RAOC Gazette - page 179
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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&opal &rmp #rtmante Corpg #a^tte W$z journal of tije ftopal Srmp ©rbnatue Corps anb &rmp #rbnance Sorbites, anb tfje <£ffttial tutsan of tfje &®#C Association October 1977 Wum* 59, iio. 5 Wg» Cbitor's Botitcs Cbitorial Editor: COLONEL E, RIDGEWAY, OBE (Retd.). Treasurer: LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. A. MILLER, (Retd.). SUBSCRIPTION RATES—HOME AND ABROAD 30p per copy, or £3.60 per annum, post free. Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of the month, accompanied by remittance for previous -month. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to " Treasurer RAOQ Gazette," and should be crossed. CONTENTS. T h e contents of THE GAZETTE a r e strictly copyright and all rights expressly reserved. The views expressed herein do not necessarily express the views of the Editor or the Corps f therefore no responsibility will be accepted. DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY, The " Gazette " is published monthly about the 29th of each month*, and all articles t Station News Letters* etc., should reach the Editor by the 29th of the month for publication a month later, " Letters to the Editor" and short news items will, however, be accepted u p to the 7th of the month. Copy should be typed, if possible, and double spaced, ARTICLES, These should not normally exceed reference to the Editor. 2,000 words without prior PHOTOGRAPHS. If it is desired to illustrate news with photographs, the photo- grapfter*s name and his written permission to reproduce must accompany the pictures, to avoid infringement of co%yyright. ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS NOTICES. These will be inserted free to all past and present members of the Corps. ^ FOR SALE AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. These must be submitted in the form in which it is desired that they shall be published. Charges: £1 for the first five lines or under, and 15p per line subsequently. Charges must be pre-paid. Box numbers will be allotted if asked for. EDITORIAL OFFICE: RAOC (Telephone: Brookwood SECBETABIAT, DEEPCUT, CAMBERLEY, SUBSET. 4511 a Ext, 516.) INDEX TO READERS will be pleased to know that Corporal A. O'Connor of Vehicle Depot Cyprus, succeeded in being selected to crew Adventure on one of the legs of the Whitbread Round the World Race which started from Portsmouth on the 30th August. The race is made up of four legs over 27,000 miles of ocean and is expected to finish at Portsmouth sometime next April In yachts costing anything up to £300,000, some not so fortunate crew members are paying £4,000 each for the privilege of taking part in the gruelling race—winds in the rough southern oceans rarely drop below fifty miles per hour* His article on the trials and tribulations of selection for a crew place in the Ministry of Defence entry appeared in the September issue and we hope to report further as news of his experiences comes in, There is something of a nautical flavour about this months GAZETTE too—based mainly on the Royal Review of the Fleet which took place at Spithead. Although some time after the event, this is the first available issue since the receipt of copy and we thought the Corps participation well worth recording. Interesting too is that this is the first time that we have used a colour print on the cover, translated to black and white without too much loss of quality. This was achieved by the use of filters during the re-photographing. Finding a good cover picture is always a problem and being able to use a colour print, enlarged to this size, is a considerable help. So many photographs are in colour these days, a process which at the present time we are not, alas, able to afford, For the same reason the size of T H E GAZETTE > although at forty pages much larger than most, cannot be expanded. While response from unit correspondents is, I am glad to say, excellent, without editing the whole GAZETTE would, at times, be taken up by newsletters. Some pruning of the longer submissions is therefore, occasionally necessary in order to produce a balanced journal and to make room for news, sport and those articles which become dated if held over for too long. Every effort is made to keep the newsletters as they were written and they always take a- general priority over other copy, however, when some editing down is necessary I trust that readers will bear with me. OTHER Page Awards for service in Northern Ireland 138 Retirement of Brigadier J. S. G. Roycroft 138 Retirement of Lieutenant Colonel A. G. Price 138 Notices 139 Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet 140 Trials and Tribulations of Rallying 141 The story of Thunderbolt 142 Something old, Something new. Something borrowed 143 PAGES On Becoming a Soldier People in the News Sports Report Station News Home Station News Abroad Association News Postings and Promotions Vacancies 137 Page 145 146 147 148-157 158-166 157 167-168 168 |
| Book number | R0246 |