RAOC Gazette - page 67
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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..-iiT-rently on detachment in Northern Ireland and appears to be ; r ' 'ying his tour in the Province. Soon to depart are Sergeant ;,; :*Magill to HQ BAOR and Lance Corporal Mike Charnley : t he exotic fieshpots of Tidworth. All these comings and goings have quite bemused W02 Rod Moor who now just hopes someone will turn up each morning to make the tea, he is now consoling himself with the prospect of a tour with the Staff Liaison team in Kenya how- ever far away it may seem now, It is necessary at this point to reflect on the recent meeting of minds, over a pint or three, of the two military sections in C and GS. It was Lieutenant Colonel Nick ReynelFs farewell from the military members of the Branch and nothing more must be reported on the occasion for fear of incriminating 1 it .accent partygoers. To avoid favouritism we must include a gallant band of men, and women, who work in Urgent Issues Control and Unit Locations. They are Sergeant John Hood who can be seen looking for money with his newly acquired metal detector, it has been suggested that he look in his pockets, he may then remember to get a round in. Next is Sergeant Rocky Daniels, previously referred to, and regarded as a cricketer of some note. It was discovered that he works here quite by accident, although for the last couple of weeks he has been setting up a Stores Section on a cricket :, P ch and doing a bit of stocktaking by counting runs, Other members of the section are Corporal Phil Bushnell wno we must welcome on transferring to the Corps from the Scots Guards, Corporal Steve Wright currently sunbathing in Gibraltar and Corporal Kevin Conner who has suddenly be- come a keep fit fanatic, at least he gets to work on time. Within Unit Enquiries Section three new arrivals can be found; Corporals Mai Scott and Willy Baxter, a potential transferee from the Royai Scots; he is demanding devolution for the control section. The third new arrival is Private Nigel Ings e\ RAPC who is also being summoned, as others previously r ported, by the call of the willow. Whilst new arrivals appear to have dominated this news- leuer it must be concluded by the reporting of two more arrivals; the ' posting people * have finally caught up with my past and my first two Company Commanders have arrived, Lieutenant Colonels Norman Stones and Graham Nichols, to haunt me* We wish all new arrivals the best for their tours in Bicester and farewell to our departing members and good wishes wherever you may be going. DSM{A) VEHICLE DIVISION CHILWELL C R sincere apologies are extended to all those readers who h,;ve been waiting in eager anticipation for the first contribution from Vehicle Division DSM, We know exactly how dis- appointed you must have been, on opening your May copy of THE GAZETTE, to note our absence whilst at the same time being treated to yet another example of the photogenic qualities of our colleagues at Donnington, We would wish our esteemed readers to know that this is not the sole prerogative of our Shropshire friends and we include in this issue a series of real life shots of a few of our military staff, notably Colonel Paddy Groves in his garden (with the recent rain some wit has F isented him with a bag of rice for his 'paddy field'); Lieu- tenant Colonel ' Shotgun * Tony May leading the * hunt' for someone with a hand steady enough to operate his microfiche readers; Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Watts with his handicap in tow (!); Major Bob Slade holding up the squash courts (or vice versa) after yet another evening battle with Major (Slim- line) John Dobie, now the most popular Officer in UKLF since being appointed Chairman of the Casting Committee. Lastly, a captivating shot of WOl Tom Swann extracting himself from the rear seat of a Hillman Hunter staff car, having failed yet ^ -in to persuade another OC that this can be done without i al loss of dignity. (Unfortunately the editor declined to publish these photographs on the grounds of lack of artistic merit (understandable) and poor reproductive quality (also under- standable when you know the source of the film)). Despite these setbacks a further attempt will be made in the next edition to include other members of our staff who hopefully will pass the strict censorship currently being imposed, Although militarily we are small in number, we feel that we pull our weight in contributing to the many sporting successes, or failures, of COD Chilwell, Despite the fact that it u l ' have been more adequately reported elsewhere, we feel v - rnust mention our contribution to the Chilwell Rugby team, having provided nearly one-third of the players. Now that the ^easnn is over Captain Andrew Dexter is able to have a daily head-tfcunt without the familiar excuse of * absent for rugby/ in fact it is good to see uniforms behind the desk again! We are however, conscious of the part that they have played, and delighted with the tremendous effort that they have put into the team this season under the guidance of Staff Sergeant Michael Tipper. In the Base Organisation Golf Competition we again provided from our meagre resources one third of the Officers for the Chilwell team. Unfortunately we were not as successful as the rugby players but it is rumoured that Lieutenant Colonel Mike Watts has been approached to play golf for the Corps sometime next month. (Not quite sure why this has been in- cluded as he has already told everybody). Recently we have said goodbye to Corporal Russell, on posting to the Staff College, and also to Sergeant Saunders who has left us to return to civilian life. We have welcomed Sergeant Booth from BAOR who has already established himself as a member of the Chilwell cricket team. Unfortunately he has already had to leave us for six weeks temporary duty at the Aldershot Army Display, In addition we also have welcomed Corporal Robertson to the Vehicle Branch from 19 OFP Colchester. Training Centre TRAINING BATTALION AND DEPOT ANZIO PLATOON'S passing out parade was attended by a large gathering of fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. The parade started in brilliant sunshine and ended in torrential rain. The inspecting officer was Lieutenant Colonel John Janes of Employment Training School—was the sudden change of weather due to him being out of favour with his superiors. Rumour has it that an excellent evening was had by all in Headquarters RAOC Sergeants' Mess on 6th May on the occasion of the Regimental Dinner. The story that Major Harry Lungley sprained his knee in the boat race requires further investigation. Training Company are well advanced in their planning for the summer camp at Barry Buddon from 23rd July to 6th August. Major Tony Rees was so overcome by the hospitality of the Scots, aided by CSM Penrose, that he decided that the exercise be called * Exercise Tartan Taff.' Congratulations to: Lieutenant Malcolm Stanley and Lance Corporal Darrel Free—a daughter each; Corporal Neal on a ' B ' Grading on the Skill-at-Arms Course and also his pro- motion to substantive Corporal. Corporal Edwards and Lance Corporal Franklin on gaining their Joint Services Colours for Judo. Lance Corporal Franklin is to be commended on coming second in the Army Individual Judo Championships and has recently represented the Army in matches against the Navy and RAF. The Army won both matches 9-0. EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SCHOOL A QUIET MONTH in the School really, in fact the Administra- tion Officer managed to go on leave. This is mentioned be- cause to his surprise, but nobody else's, it wasn't noticed. Per- haps it was because our Super-Butcher, Captain Cliff Burwell, took over and with his usual smoothy job, carried all before him, Special mention this month must be made of our Tailor Training Branch. From 1st April the employment of Tailor ceases to exist in the Corps but the Tailor Training Branch continues in the School to train All Arms and Foreign and Commonwealth students. The Branch was formed as a military organisation in 1957 as part of 4 Trade Training Battalion, W02 Joe Wade is the present and indeed the last Corps Master Tailor, the post is to be civilianised shortly. We feel rather sad to lose this extremely attractive and colourful em- ployment in the Corps but ours is not to The Butchers of the School are expected to achieve star- dom in the near future. They have been asked to assist the Army Catering Corps in the Jubilee Ox Roasting at Windsor in June, The Butchers are * dressing the beasts' (I am assured that is the correct terminology but I would have thought it was 4 undress*) prior to the roasting and will also be on hand to assist in the carving. The whole thing is being televised, so who needs 'New Faces'! WOl Dave Cartwright has assumed the mantle of Impressario and applications for personal appearances, autographed photographs, etc, should be addressed to him. For those who are not in show business, the two star Butchers are Corporals Dave Summer and Dave Wilson, Readers will note that the gory details of this task, so gleefully passed to the author by the Butchers, have "been omitted for the more delicate of our readers. We say farewell this month to Captain Ted Curtis the OIC Clerical Training who takes his expertise to the Barrack Office Aldershot, at least their SD is guaranteed now. We wel- |
| Book number | R0246 |