RAOC Gazette - page 10
Image details
| Corps | RAOC |
|---|---|
| Material type | Journals |
| Book page | |
| Chapter head | |
| Chapter key | |
| Chapter number | |
| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
| Page number | |
| Publication date | 1978 |
| Real page | |
| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
| Transcription |
m If ®ux Colond=tn=CI)ief Vixit* Her Corp* AS 1978 marks both a Silver and a Diamond Jubilee in the history of our Corps, it is particularly appropriate that Her Majesty The Queen, our Colonel-in-Chief, should visit Her Corps in this special year. The first fifteen days of May produced over three inches of rain—almost a record for the whole of the month, however, the sixteenth dawned bright and clear and fortunately remained so for the rest of that memorable day. The route the Queen was to take to the parade ground where the Guard of Honour was waiting, was lined by soldiers of the Training Battalion and Depot and the Apprentices College, On arrival Her Majesty was welcomed to Oxford- shire by the Lord Lieutenant of the County, Colonel Sir John Thompson. He presented the Representative Colonel Commandant, Major General J. T. Stanyer to the Queen who then presented the DGOS, Major General M. Callan T Her Majesty's ADC, Brigadier G. E. Dennison and the Commander Bicester Garrison, Brigadier M. B. Page, The Guard of Honour was commanded by Major K. N. Collins, half the Guard being provided by 16 Battalion the remainder representing other units of RAOC in UK. The Staff Band completed the parade. In bright sunshine it was a colour- ful ceremony the uniforms contrasting sharply with the back- ground of spectators; the Queen standing out clearly in a turquoise coat and matching hat. On leaving the parade ground Her Majesty was given a short presentation on present and future developments in the Corps, after which she toured the Control Division of the Directorate of Supply Management and the ADP Installation of the Directorate of Supply Computer Services—meeting many of the staff. Lunch was then taken in the Ambrosden Officers Mess. The Queen arrives at Bicester, After lunch the Queen planted a walnut tree in the Mess garden; symbolic of a scheme which, during the next two years, will see the planting of some six hundred mature trees and two thousand saplings within the Depot area. In Building D4 Her Majesty then saw a demonstration of various new types of warehousing equipment culminating_ in the selection of an item she saw initiated earlier in the morning. At the nearby railway platform, appropriately now called Queen's Halt, the Queen named a new locomotive " Conductor." On the way to the ceremony the route was lined by eight serving Conductors. Her Majesty then travelled by train to a series of displays provided by the Director of Land Service Ammunition, sub-units of 10 Ordnance Support Battalion, 7 Field Force Ordnance Company and the Army Fire Service. En route to the demonstration area a party of Roman soldiers were to be seen saluting Her Majesty as the train passed by. A dramatic reminder of the long and historic connection of this particular part of Britain with things military. After speaking to many of the soldiers in the demonstration area the Queen left for the Garden Party held at the Black- thorn Sports Ground. The Garden Party was attended by all ranks of the Corps and their wives, members of the Army Ord- nance Department, together with military and civilian guests, As Her Majesty finally left she was presented with a bouquet by Lesley Brownlow, the daughter of the RSM of 16 Battalion. So ended a truly memorable occasion on a very beautiful day and one of which the whole of our Corps can be justifiably proud. The Royal Salute. |
| Book number | R0247 |