RAOC Gazette - page 166
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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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solved seemed to enjoy proving the truth of the old maxim L'.t a little help is worth a.lot of pity, No medal? are struck, for such unselfish community work, j) the Ord Company was represented last week as units through- il the UK held parades for the award of the Rhodesia Medal. ance Corporal Jack Frost was our sole recipient. Exercise Summer Safari was very successful with all ranks irticipating to the full. We trust industrial relations return to a •itled level in a certain Command Workshop now that Corporal I'll change my own gearbox ' Lawson is back in Colchester. rivate Stoodley is now considering taking up fox hunting with difference—using Land Rovers! A field rebadging ceremony was held during Summer L fari for Private Stenzil, who has now left 2 Queens upon ..cessful completion of his three month attachment. With the ;cent arrival of Lance Corporal Jones from 3 Royal Anglian n his attachment, and more possibilities in the pipeline, we render what would happen if we overtly recruited! Postings in: Corporal Almond, Lance Corporals Meek and Settle, Privates Davis, Mathias, Morton, Morris and Nicholls. Postings out: Sergeant Elliott, Corporals Cope and Joss, .anee Corporals Hawksby and Rodgers, Private Roberts. Central Ordnance Depot Chilwell DESPITE the emphasis during the past two months being on adventure training, the outloading of stores continues well on course ^ W V and the imminent closure of the Depot is now very markedly visible by lots of empty places. For the majority of soldiers still left, adventure and military training continues at a fast pace and for ten days recently, forty soldiers were based at Otterburn Training Camp in the Cheviot Hills taking part in Exercise Border Fire It. Three adventure training activities were running concurrently, with half the men walking the Hadrian's Wall from the Solway Firth in the West to the junction with the Pennine Way near Ko uses leads Fort then proceeding North through Bellingham until finishing at Bymess in the Ridsdale Valley a few miles short of the Scottish Border near Jedburgh. Staff Sergeant George, Sergeant Gay and Corporal Gill being the leaders for this phase. The remainder of the party were given exciting experiences, , Jmbing Winney Crag near Bellingham with Sergeant Aldworth und Corporal Camhan as instructors. The canoeing instructors were Sergeant Berrill and Bom- bardier McPhail. Capsize drills and basic techniques were practised first on Bolham Lake, a National Trust area, South of Otterburn and followed by worthwhile and more adventurous speeds in the turbulent River Tweed, down river from Kelso. As fishing costs were quoted at £1,000 per week for this stretch of the river, how can one estimate the charge for canoeing in such idyllic surroundings with first class enthusiastic instructors •o fish out capsized canoers. The CO Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Evans fresh from yet another trip to Algiers and Mrs Evans, were impressed by the scenery and the enjoyment shared by all participants for this often tiring but worthwhile training, the last before the Depot finally closes. The administrative arrangements were in the capable hands of RSM Hendy and Sergeant Byrne who managed some time off trout fishing/midge bashing during the long summer evenings. Back at Chilwell life went on as usual. The Garrison lennis team reached the final of the District Cup, by beating '•tCTC—a dangerous thing to do on their own ground but no ciubt the ranks of our players, including a Lieutenant General according to Part I Orders, ensured they all got away safely. The cricketers have not been so fortunate, losing in both the District Cup and the RAOC Cup when the Corps side—in the disguise of 10 Ordnance Support Battalion, visited Chilwell recently and achieved a comfortable victory. There were mixed feelings when the Adjutant, Captain King returned from holiday in Puerto Rico and promptly went away on two weeks detachment to the Technical Company of Brigade North of the Norwegian Army in Barduoss. His office is now c ittered with appropriate mementos. 1 Medals have been the * in thing this month with Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to Staff Sergeant Bach, Sergeant Berrill and Corporal Tiplady, the Zimbabwe and Rhodesia Independence Medals to Lance Corporal Tabor ACC and the GSM Northern Ireland to Lance Corporal Jackson and — Private Fletcher, Our very sincere and warmest congratulations to all recipients. Congratulations arc also in order to Staff Sergeant Brooks RAPC on promotion to W02, Corporal Gartside on promotion to Sergeant and to Corporals Fletcher, Forshaw and Shelium on passing RPC1. Central Ordnance Depot Donnington WE were very pleased to welcome the Representative Colonel Commandant, Major General Stanyer to Donnington this month. After dining with the officers, General Stanyer was on parade early the next morning to inspect the quarter guard. The General's next task was to draw the tickets for the cash prizes in the Depot draw which had been organised by Major Bill Roberts whose energetic cajoling produced not only enough money to pay the winners but also raised £500 towards Year of the Disabled charities. The Colonel Commandant then went on to see RAOC and WRAC at work in the varied storehouses and had lunch in the Sergeants Mess. In. the afternoon he spent a lot of time viewing the new Central Processing Building. OC Regimental Wing—'Pipe* Major Richard Powell has now left us to take up a new appointment at—where else but— Headquarters Scotland. He was dined out by the Sergeants Mess and colleagues in the Wing could not resist sending him on his way with a quartz alarm watch which will awake him to the sound of Scotland the Brave. Corporal Briggs has returned to the Orderly Room after a spell with the CCF at that pleasant Highland holiday resort of Cuitybraggan, with hair resembling a mountain sheep or even the CCF. It is said that the RSM is looking for a sheep shearer to rectify matters. AnoLher very successful Garrison swimming gala for the soldiers and WRAC was organised by Warrant Officer Gordon Lumsden (and under instruction the new OIC swimming Major Ron Boryer). The achievements of all competitors are too numerous l to write about but a special mention for Lance Corporals Legs' Oram and * Onnie' Onufryk are in order— 4 Legs * broke the Garrison record for the one hundred yards breaststroke by over six seconds and * Onnie * bettered his own one hundred yards backstroke record by one second. RSM ' Nobby' Clarke won the Old Soldiers event (his last swim prior to leaving the Army) and W02 Roger Slade was runner-up. We competed in the West Area Team Championships at Bulford but unfortunately could not follow the success of 1980 and finished in third position in this year's competition. This T was Lance Corporal ' Legs Oram's last competition for the unit before his posting to BAOR—many thanks for your sup- port over the last three years and the ' Blue Pool * is not too far away from Viersen. Without boring our readers, it is with pride and pleasure that we are able to report our latest swimming successs. The COD Donnington swimming team of Major Ron Boryer, Lieu- tenant (Team Captain) Spicer, Lance Corporals King, Onufryfc, and Mason, Privates Tyson, West, Clarke, Brocklebank, Peters, Lea and Carter won the RAOC Team swimming championship for the fourth successive year. Congratulations to all of our swimmers—especially to ' Onnie * who has won RAOC Team Major General Stanyer reads out the name of the winner of the draw in aid of the Year of the Disabled. 137 — |
| Book number | R0250 |