RAOC Gazette - page 11
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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 | 1981 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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One needs little imagination to appreciate the value of such a scheme in say fifty or a hundred years time, Remember, history starts yesterday. Items of Corps interest, in any medium, should be forwarded to Colonel E. Ridgeway OBH (Retd), Curator, RAOC Museum, Blackdown Barracks, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey. ON THE BALL CORPORAL PAULINE NAYLOR, with Ord Services Berlin, has been making a name for herself in Army and Combined Services netball circles. She played netball for her school team and was first selected for the Army team last year. great grandfather, Stephen Georing joining the Royal Artillery in 1858 and later fighting in the Maori uprisings. Next in line was his great grandfather Charles Sharpe, a Corporal in the Royal Engineers in the First World War. He was followed by JulieiVs grandfather Charles Roberts, a Gunner in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War and then his father, Terry, who was a Corporal in RAMC seeing action in Korea and Malaya. The length of the family Army Service came to light when Julien's father discovered an old discharge parchment showing that Stephen Georing had left the Army as a First Class Staff SergeanL in 1881. Also discovered was a photograph of Staff Sergeant Georing and his wife and this has been entrusted to the Employment Training School for their photographers to enlarge and improve its definition. The parchment and photograph were presented to the Corps by Mr Roberts and accepted by the Corps Secretary, Brigadier Dennison. This is not the first ceremony for Julien, while in Germany he earned a GOCs commendation for his part in putting out a fire at 87 Supply Depot; (Reported in the April GAZETTE). Photo Karl Tietz. Corporal Pauline Naytor makes it look easy. More recently she played for the Army team in the inter- county netball tournament in Jersey and in the inter-service competition at Beaconsfield, helping the Army to recapture the cup from the Navy. Pauline also played in the Combined Services- team which convincingly beat the civilian South Buckinghamshire team. Corporal Naylor joined Ordnance Services Berlin in Sep- tember 1977 and is now awaiting confirmation of her selection for the Army team to tour Hong Kong. THE BUCKLEY VC IN the March issue of THE GAZETTE we printed the story of the Buckley VC and since then some additional information has come to light which may be of interest to readers. He was first married to a girl of fourteen years and by her had four children. He later married a girl of nineteen years and had rive more. So far as can be ascertained all died before, or were killed at Delhi. He married again on 23rd December 1858, this time to a widow with a girl of six years and a son James Edward was born. John Buckley died not in India where he returned after receiving his VC from Queen Victoria, but at 213 East India Dock Road, Poplar on 14th July 1876 and was buried at Southern Grove Cemetery on 19th July in a public grave, There is no official record of his promotion to Major but this doesn't mean that he was not so promoted since such records may well have been lost. THE GENERATION GAME EXACTLY one hundred years after his great great grandfather left the Ordnance Store Corps. Private Julien Roberts passed out from recruit training at Deepcut. Julien's family history in the Army started with his great Private Julian Roberts with his great great grandfathers AOC discharge certificate (circa 1881) and the photograph. GRANTS FOR SPORTS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FROM RAOC CENTRAL FUNDS ONE welcome result of widespread support for the 4 Soldiefs One Day's Pay Scheme * should be a more liberal availability of money to fund Corps and unit sports and adventurous activities. At a recent meeting of the Corps Central Funds Committee it was decided to reserve a sum of money each year to help individuals and groups who had, by their sporting distinction and adventurous achievements, brought or would bring honour to the Corps, but in so doing incurred or would incur, significant personal expense. Any member of the Corps who wishes to be considered for a grant from this fund should make his request to the Chairman of the sport concerned by 1st January each year. The case, with the support of the Chairman, must reach the Corps Secretary by 1st February each year. After which, all such submissions will be considered by the Corps Central Funds Committee, who will make the grants they consider appropriate. Any member of the Corps who considers that he has a case for a grant in aid of a sport or adventurous activity for which no formal Corps Committee exists, may make his application direct to the Corps Secretary. Such bids must reach the Corps Secretary by 1st February each year. |
| Book number | R0250 |