RAOC Gazette - page 238
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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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United Kingdom Land Forces . j^^Sw-^^^t fjf ^ \ f e v V l f A - j a T \ L I r / ^ M W ^ \w \ \ J?^^flr> / / \ 4 T ^**wl \ k ! ^ l l g ^>py ^ ^ t y t ^ Major General Trant congratulates W 2 Moreman after present- ing him with the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, We welcome Captain David Wright who joins the Mush- .ooms as a Brigade Watchkeeper from West Midland District. We hope he enjoys his tour with us. ORDNANCE DEPOT NORTHERN IRELAND REFRESHED from their summer hols no doubt, the visitors and inspectors have been flooding in this month. The only matter of real note is the smug look on the face of Corporal ' Pete * Wilson after the Documentation Team had left We don't know what they said to him but we are sure he is not normally used to such flattery. To even up matters, winter sports are now well under way, the football team emerged from their first league game of the season with a meritorious 2-2 draw against 3 Brigade Head- quarters and Signal Squadron. It would appear that the arduous training is at last paying dividends. The rugby team are still looking for their first win but results are improving and the optimists are insistent that it is only a matter of time before we overcome this losing streak. Although some of the stalwarts from last season's hockey team have departed we still managed :o record the first win of the season in a Friendly against Lis- :um Garrison by three goals to one. We deny most em- phatically, allegations by the RAOC members of the opposition that we had bribed the Umpire and wish to stress that the Com- manding Officer would not accept the offer. The high spot of this months more formal entertainment was a very successful band concert held in the Sergeants Mess. We are very grateful to the band of the North Irish Horse who provided the music. The benefits of sending Sergeant * Reg' Browne on his Master Chef's Course were very apparent on that occasion^and several others throughout the month. Congratulations this month to Lance Corporal and Mrs Mark Jones on the birth of their son and to Corporal Ken Bayley on his promotion. We welcome Corporal Epton, Lance Corporal Mulligan, Private Petrozzi and Lance Corporal Brown RPC, and hope they enjoy their stay with us. Farewell and bon voyage to Captain Bolt and family and Private Den man. AMMUNITION SUB-DEPOT NORTHERN IRELAND SINCE our last appearance we have ( lost' Corporal and Mrs Banks, Private Brummy Austin, Sergeant and Mrs Pete Baker, and with them all go our best wishes for the future. Mean- while their places have been taken by Corporal Epton and Private Taffy Fallon. We have had varying successes on the sporting side with our hockey, football and rugby players. Even one of the lady members of our staff has taken up fishing as a sport—or so she tells us! Sergeant Jock Murray is desperately trying to get a tan in preparation for his next job in Hong Kong and Staff Sergeant Ron Barnes is busily counting up the money he would have made had he been going there instead of Alder- ••hot, while W02 Len Rowland continues to wait for his posting order, his nails and temper gets shorter. Throughout all this excitement the civilian staff carry on, they have seen it all before. HEADQUARTERS WITH the implementation of the Army Training Directive on Physical Efficiency tests there seems to have been a marked absence °f Clerks and Officers alike on Wednesday afternoons, indeed the standard ^ r e s s a P P e a r s t b e t r a c k s u ^- It i s worth noting that our Superintending Clerk, Con- due tor Ian Leggatt, and W02 George Dey have recently succeeded in passing the Physical Efficiency test with flying colours. It is even rumoured that Staff Sergeant Alan Stanistreet is thinking of investing in a track suit. Congratulations are in order for Sergeant Paul Ladley on becoming the RAOC Golf Society Foursome Champion for 1977. He was also victorious in the A AC Championship match a few days later. Staff Sergeant Roy Sumner's Headquarters UKLF soccer team managed to draw 2-2 with RAF Boscombe Down in their opening game of the season. Roy's efforts in getting a team together for this season, under great difficulties, are indeed commendable. In fact, he was so hard up that at one stage it looked as though it was going to be necessary to have Sergeant Mick Ellis and W02 Alan Braithwaite playing. Even Sergeant Sid Bell and W02 John Grigsby were limbering up awaiting recall. We welcome Sergeant Dick Walsh on posting in from Berlin in place of Sergeant Tony Houghton in Q Operations, Also Conductor Bill Woodhouse who has joined the Army Management Work Study Team. Congratulations are offered to Corporal Pete Maile of the Public Relations Section on promotion to Sergeant. ORDNANCE BRANCH THE reason for the quiet period those of us in the Branch are currently enjoying becomes self evident when you examine the ' In * and * Out' board. I don*t want to suggest that we are making a bid for Cooks Tours but: Brigadier Smith has had a few days in Denmark visiting Exercise Arrow Express. Major John Cogley is in Suffield. Major Harry Parry is on his way to the same place. Bill Rogers has just returned from Belize. |
| Book number | R0246 |