RAOC Gazette - page 180
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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 | 1977 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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AWARDS FOR SERVICE IN NOHTHKIiN IKKLAM) OUK Lieutcnent Colonel D. Patrick TIIK QCKKN'S <iALLANTHY MKDAL WOl C. P. McKeman W02 C. B. Lambert Staff Sergeant G. D. Kerr TI-IK RETIREMENT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. G. PRICE MUNTION^I) IN DEHPATCIIKS W02 A. E, Dedman < iOC*S t X>.\[MKNDATION Sergeant M. D. Cartwright • • • nevertheless held several important staff appointments in AG9 Ord I. and the Directorate of Systems Co-ordination. His calm, patient, straightforward, approach to problems will b& much missed in the Corps as a whole, but particularly %i Bicester, and in the world of Corps Golf, where for the last seven years he has been Chairman. The Corps is losing an officer of great charm, kindness, humour and technical ability, and we wish both Jimmy and Jean a happy and successful retirement. J. T. p. • THE UETIHKMENT OF BRIGADIER J. S. O* ROYCROFT WHEN Jimmy Roycroft was appointed Commandant COD Bicester, he was interviewed by the Editor of the Bicester Advertiser, " Hobbies—interests?" the Editor queried. " Bridge and Golf," replied the Brigadier, " what standard " asked the Editor. " Well," said Jimmy with a serious face and the in- discernible twinkle, hidden by his glasses, " I favour the Kamikazi One Club with Lemming variations, . . . . and golf; I pay off one leg, with a fifteen handicap/* A man with an irrepressible sense of humour, an ad- vanced sense of the ridiculous, and the gentlemanly ability to be equally at ease with visiting dignitaries, and the cleaning lady. He lost a leg in the Ardennes in 1945 whilst serving with the 6th Airborne Division and still plays tennis and golf throughout the season. He has had several ** Firsts" in his thirty five and a half years service. He was the first Controller of CICP; the first foreign THE retirement of Arthur Price after thirty nine years service 1 man and b o y ' will deprive the Corps of a great fund of knowledge and experience on Barrack Service matters, and of a highly respected authority on this emotive and sometimes controversial subject. His first career as a Staff Clerk started as a boy soldier in RASC in 1938 (although he narrowly missed selection as a surveyor—which perhaps could have been good training for a future Barrack Officer?). During the war years he saw service in East Africa and subsequently in India, Egypt, Cyprus, Singapore and UK—but never in BAOR! Having transferred to RAOC under MacLeod he received promotion to Lieutenant Colonel on Christmas Eve 1973—a timely present indeed. He became the first Senior Barrack Officer at the then Head- quarters DOS in April 1974. After thirty nine years service with the colours, as Staff Clerk and technical adviser ' supremo * of Barrack Services, he is not retiring completely from Service life but is embarking on a third career as an RO at the Army School of MT at Lecon- field in Yorkshire. The Corp's thanks and best wishes go with him and his wife Joan. officer to be awarded the- US Army Association award as out- standing student at Fort Lee Virginia; and the first officer to collectively administer all the Corps Funds from 1948-1952. He was made an honorary life member of the RAOC Officers Club in recognition of his services. He also contrived a post- ing to Hong Kong, and was the first officer to admit it was a fiddle. Brigadier Jimmy joined the East Surrey Regiment in May 1942 and was commissioned in April 1944. In 1947 he took up his initial Corps appointment at Bicester and it is perhaps appropriate that his final appointment was that of Com- mandant COD Bicester. An outstanding Stores Officer, he — 138 • • • * SEND I T T O T H E GAZETTE A short article about events—places—people is always interesting particularly when accompanied by a photo- graph. Send it to T H E GAZETTE. |
| Book number | R0246 |