD PARK to Siberia if I did. BY the time this GAZETTE goes to print 20 Ordnance Field Park Downstairs, in AQ Branch, we have Private * Paddy * will be a name in the history books. From the 1st January O'Connor who has just arrived from the Depot. He is being 1978 we assume the title of 4 Armoured Division Ordnance kept on the straight and narrow by Lance Corporal Lynam Company. To mark the occasion we are to have a small whose car is still trying to drive along ditches backwards. The Restructuring Parade which will include a good traditional other part of the team is Private * Ralph * Adams who is now curry lunch for all ranks and wives. practicing ' Danny Boy' and other tunes for his impending tour * over the water.' Last but not least, we come to the real During November the Combat Supplies Platoon and a For- hub of the organization, Headquarters R A O C By far the most ward Ordnance Team were deployed in Exercise Mizzen Mast. welcomed arrival of the month must be Christopher Anthony The Platoon achieved a first for the year by completing the Steer, the newest addition to the Adjutant's family. We have entire exercise without getting lost, (could it be that they had 1 had a change of DOWOs; WOl ' N o r m a n Callaghan has only one location and on the move up they were put in the left us for commissioning and WOl 'Al T Sutton has come in middle of a convoy?). :rorn 2 Guided Missile Platoon to take over. The 'Jack of all trades' On 5th December the Unit crashed out and Lieutenant Lance Corporal Berry has finally managed to get his release, and Chris Lloyd found himself as Officer Commanding with Second is going back to Blackdown on a Shorthand Course. After more Lieutenant Trevor Couch as his Second in Command. Despite than three years in Headquarters RAOC, we had begun to think the very cold weather it all worked and the Colonel AQ found he was part of the G1098. us just before darkness. When we arrived back in Detmold 6 ARMOURED BRIGADE everybody was ordered into the Junior Ranks Club for a de- IT was the efforts of Conductor Brown* the BOWO, who brief. This was in fact a surprise party for Corporal Taffy organised the Rhino Ball, a very grand and enjoyable evening Whittle to celebrate his fortieth birthday. H e tried to sneak which brought home to the RAOC Senior Ranks of Head- away from the proceedings but found to his cost that he can't quarters 6 Armoured Brigade that the time of disbandment was run as fast as he used to. drawing near. But it was the upheaval and hard work of the There is little to report on the sports scene this month. following months, culminating in the presentation of a memorial The soccer team went through to the second round of the window to St Lukes Church and an altar cloth to the Holy DOS BAOR Cup by beating 2 Armoured Division Ordnance Trinity Roman Catholic Church at Soest on the 4th Decem- Company two nil. ber, to mark disbandment, that brought the reality home to all The round of Christmas celebrations started on 8th Decem- RAOC personnel. ber with the living in soldiers' Christmas Dinner. The Unit To sum up the general feeling; everyone has been working Christmas Draw followed on the Saturday. As always, this towards it, nobody was looking forward to it, but here it is—the turned out to be an excellent evening. A lot of credit for this disbandment and a restructured Division and Garrison Head- goes to Corporals Jones, Whittle and Unwin and their helpers quarters, all of which has sent the RAOC personnel of Head- from the Storehouse. The food was also excellent thanks to quarters 6 Armoured Brigade in a variety of directions, our Army Catering Corps personnel who have prepared all of Conductor Brown returns to UK this month for com- our buffets and looked after us so well during 1977. missioning. Conductor Howard is posted to Headquarters Scot- On the sixteenth we had the Sergeants Mess Christmas Draw land in February. Staff Sergeant Owen is posted to Head- which was organised by Staff Sergeants Stafford and Kelly and quarters 4 Division, Lance Corporal White was posted to 2 Armoured Division Ordnance Company in October and Lance 293 — We welcome Second Lieutenant Nigel Lloyd who throws is six foot twelve inch frame around the rugby pitches for the Vorkshop and BAOR teams. He has also shown us all where ,he gymnasium is. Thank you Sir!! ! From 11 Field Workshop Stores Section we welcome Sergeant Norman Brymer, Corporal Mick Walsh and Private Jeff Wood to the Control Office. Lance Corporal Sammy Samuals P Privates Jeff Adams, Roger Payne, Smudge Smith and Pip Shiel to the Storehouse, Sergeant George Cairns who takes over the Mechanised Transport Section with his right hand man Corporal Nobby Baggaley. We welcome back from Canada, Private Griffiths. I |
| Book number | R0246a |