RAOC Gazette - page 176
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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 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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CFje it Headquarters Directorate tatton omc of Supply Management S MAN 1. With spring well on the way, the Branch's intrepid skiers, Major J, N. Eddison and Captain A. W. Lyons, have returned—their limbs miraculously unbroken. Major Eddison and his family spent two weeks on an up-market holiday in Germany, while Captain Lyons went to the remote and blizzard swept slopes of Aviemore as an inmate of RAOC Ski Hut. Both seemed to have enjoyed themselves, despite Captain Lyons' remarks about the weather and generally rugged con- ditions which seem merely a device to convince everyone that the trip was a course and not leave. S Man lb has to report the disappearance of Captain J. C Sykes, whose whereabouts are now discerned to be EME 7a—the A Vehicle Equipment Managers, where he replaced Lieutenant Colonel Feltham who, on retiring from rhe Corps, has found a Retired Officer's post in Headquarters DGEME. Reportedly, Captain Sykes misses the long trek between the Main Building and the S Man 1 outpost in Block 66, where the only compensation for the loneliness of the Air Field's edge is the proximity of the NAAFI and Officers Mess. A recent arrival in S Man 1 is Mr P. Akers from DSM(A) Technical Equipments Division who assumes the new appoint- ment of EO S Man la(l). It isn't quite a posting to answer his own letters, as his previous job was on the Engineer Equip- ments side of Donnington and S Man la(l) is the Photo- graphic and Communications Equipments cell in S Man 1. Major J, D. Baker (Retd) has welcomed his arrival with great relief as he now has an assistant to tackle the crate-loads of files sent daily to S Man la(l). We hope that, despite this disadvantage, Mr Akers will be happy here. Generally, however, it has been a quiet time with the Branch working hard to prepare annual estimates and equip- ment programmes by the inevitably tight deadlines. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENTS DIVISION—DONNINGTON A CHANCE remark made by one of our number to one of those few remaining zealous military men left amongst our midst, has led to no little discomfort for a few and embarrass- ment to some. It all centres around that item of personal life saving kit that receives such scant attention in the Army these days. I refer of course to the SR6 Respirator. Yes folks, we have been asked to give it its annual airing, or should it be biennial or even trienniaL Rumour has it that some so called military men do not even possess one. Others, we hear, have left theirs for so long in its case that it afforded no protection at all and the poor fellows have rushed out of the gas chamber gasping for breath with tears streaming down their faces. We wear correct training uniforms so rarely these days that one of our most attractive civilian staff was heard to remark to a handsome young officer displaying his Foxes puttees ** Have you hurt your ankle, dear." Social events still take up some of our time and on 10th March Weapons Branch held a most successful dance at the St Georges Recreation Club. It was by all accounts enjoyed by all of the i one hundred and fifty who attended. Comms have had their do* as well so is Engineers to be left behind for once? For the third consecutive year David Williams of Tech- nical Equipments Division Donnington has won the Sam Cotton Trophy which is awarded by the Telford Philatelic Society to the winning entry in their annual competition. This year's entry consisted of three standard sized album sheets covering the common theme ** The Royal Militia of the Channel Islands." Two sheets displayed definitive stamps of Guernsey which portrayed uniforms worn by the Royal Militia and the third sheet displayed commemorative stamps of Jersey which portrayed the head-dress worn during the period. The sheets also included graphic illustrations and both technical and historic details. The award was presented by the chairman of the society Mr E. Barnes, himself an ex-CICP employee. Captain Mike Nixon and his wife Joe are leaving us this month to try their hand at civilian life. Mike already has one of those high paid managerial posts we read so much about these days and we wish him and his family every success and happiness in their new way of life. We welcome Lance Corporal Terry Woods and his family. Training Centre HEADQUARTERS THE last month has been extremely quiet due to personnel catching up on leave. The Training Battalion and Depot have just con- structed a new course for the BFT which is situated in the woods opposite the Apprentices College and Lieutenant Colonel Sharpe led the over forties group round the course to get their impressions; being one of those who tested it I found it tougher than the old course but much more interesting, The Training Centre football team is now preparing for their quarter-final Richards Cup match against 10 Ordnance Support Battalion and we have very high hopes of retaining the cup now that two of the favourites have fallen by the wayside. Major Cooke briefs Lieutenant Colonel Day in the Ops Room. As promised in a previous issue, here are two photographs of personnel of the Training Centre involved in the Operations Room of the Surrey Military Headquarters during the Fire- men's strike. Photo one shows the DA A and QMG Major Cooke briefing Lieutenant Colonel Day who was JSLO. Photo two, over the page, shows members of the Operations Room Lieutenant Colonel Day, Sergeant Thomson, Lieutenant Cartwright,, WOl Johnston, Lance Corporal Beveridge, Sergeant Lawrence and Major Cooke. Congratulations to Sergeant and Mrs Lawrence on the birth of their son. SCHOOL OF ORDNANCE NO arrivals, departures or promotions to report this month but we are still hale and hearty. Captain Ted Walcroft, not content with cross country run- ning alone, took the' RAOC Training Centre team to the Army (Scottish) Ski Championships at Aviemore from 16th to 18th March, They returned with the RAOC Team Prize Army Open Championships and Corporal Gerry Dymond of the Ap- prentices College (a member of the team) brought back the RAOC Individual Prize Army Open Championships. Sergeant Pete Mollison of the Training Centre Reproduction team and an equally important member ot the ski team* covered himself — 380 — |
| Book number | R0246a |