RAOC Gazette - page 70
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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. put in some order. The story begins just before exercise t pjsader and Square Leg which found the military element 'irking not a few hours into the night. Along came 'Crusader' and away went Sergeant Tom S^venson, Corporals Tony Campbell and Alfic Bickle to BAOR Rumour has it that Sergeant Stevenson was heard singing " F m nobody's child" until at last a volunteer father came along. Next came * Square Leg and away went the OC, Start Sergeant Joe Steen and Lance Corporal Pete Barraclough with our TA element. If ever a tour company had competition this was it. ' See UK by night; From Tidworth to Otterburn via Salisbury Plain and Otterburn to Tetford. Then from Tetford i.i Shepton Mallet and later back to Tidworth. At Tetford one could feel a spirit of unease among the men. They became strangely quiet and difficult to find. Perhaps the fact that we were camped outside one of HM Prisons had some- thing to do with it. The dark past catching up perhaps? Along came the much forecasted I of E which saw the OC in. locked combat in his office for a week. Here's hoping! Our sporting scene has been quite active with Captain Hendy becoming qualified as a rugby coach and referee to boot He is seen chasing the Tidworth Druids around most Tuesday and Thursday mornings and also coaches the Salis- bury RFC under nineteen Colts. Captain Hendy and Staff Sergeant Steen represent the unit dL squash. Staff even tries to beat the OC—Not a good move. Lance Corporal Horn performs with great skill in goal for the Unit football team and Private Tiemey as a forward/back. Our congratulations to Lieutenant Fagg on his commission and our best wishes go with him. Our congratulations to the following on the birth of their newborn—Corporal Campbell, Lance Corporal Horn, Mr New- bery and Mr Mills. Bicester! what are you putting in those plastic bags with the Stores? 1 We welcome WOl Bob Forde to our fold. One can see ^he civilian staff sporting brooches with cricket bats and singing :alypso music. Kudos! We said farewell to Corporal Alfie Bickle who has been posted all those sunny miles to Bulford. North East District HEADQUARTERS. It is some time since the Staff Clerk element of the Head- quarters have been mentioned in THE GAZETTE, so it would seem appropriate to introduce ourselves in this, the first of our regular contributions. Our Superintending Clerk is WOl Mike Mason, who relieved WOl Les Allen on retirement in September last year. In G Branch we have Staff Sergeant Jack Rowley as Chief Clerk, whom we congratulate on his recent selection for promotion to W02. He is assisted by Corporal Geordie Bird (not necessarily a Magpie) fresh from Donnington and Private Bob Smith, recently arrived from Depot W02 Andy Halliwell is Chief Clerk A Branch with a completely civilian clerical staff, hopefully he will have some Staff Clerk help when he takes over G Branch South East District in Sep- tember this year. Ord Branch has Staff Sergeant Tosh Stokes as Chief Clerk. Finally we must mention our tame photo- grapher, Sergeant Ron Hudson, down in PR Branch. Officially Ron belongs to Headquarters UKLF but is permanently attached to our Headquarters. ORDNANCE BRANCH. It must be the weather, though CRAOC's officers insist that it is all to do with Unit Annual Inspections, but the fact remains that it is exceedingly difficult to keep track of them these days. No sooner had we welcomed Captain John Foster, our newest officer to the fold than he too disappeared to the Isle of Man to assist one of our TA units, 8 Field Force Ordnance Company at their annual camp. Congratulations to Sergeant John Bos well of the Army Careers Office York, who was presented with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal recently by CRAOC. Finally Ron Pigott our clerical officer in Combat Supplies is recovering from an opera- tion and we look forward to seeing him back in the office in a month or two. REGIONAL DEPOT CATTERICK. This month saw the retire- ment of Major Dusty Millar and we said farewell with regret to Dusty and Margot at a party held in the REME Officers Mess Catterick Garrison attended by Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Williamson, the officers and their wives. We wish them very good luck and hope they will continue to keep in touch. We were happy lo see Captain George Bell OC 16 Supply Platoon RAOC (V) when he spent a week on technical training in the Supply Section along with Sergeants Evans and Cosway and Corporals McCall and Goodbrand, They were joined by Captain Roy Eason OC 14 Supply Platoon for (he last part of the training session. STORES SECTION 1 RHA. Corporal Moe Morton has returned from Belize after a spell there with Chestnut Troop and to prove that travel broadens the mind he has applied to take leave in Borneo; Oh to be a bachelor. Lance Corporal Tim Groundry is now out in Belize with B Battery. STORES PLATOON 12 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT WORK- SHOP. You will see that we have changed the number in our title from 16 to 12; our role is unchanged except that we now support 12 Air Defence Regiment. We were sorry to have to say farewell to our OC, Captain Mark Wise, who has retired to the land and now farms in Shropshire. The fort is in the capable hands of SQMS Dodd pending the arrival of Captain McGee in July, Congratulations on their promotion to Lance Corporal go to Lance Corporals Wright, Smith and Van-Nuil. Recent movements include Private Johnson to Belize. Corporal Lowe to 3 BAD and Lance Corporal Van-Nuil to the Army Apprentice College Blackdown, STORES SECTION 38 ENGINEER REGIMENT WORKSHOP. At last we have managed to assemble the whole Stores Section in one place for a photograph. Of course it had to rain but despite the damp and dark conditions the deed was done and the proof of it is here reproduced for all to see. Standing left to right: Lance Corporal Forrest. Privates WhiUington, Stubbs and Combes. Sitting left to right: Corporal Lindsay, WOl (SSM) Taylor, Sergeant Scott and Corporal Scott, 35C MM.'.'.' •^•JASHOS/B^ii M'ft^V^ff.^.liitiTiil.'li^ 'flj<iJH,iiiJwgMy» jp"<f '•pifiw'ifMmfiynii fiijupwifff in in ft m\ mi«iiin ij i Iffiifikwim ri i mi i jyt| „;ittiu,ii#:,tiiKni flffllllll(j|lJgW»^W " • - • • " • - • ' • BlVll.l'IW*'—IMfll » » •M.II.MI ii)jr^g(B5 v foi'ntiim) i ***lf*i»iiii"iii|i| (jQftliiliillliirJMfiMii •-"---•.,,. i i . i y i i * , i , L , , M * Wfl f iin?fVmTnirtc«q l'' •jWrffiriawj "" : iiii.iiwyiiH'ri F " V ^ - ' . . . . J . J| .!M4 vtHH/amimum Ui'.'Vf ^^P*^v"^W5Ew?5^^ M #i 4&k nPfc The Stores Section. 10 Ordnance Support Battalion THE last few weeks has seen a lot of activity throughout the Company on many fronts. The Local Resources Platoon are still enjoying the sun in Kenya. At present we have one hundred and seventy LRS under Lieutenant Neal Jobbings with 34 Field Squadron RE at SOY (a couple of mud huts) near Eldoret in Western Province. I am assured that he did enjoy the long rainy season, however Corporal Brown's effort prevented serious flooding in their tents. On the other hand, two hundred and seventy LRS under the able leadership of Captain Bob Ellis were enjoying the company of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards in Nanyuki. It is rumoured that they enjoyed the R and R in Mombasa despite the rain. Unfortunately, their winter hols were terminated with a seventeen hours flight on a full CI30. Really, it is nice to have you all back. Especially Staff Sergeant Hector who has got the Battalion shooting team rehearsing well again. Meanwhile, back in barracks the OC Local Resources Platoon spent ten interesting days on a recce in Denmark. They certainly get around. Captain Peter Ball has now taken over as the Admin Officer. This is his second hat, his other is Platoon Commander of 2 Supply Platoon. In this job he is ably assisted by Sergeants Latta, Tonge and Knowles. In 3 Detail Stores Platoon the story is different. Captain Rick Kay is looking forward to the load of LOA, Q Malone — 53 — |
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