RAOC Gazette - page 283
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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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With regret we report the death of two ex-Corps men in the District. Mr Pat Marshall, CO (ex-SQMS) who after a short illness passed away in hospital. Pat was employed up to the time of his illness in the District Secretariat and was always a cheerful helpful man and, since retiring from the Corps at the end of the war, had always kept in touch. We extend to his widow and family our sincere condolences. Mr George Williams (ex WOl) and Clerical Officer with York until his retirement in July 1976 has also passed away, suddenly in hospital. p George, for forty seven years, served the Corps loyally and a Jer retirement, took a very active interest in all Corps functions, his sad loss is a great blow to the Corps and in particular to the local York Branch of the Association. To his widow and family we offer our sincere condolences. Eastern District' THE highlight of the month, indeed of the Ordnance year here, has been the two day informal visit in mid October by Major General and Mrs Callan. In addition to a tour round most Ord- nance Units in the District, with CRAOC Lieutenant Colonel David Venning as guide, the DGOS was welcomed by the GOC, Major General Watson; the Garrison Commander, Brigadier Harvey and the Com- mander 19 Brigade, Brigadier Vincent. In fact General and Mrs Watson attended a buffet supper in the beautiful Headquarters Mess given in honour of our visitors, About thirty RAOC officers and their wives met the DGOS and Mrs Callan and shared an enjoyably relaxed evening. The visit was much appreciated by us all at Colchester. Major Len Fullilove, who left the Branch and the Service recently, put in a farewell appearance at the Garrison Barbecue together with his wife Barbara. Len will soon be on his way to Saudi Arabia where a key post in containerisation is waiting, We all wish Len well as an importer/exporter but advise keeping out of the sun at midday if possible. It will not surprise the constant reader to learn that Cap- tain Bob Stafford-Curtis, Officer Commanding the Supply Depot, is hoping to sandwich a trip to Belize for sub aqua training between his promotion exam and handover. We shall report on all of these and more in due course. W02 Bob Hubbard, our ROWO, is sporting a new hairdo and should soon have a mark two physique to display also if the sessions with his * Bull-worker * work out. Some of our younger (?) officers, with fit to fight training in the offing, may be following this lead. South West District WHAT a busy month. The branch is very busy although CRAOC, Major Lawson and Major Beaumont have had time to get a little sailing in before the end of the season. The CRAOC Conference took place on the 23rd September. A few wistful souls were heard to be calculating the average age of those present. At the time of writing the Chief Clerks of Ordnance Branch are changing over. We say farewell to W02 Gardner and wish him every success amongst the helicopters at JATE. We welcome in his place W02 Read. It was with gTeat pleasure that we managed to get the GOC South West District, Major General Bob Lyon, to present Mr Dennis Bell, our Barrack Accountant in Little Rissington with the Commander-in-Chiefs Certificate. The presentation took place at the Taunton MQES in the presence of the CRAOC, Lieutenant Colonel Roy Carruthers, Mrs Bell and Officers and Colleagues, It was a well deserved award for the very hard work put in by Mr Bell in helping the Royal Irish Rangers on their move from Warminster. We welcome Fred Pearce and congratulate him on his promotion to CABO and hope he enjoys his sojourn at Barrack Services—Plymouth. Barrack Services are now beginning to lose some of their most experienced staff. Mrs Horah Kays, the typist, to the Light Infantry Office, Ron Towler, the Fuel and Light expert, to RPO Taunton and Ann Padden to Hydrographic Depart- ment. We wish them all every success in their new jobs and thank them most sincerely for all their hard work whilst amongst us. Ordnance Officers South West District at the CRAOC's conference. South East District CRAOC continues to visit District Units far and wide, and Lieutenant Colonel Keith Holtby, returned from Zealand, is now preparing his sleeping bag for Salis- bury Plain. Major Tom Paterson and Captain Bob Lawson have both recently participated on Exercise Tigers Teeth II; the remainder of the Branch meanwhile continue with the annual round of in- spections, visits et ah We welcome W02 Chris Kenyon to 9 Field Workshop Stores Section, in place of WOl Dave Auger who now moves to OSU Liphook pending retirement. A belated welcome goes to Private Dick Walker, of G Branch, sole junior rank representa- tive of the Corps within the Headquarters. 6th Field Force HEADQUARTERS OCTOBER was a relatively quiet month with, in the main, the Headquarters recover- ing from Exercise Arrow Express and preparing for our next major exercise, Exercise Avon Express which took place on Salisbury Plain. Our Chief Clerk 'AQ' Staff Sergeant 4 George' Willerton got wind that the DA A and QMG was writing his Confidential Report, hence the reason for the continuous coffee shuttle service between the DQ's office and the AQ clerks and for burning of much midnight oil. We said farewell to Lance Corporal * Cyril' Wright on posting to Headquarters Paderborn Garrison. As a farewell gesture the Superintending Clerk even let him win his final game of squash just so that once during his three and a half years in the Headquarters he could say he had made it to the top rung of the Squash Ladder. Four members of the Headquarters, WOl Bob Manners, Staff Sergeants George Willerton and Tom Flanagan, Intelligence Corps, and Sergeant Bob Boughen, took part in the * Masters and Maidens * Guildford Marathon. This was a gruelling road race over a distance of just over twenty six miles, and it was a very creditable achievement that all finished the course. Well done. Our other sports ' super-star v Corporal Gary Sumner had to withdraw at the last minute. We have also bid farewell to Lance Corporal 'Steve* Kemp, one of the Headquarters' last few remaining Airborne Warriors, on posting to Headquarters Hohne Garrison. The maidens of Aldershot will never be the same again. At the end of the month our Chief Clerk AQ saw and signed his ACR, stopped making coffee, and immediately went on leave. Welcome to Private Harris lo work in Ordnance Branch. ORDNANCE BRANCH I HAVE just received a note from the Officer Commanding, Major Dan Putt, to extract my quill pen a n d s tart to write THE 214 — |
| Book number | R0246 |