RAOC Gazette - page 246
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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Sergeant * Bing' (what else) Crosbie and wife Joan are on r ir congratulations list this month due to the arrival on 29th uguxt of a baby daughter Alice—we all wish them well. WOl Alec Marshall is noUceable by his absence. He is >.pending three weeks at the Training Centre on an Introduction to Management Course, Meanwhile, Sergeant Curly Thynne is assisting his AAC Squadron in BATUS yet again, and Private Tim Murphy has been given the responsibility of escorting a prisoner back to UK (there are three others with him). He drew up his own personal handcuffs, truncheon and running shoes prior to departure! Welcome back to Corporal Steve Boulton from Operations Banner, nice lo have a touch of class about the place again, and farewell to W 2 Roger Crisp who leaves us soon for Operation Banner, good luck, and to Captain David Caldwell : ow on his basic Ordnance Officers Course, which we under- hand includes a certain amount of instruction on ammunition, no comment! Walsrode has been very quiet recently. Perhaps the fact that Captain Haydn Schofield was holidaying in Italy had some- thing to do with it. More likely however is the fact that the detachment has taken over the ' upstairs' from the Bundeswehr and was busily transforming it into a night club. Their success in this venture was clear when a social evening was held to say farewell to W02 Les Brown off to Belize then DLSA, (what a contrast!), and to W02 Ron Davis i* on promotion to Kinetotfc 15 Composite Ordnance Depot r STORES SUB-DEPOT VIERSEN THE long damp summer is over and Viersen chiefs and Indians are back in the fold, not bronzed maybe, but refreshed for the arduous months ahead. On the 1st September the Commandant, Colonel Pain, handed over the chains of office to Colonel Edwards and slowly drove through the gate to three cheers from Viersenites young and old, both military and civilian, who will miss his keen interest in their welfare. Planning and Work Study Unit BAOR TWENTY FIVE PER CENT of the Unit were awarded their Long Service and Good Conduct Medals at a small Unit presentation this month, by the DOS BAOR, Brigadier Crawley. The worthy recipients are shown below prior to the traditional ' wetting.' They are from left to right Sergeant Nobby Gaunt, SSM Dave Stott and Captain John Print. Obvious remarks like ' See No Evil' etc are not welcome. The citation made interest- ng listening with John Print receiving the prize for progress, Dave Stott the prize for digress and Nobby Gaunt the prize for duress. Photo Herr L.r\ki Kleine. The ceremony obviously had an effect on SSM Mat Hudson who immediately wrote a plea of mitigation for the waiver of a small blot of some sixteen years ago. The plea reduced the OC to tears, his fellow WSOs to amazed silence and our German Chief Clerk, Frau Shroers, to laughter. We hope to bear good tidings of Mat's literary endeavours in future notes. Back to the workload which has seen Conductor John Alford, SSM Sandy Berinett and SQMS Brian Shepherd being ejected with the PWSU travelling bug and visiting Bielefeld. vlr Jim Hillary, SQMS Rod Harban and SQMS Bill Cooke are commuting daily to Bracht, the remainder of us listen in astonishment to the painful experiences of SSM Dave Ash- worth and SQMS Dave Thomas who returned with their families from holiday on the nudist beaches of Denmark ready for recuperation leave, Welcome to Carol Alford and Barbara Bennett with families, we know you will have an enjoyable tour—even with the occasional loss of your respective husbands on their various travels. The sporting side of the Unit seems to be losing its golf addiction with only three players left. Tennis is discussed openly without abuse, squash has been mentioned fervently and Lance Corporal Terry Kennedy has donned his SSD Viersen shirt again for the football season. Major C. F, Harmer, Lieutenant Colonel D. A, Rfield, Lieutenant Colonel M. J, H. Connolly, Colonel A. W . E. Pain and Colonel D. Reynolds (Retd), at the Commandants dining out in Windberg Mess, on 11th August. The new Commandant, the whisper has it, is a champion of physical culture. The spartan zeal of our inmates should pleasantly surprise him. Corporals Charlie Charlton and Stan Burke against very stiff opposition, have won the RAOC (BAOR) tennis doubles championship and Corporal Charlton also won the RAOC BAOR singles championship. Well done! The Badgers rugby squad have started off the season quietly. To date we have lost one and won two. Our hockey team, having won the Rhine Area Third Division title last season, have moved a step higher into the Second Division. In preparation for the new season two warm up matches were played against First Division teams both of which resulted in a 2-1 win. The season started on the 14th September with an away game against 28 Signal Regiment. During the first ten minutes it looked as if we were in for a hiding but as the game progressed the team settled down and gave as good as they got. After many missed opportunities by both sides, the end result was a fair 1-1 draw. With a squad of nineteen players we are hopeful of a good season, winning more games than we lose, but enjoying every match we play. Congratulations to WOl Joe and Myleoe Murray on the birth of baby Andrew on 23rd August, at R A F Wegberg. Welcome to Sergeant John Bradley, Sergeant * Taff * Woods and Corporal John Ruscoe. Farewell to WOl ' Stu' Hudson, Corporal Alan Licence and Private Terry Allen. VEHICLE SUB-DEPOT MOENCHENGLADBACH HIGHLIGHTING the visits to the VSD this month was that of the new Commandant of 15 COD, Colonel Edwards, whom we asked to present Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to both AQMS Fred Brierley REME and Sergeant Tom Martin. In addition, both Mrs Brierley and Mrs Martin (no doubt both of whom were responsible for their better halfs good conduct) received bouquets of flowers from Colonel Edwards, The end of the summer was signified not by the colder weather, but by the fact that the local NAAFI have Christmas cards displayed on the shelves! Customers should be advised to order Easter eggs now to avoid disappointment! ! On the sporting scene, the Unit have four soccer players who have been selected to represent the Corps (BAOR). In the last friendly game against RAOC Wulfen, Staff Sergeant 189 — |
| Book number | R0246 |