RAOC Gazette - page 181
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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 |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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NOTICES FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS EVENTS OFFICERS CLUB DINNER Headquarter Mess on Friday 9th December. LANDLESS—HOLLA WAY.—On 20th August 1977, the engage- ment was announced between Andrew, only son of the late Mr R, Landless and Mrs E« C Beesley of Aust, Nr Bristol, and Carolyn, only daughter of WOl (Cdr) and Mrs D. S. Hollaway of BenhalL Cheltenham. MARRIAGES REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY Deepcut 13th November. COOKE—SKRENDER.—On 20th August 1977, at Holy Trinity Church, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey, Richard Andrew Ian, elder son of Colonel and Mrs Richard Cooke, of Camberley. to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Neil Skrender of Westcott, Surrey. SQUASH Corps Squash Championships at Blackdown 26-28th October BIRTHS RAOC CHRISTMAS CARDS THE RAOC Christmas Card for 1977 will be one of theArmy Benevolent Fund range with the picture " The Adoration of the Magi" by Sir Peter Paul Rubens. The Corps badge will be diestamped in gold, above the greetings inside the card. The cost of the card is I4p and this price includes the cost of packaging and postage to units at home and overseas. Overseas orders are despatched by surface mail and orders will only be despatched by air at customers request and expense, by arrangement with the Forces Press. Cheques or Postal Orders to cover the cost of the cards and the postage must accompany orders which should be made direct to the Forces Press, Crimea Road, Aldershot. FOR SALE MESS KIT.—Jacket and Trousers only—£30. To fit height 5ft Sins, chest 38in, waist 32in, inside leg 30in. Contact Con- ductor J. H. Lovett, 40 Ashcott Drive, Burn ham on Sea, Somerset, TAS IHT. Phone Burnham-on-Sea 786785. RAOC Assurance Association 18 Chequers Square, Uxbridge, Middlesex ^ Tel. (STD 0895) 53444 20 f<> Discount — special scheme Motor Insurance. Available to all Corps members. Life Assurance — protection for your family or saving for the future. House Purchase — buying now or in the future. Which Building Society to choose and how much to save. Preferential Interest rates available to regular savers. CLITHERO—On 6th August 1977, to Margaret and Paul Clithero, a daughter Nicola, Pieta. McSHANE.—At Cheltenham on 7th September, to Private (RAMC) John and Mrs Kim McShane (nee Dick) a daughter Cheryl. First grandchild to W02 Dave and Mrs Tsa Dick. DEATHS FIELD.—On 26th August 1977, in Alford Cottage Hospital, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Walter Field. OBE, RFC, RAF, RAOC. LONGLAND.—On 19th August 1977, as a result of a road traffic accident at Salalah in Oman, Sergeant R. Longland, SAXBY.—On 14th August 1977, as the result of a road traffic accident at Doerverden, West Germany, Private Alan George Saxby. #bttuarj> LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. J. PURNELL LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. M CARRUTHERS writes: — iV Reg Purnell joined the RASC as a boy soldier in 1928, retired as a Lieutenant Colonel of the RAOC in 196S and worked as a Retired Officer in Ordnance Branch at South West District until the 30th of July 1977 when he died, after a short illness, just a few days short of his sixty fourth birthday.*' Those few lines summarize nearly fifty years of service to the Queen, but what they cannot do is tell of the quality of that service or of the dedication with which, it was performed. All who knew Reg will testify to his immense personal knowledge of his job; to the dogged determination with which he tackled any and every task given to him; to the painstaking detail and one hundred per cent accuracy that characterised his work. But mostly they will remember him for his kindliness, his good humour and his humility. There are few people about whom one can say " He had no enemies" but Reg was one. From the highest to the lowliest, all who came in contact with him were aware of his sincerity, his friendliness and his simple desire to be of help to them, and it is this combination of personal qualities that made him so liked and respected. We in Headquarters South West District consider ourselves privileged to have known him and worked along side him, and those of us who have had anything to do with Barracks Services over the past few years have good cause to appreciate his encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject. After being com- missioned in 1943 almost his entire service was spent in the Barracks Organization and when he changed his cap badge to that of RAOC in 1965 he continued in that field up to and beyond his retirement. Shortly after his death [ overheard a member of his staff saying, " I suppose we will manage without him, but it wont really be the same, will it?" It was said with real affection and typified the loss which we all felt at his passing. To his wife Hazel, his daughter Sandra and her husband and Reg's beloved grand-children we offer our deepest sympathy with the hope that time will lessen the grief. (Reported in the September Gazette.) 139 — |
| Book number | R0246 |