RAOC Gazette - page 239
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| Corps | RAOC |
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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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Bill Ford is in Holland. John Evans is Paris bound—Mais Oui! and Brian Allen (whose last visit was to Ripon in February) has managed to get himself a 'duly free' trip to AFCENT at last. I'm not mentioning Bennf Lynch's trip on the QE2 as he paid for that himself. Back to reality—we welcome Corporal l Ned* Kelly who is with us from the Paras for three months prior to transferring to the Corps and wish him well for the future, l One of the branch stalwarts Mr Topper' Brown retires in November. Topper joined the branch in 1972 when Head- quarters UKLF was formed and has worked for the S02 Mobilisation since then. We all join in wishing him the very best of good luck and a happy retirement. Who will run the * pools ' now! \ On the sporting side W02 Allan Braithwaite and Corporal Ned Kelly have been active on the Squash Court and along with WOl Tony O'Shaughnessy's rebels from Public Relations section, have offered to take on the soccer might of the Headquarters in a form of a seven-a-side game. We've even managed to persuade our stalwart Technical Clerk W02 Dick Hoare to turn out. Our WRAC representative Private Mairead Cassidy, not to be left out of the sporting scene, has finally decided to brave the towering might of the Cairngorms and show her mettle by applying for a vacancy on Exercise Knees Bend, the RAOC Ski Association adventure training/ski-ing exercise for 1978, Hope she doesn't break a leg—who'll do the typing? South East District ^^^B^fc^ j£jfl4\SL THE nerve centre of Ordnance Branch, Materiel Cell (yes, S03 Mat writes /JCMJ^MJQV titer notes) suffered a slight set-back this r^pHHRflLm month. For some time now the heat ' y » T ( i » l rising from our industrious staff must [l^^mS^tSm ^ave ^ e e n w e a ^ e n m S t n e plaster on the L « P ^ V # office ceiling. That is the theory behind \^W&fj^*f the sudden collapse which engulfed, in ^^^^*\^^r approximately one hundred weight of ^^*^^^ plaster, Mr Fred JolUffe one of our clerical officers and thickly covered our other clerks in dust. Fortunately no one was hurt and with some temporary reorganisation of offices, * Materiel * is operating again with a newly polished line in excuses for all contingencies. Lieutenant Colonel Keith Holtby, our DADOS Administra- tion/Organisation, is getting mud on his boots on exercise in Denmark. He should have plenty of interesting warlike tales for us on his return. WOl Bill Watson-Varney, our DOWO, seems to have been absent for ages. He has been on a management course, padded out by some leave. Must admit to worrying about all this management study and whether or not it's good for him. After all who is he going to practice on? Time will tell. We welcome Major Bill Wniteley (Retd) from Employment Training School who has taken over the post of S03 Mob. We also welcome Staff Sergeant Brian Smith to the Headquarters from BDLS Canberra. Farewells go to Lieutenant Colonel Bertie Ortiger who has now retired and taken up an R02 ap- pointment at MOD. We wish them all the very best in their new appointments. the Headquarters 6th Field Force ti AUGUST, being the traditional month for V block leave in this formation, saw all the ^bt Headquarters staff departing to most parts >2savS^ t °* t n e British Isles and some even to the m f l ^ . Continent. However, it was touch and go J k H r at one stage whether or not two members ^3^^^B£*^ of our most industrious branch could make mBft^^Si ft* a s tf* 6 following conversation overheard J U ^ in the corridor just prior to block leave M will show: "Welt sir, leave starts this ** weekend, looking forward to it! I certainly was but now due to pressure of work wonder if we can afford to be away for even a few days. Come, come, sir, everyone is entitled to a couple of weeks a year and us more than anyone. Yes, I will be the first one to agree with you there, but you know as well as I do how much we have on our plates" Pause as thinks. " I've got it sir, I am taking my family to on a camping holiday, how about you and your family going too? We could aim for the same site and take most of our work with us. This way we will not only have a holiday but will also keep abreast with the paper war. What an excellent idea. Oh, bur wait, one problem. / dont have camping equipment, A minor problem, sir, just leave it to mc I will fix all." Happy Hols. And so he did and off they went and had a most enjoyable working holiday. (Note; names have been omitted in the interests of the writer). Block leave over, preparations then got under way for Exercise Arrow Express, a NATO exercise which was held in the Zealand area of Denmark. September also saw our FOWO, WOl Bob Manners, presented with the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in the Headquarter Officers Mess by the Mayor of Rushmoor, Councillor Farthing, W O l Bob Manners is presented with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by the Mayor of Rushmoor. In the centre is the Force Commander, Brigadier Cray. Last, but certainly not least, congratulations to the Head- quarters and Signal Squadron athletics team in winning the Army Minor Units Athletics Championship held at the Alder- shot Military Stadium. Out of the team of ten there were three RAOC members, namely, Sergeant Bob Boughen, Corporal Gary Sumner, Lance Corporal Cyril Wright and also WOl Bob Manners, the coach, who kept them at it in training and knocked them into shape. Well done to all the team. Farewells: Lance Corporal Steve Slater, photographer, to 22 Special Air Service, Arrivals: Lance Corporal Pat Carter, photographer, from Headquarters Northern Ireland, Private Steve Findlater from Depot and Training Battalion to join G Branch. 6 FIELD FORCE ORDNANCE COMPANY AVID readers of our contribution to THE GAZETTE will have noticed (with undoubted sorrow) that there was no entry last month owing to the fact that virtually the complete Unit was on leave during the whole of August. |
| Book number | R0246 |