RAOC Gazette - page 254
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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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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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•vjome part of 3 Division. We were visited by senior officers < eral times on the exercise, including Brigadier Perkins, Com- r aider 6 Brigade, Brigadier MacDonald DDOS and Colonel ,; jnsbotham, Colonel AQ 4 Division, who were much im- p-ossed with the tactical and defensive skills of 6 Ordnance Field Park. We were very lucky weatherwise, the exercise was enjoyed by everyone except the enemy. After the exercise, twenty Unit personnel visited the BFBS Studios in Cologne, and spent a very interesting couple of hours there, followed by a sightseeing tour (for some) of the city- Last, but not least, we must congratulate all those who took part in the Lauterbach March in Hessen, over twenty two kilometres. We welcome Private Williams and say farewell to Corporal Dodd, Sergeant Arrowsmith, Lance Corporal Ormston, Sergeant K.irkin and Lieutenant Harris and wish them luck in the future. Congratulations go to Private Clarke (112) on his marriage and we wish him all happiness for the future. Also we con- gratulate Mrs Haines and Mrs Crosby on the birth of their sons, Congratulations to Sergeants Hodgkiss and Fee and Lance Corporals Cowl and Broster on gaining their respective acting ranks and Corporal Hepburn on gaining Bl Technical Clerk. STORES SECTION^ 26 ENGINEER REGIMENT CONGRATULATIONS to three of the section's members; well done to Corporal Robbo Robinson on passing his HGV Class 2 test even though iU&d take a little longer than usual due to a small accident—spraining his ankle after falling over in his * high heel shoes,' and to W02 Bob Forde and Private Bomber Edwards for playing for the Workshop in the BAOR Craftsmans Cup cricket final and obtaining a winners medal— and then a losers medal in the BAOR v UK. Match. Since our last Corps notes we have had two arrivals in the shape of Sergeant Alex Maxwell from ICineton and Lance Corporal Chris More from Ashchurch, welcome to them both. v, /e have also had a departure in Private J. J. Robinson who has said farewell to the Army life, we wish him all the best. STORES SECTION 5 FIELD WORKSHOP CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Sergeant Ray Mc- Menamin who received the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal. Congratulations also go to Corporals Smith and Phillips on receiving promotion and to Lance Corporals Bonsai and Mc- Intyre, We went to Mannheim for annual summer camp where we v-*re guests of the American Army at Coleman Barracks. L7eryone enjoyed themselves and we were all brown and fit and ready to go—when we came back. Privates Wade and Cochrane represented the section on the Queen's Jubilee Parade at Sennelager. The Section was there in strength to see them appear out of the dust cloud, Lieutenant Williamson, our new Second-in-Command, has returned to UK for his Ordnance Officers course. Unfortuately, Sergeant Ramlu has been admitted to BMH Minister, we trust that he is soon better. We say farewell to Private Innes and welcome Corporal Grans den, we hope he enjoys his stay with us. Congratulations are in order to the O'Neill/Guest sailing duo who won the 4 Division sailing championships and also to Corporal Jock Donnelly and Lance Corporal Joe Hanson on their acting rank promotions. A welcome also to our new- comers Captain Geoff Tiilotson, Sergeant Taff Terriza and Private Don Riding. Corps Troops East HEADQUARTERS PAST CRAOCs and officers of this Headquarters will un- doubtedly be saddened to learn of the closure of the Celle Station Officers Mess, We are told that the closure is in the interest of economy!? However, our present members are now to be deprived of a flourishing friendly social amenity. Life will never be quite the same again, To continue on a happier note our DADOS (Materiel) Major Wes Thomas has hung up his pads and returned to the fold having over the season, diligently captained the RAOC BAOR cricket team. Our two budding Paddy Hopkirk's Corporals Ken Black and Alan Brown entered their first rally only to realise too late that the speed of map marking is more important than achieving 0-60 mph in 5.9 seconds. Our friendly local exterminator in the guise of DADOS (Combat Supplies) Major Leslie Marsham having cleared his immediate neighbourhood of wild life excelled himself by en- suring the demise of the CRAOCs pet hedgehog. 79 SUPPLY DEPOT WE take this opportunity of welcoming Major Michael Cutchey and his wife Pauline to the Depot and wish them a very happy tour. The present climate is one of leave, courses and preparations for the festive season which is only a few months off, plus of course the CS1T. Sergeant Brian Taylor our Master Butcher cum potential storeman is away on his Bl Storeman's course and Corporal Tom Beaton, the other Butcher cum potential Storeman is awaiting the start of his Storeman's course at the beginning of October. We hope they do well. In the departments we have the Depot Superintendent W02 Jim Grant and Corporals Mick Naylor, Lionel Gosling and Pete Hal I am issuing rations on a grand scale. Up at the Bakery there are the Master Baker, Staff Sergeant John Cleary, and Sergeant Tom McGurk, awaiting the Redun- dancy Board results. The POL Section is staffed by Sergeant Stan Jenkinson and Corporal Charlie Cannings. Someone asked if Corporal Cannings has just arrived in the Depot as most of his time is spent in hospital with his leg in plaster. We are glad to say he has now almost recovered but is still not fit for duties! Last but not least the Headquarters is staffed by Sergeant Harry Carr as Chief Clerk and Staff Sergeant Tony Mclntyre, our very own CQMS, who still thinks stores are for storing and not issuing. Combat Supplies Battalion Corps Troops Central BACK in August, 44 Company ran an open day which seems to have gone off as a cross between It's a Knockout and a School of Ammunition explosive demonstration. Having just avoided a downpour, the afternoon was very successful with the celebration of the OC's selection for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and the aforementioned explosive demonstration which t'aphically pointed out the dangers of mistaking cordtex for Vr ashing line. (Anyone wishing to purchase trousers with the lops neatly blown ofl is asked to contact the PRI Officer). The remainder of the Battalion is moving gradually towards Exercise Autumn Sales where what was supposed to be an administrative job has turned out to be an exercise in its own right. Captain Tom Greenwood, the Administration Officer of 43 Company, realising the problems this could cause has some- how managed to get a Canadian Officer to take over his job and we welcome Captain Gary Barltrop to the Battalion. Our men in Nieheim have added a variation to Phase II •: Exercise Active Edge and substituted the Pipes and Drums of •1.51st Highland Division instead of deploying. We can assure our readers that this is a great improvement as it resulted in everybody being invited * down town' by the locals for a bit of right arm exercise. HEADQUARTERS WE would like to welcome to Bielefeld Sergeant Dennis (Skippy) May of the RAAOC. He is here for four months attachment in Exercise Long Look. On arrival in the Headquarters he crawled into the office looking somewhat dishevelled after spend- ing two or more days flying. However, after a settling in period he was then whisked around the Corps area by Major Carpenter and WOl Irwin and shown around some of our dependent units, once again arriving back in the office on his chin strap. He has even volunteered to accompany the Headquarters on their twice weekly run over the Teutoberger Wald. He said on his return from the first run "That he has never seen so many hills in one afternoon and at the same time ran over every one, even taking the title of Pathfinder over from Staff Sergeant Roger Shepherd." Private Pawsey has just returned to us from attending a basic mountaineering course in Norway. Corporal Isaac has also just recently returned after spending three weeks attach- ment to the 2nd Light Infantry on exercise in France. We would like to welcome Corporal Potts and Lance Corporal Pickersgill—hope they enjoy their stay with us and 195 — |
| Book number | R0246 |