RAOC Gazette - page 149
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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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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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involved we would have seen an eighteen mile queue of vehicles awaiting offloading. Bicester is now ' richer' by eighteen thousand one hundred and forty three NSNs and thirty one thousand six hundred and sixty tons of ex-Chilwell stores now occupying sixty eight thousand six hundred and seventy six cubic metres of Oxfordshire countryside. Jfor tlje Retort THE REPRESENTATIVE COLONEL COMMANDANT ATTENDS THE RAOC BAOR OFFICERS BALL THE COMPLETION OF * FAIR VALUE' INLOADING FROM COD C H I L W E U TO COD BICESTER ON 1st May 1979 the first of many road and rail deliveries of Chilwell stores arrived at COD Bicester as part of the l Fair Value * project involving all three CODs and the coming closure of Chilwell. Under the watchful eye of the then OC 1 Sub- Depot, Lieutenant Colonel Evans, the Stores were located first in Building B5. The driver of the first road container vehicle was Mr Neville Fowkes whose own record of service has included 16 Independent Parachute Brigade and the 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment. It was whilst with the ' Glorious Gloucester 1 that Mr Fowkes was at the Battle of the Imjin River in Korea and subsequently he spent two and a half years a Prisoner of War in North Korea, On the 17th July 1981 the last road container delivery took place and significantly Mr Fowkes was again at the wheel. Our photograph shows the Senior Stores Officer COD Chilwell, Colonel P. M. Underhill OBE, and the Senior Stores Officer COD Bicester, Colonel H. R. Higgins welcoming Mr Fowkes with the last road delivery. THE Annual Ball in BAOR this year coincided with the visit to Germany of Major General Stanyer. The Officers Mess at 3 BAD was filled to capacity and the General and Mrs Stanyer look full advantage of the unique opportunity to meet many old friends and to get acquainted with younger members of the Corps from units throughout BAOR. Brigadier W h a l l e y , Mrs Dodworth, M r s W h a l l e y , Mrs Stanyer and Major General Stanyer on arrival at the Ball. The Senior Stores Officers of Chilwell and Bicester welcome t h e last Fair Value road delivery driven by M r N . Fowkes, who in 1 9 7 9 delivered the first! The 4 Fair Value * inload has affected sixteen storehouses in Bicester and at one time five of these were being inloaded simultaneously. The daily ripple of routine inloading problems has from time to time taxed the brow of Mr Albert Goodacre OIC Group 3 and Mr Jack Flynn OIC Group 8. It is im- possible to mention all that have been heavily involved. How- ever, principal stars have included WOl (SSM) A. J. Pitts who took up residence in Chilwell as Bicester's Fair Value Liaison Officer, Mr Eric Forrest, Mr Ray Gill, W 2 (SQMS) Fielder and Miss Swann who monitored ChilwelLs incoming stocks. The present OC 1 Sub-Depot Lieutenant Colonel M. A. Marshall duly received the last load which went to Building B2, It has been a busy, challenging, yet interesting time for all; Mr T^rry Johnson in Building C3 has quite literally wrestled with Returned Major Assemblies and Mr Charlie Lamont in Building D4 has had to outload clothing internally to take on larger commitments from Chilwell. The statistics of the operation make interesting reading. If it had been possible to put end to end all the road and rail vehicles that have been The forecourt of the mess was transformed into a ballroom and decorated with magnificent floral displays by Mrs Janie Dodworth. Mrs Dorothy Deane and a willing band of ladies from 3 BAD. The existing flower beds were illuminated to form a colourful background to the scene within the ballroom. The buffet was prepared under the supervision of Sergeant Breden of the ACC who had also been responsible for the food at the four previous Annual Balls. It was his last big event before leaving 3 BAD to retire and obviously he had made this one his grand finale with a spectacular show of his skills. Planning has already begun for the 1982 Ball. Those to be posted to BAOR might like to note the date—Saturday 19th June 1982. HONESTY PAYS THE winner of the top prize of £300 in a COD Donnington draw for the Year of the Disabled was Walter Zdanuk an ex- war time member of 1st Polish Tank Division. Walter came to Donninton from TSSD Wem in 1960 and since 1968 has worked in Building B2, where officers will remember him for his polite doffing of his cap and little bow as a salute. As a cleaner Walter has been the epitome of honesty always handing in sums of money he found. Recently he found and brought to the building office, a pound note and despite numerous announcements the owner could not be traced; Walter was offered the money which he steadfastly refused to accept so, unbeknown to him. the office staff bought him draw tickets. It certainly pays to be honest 1 1 18 — |
| Book number | R0250 |