RAOC Gazette - page 177
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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 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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Photo Corporal Joss. The unit team. and Lance Corporal Roberts, really know whether it's best to go to camp or stay and issue stares. It's a case of ' get some in ' at camp or * get some o u t ' in the storehouse—very confusing. Lance Corporal Skinner has at long last officially re-badged into the RAOC and at least looks like a real storeman, which is more than can be said for Lance Corporal Townley who comes to work bleary-eyed and tired complaining about being up all night with the new baby. However, well done Mrs Townley, you keep him at it. Once again the Full Bore Shooting Team took off to compete, this time in the Rhine Area Skill-at-Arms Meeting. The five day meeting took place at Haltern and throughout the competition the team maintained a good position, so much so that on the final day, with only the LMG Competition to go, they were lying first equal with CRE Rhine Area, WOI *Steve' Myers telephoned the CO and Lieutenant Colonel Ewens duly appeared in his combat kit anticipating another avalanche of silver. He was unfortunately doomed to disappointment; a matter of three LMG rounds consigned us lo second place from a field of eleven in the Minor Units Cup. The team photo- graph shows: Back row left to right: Corporal Dunn, Sergeant Sebburn, WOI Myers, Staff Sergeant Crabbe, Corporal Joss, Front row left to right: Staff Sergeant Robinson, Staff Sergeant Ward, Private Maxwell, Corporal Bo us field, Corporal Marshall. left for BATUS. NAAFI are reviewing their stocks of frfo Ewans and the Mess Steward has left! Enough said. Initial interviews tend to be traumatic affairs, unless your name is Corporal Jeff Edwards, welcome to the unit and con- J gratuiations on your promotion. The next tape, I'm afraid will take a little longer. The CO, Lieutenant Colonel John Sharland last week presented part of the Station Fete proceeds to the local home f or disabled children. The picture shows Mrs Sharland presenting the cheque, And now over to our Vogelsang correspondent: 154 FAD has just completed two enjoyable weeks at Vogelsang on our annual summer camp. The weather was most kind to us and everyone came back looking healthier and Feeling much fitter than when they left. Well—much filter anyhow! CSM Todd Slaughter started off the week with a visit to the local fairy castle. It was a wonderful evening, and all those who behaved themselves were treated to a firework display on the way home. It was lovely—thank you so much Sergeant Major! Staff Sergeant Roy Crowshaw proved that it is not just his banjo playing that has helped him survive so long in Wulfen. —he is now nicknamed * Basher.' Sergeant Martin Winter RAPC can count up to forty with- out any problems—it must be about that in kilometres from Aachen to Vogelsang especially by foot!—1 prefer the old 'tin can' myself. Lieutenant Phil Bean has learned that RVs look much- different at night than they do in the daytime—that is if you can find them. Staff Sergeant Scobie Kirtley was seen to collapse with enjoyment on seeing the Chief Clerk W02 Ken Quinn attempt- ing to enter his sleeping bag which had been sewn-up by some miserable little trickster—the last laugh will be on the Chief- Sergeant Alex Kelly has spilt Lhe beans! The weeks went without incident until the very last day when we were practicing the thirty foot rope trick from a Puma helicopter—how in heavens name did Private Sid Hobbs manage to get his feet wrapped up in the crewmans intercom system! Wulfen Station 154 FORWARD AMMUNITION DEPOT IT is normal to list visitors to a unit but when there are one hundred and twelve of them it can be wearing, so suffice to say that it was pleasant to welcome 52 Com- pany (V) to what must have been the wettest summer camp in living memory! They certainly enjoyed their stay at Ypres — sorry* Haltern — in the company of Brigadier Keith Berresford who joined them in the trenches. As a non combatant, sedentary type I welcomed the peace and quiet of the unit whilst the more regimental * chaps' were on summer camp in Vogelsang. The only sound in the head- quarters was that of right arms being exercised in prepartion for Nijmegen as * Crawford's O w n ' underwent their nightly training, Of Vogelsang, I shall say nothing except that the roar of acclaim that greeted Sergeant Mike Shaw as he passed his BFT rivalled that heard at the White City when Banister crashed the four minute mile—well done! The Station cricket team, unbeaten in ten matches, is now in the final stages of three competitions. This week we meet Ordnance Depot Viersen in two of them. New stars have emerged this year among them Sergeant Ben Bienkowski, of Polish Test fame and Lance Corporal Taffy Jones one of the more loquacious members of the team. Their job is not only to bat, bowl and field but also to carry the skipper on and off the ground. Gloom reigns in the Sergeants Mess, Mick Morrison has Mrs Sharland presents the cheque. 1st British Corps HEADQUARTERS • RAOC FIRST of all, we reinforce our words of con- gratulations to Captain Glenn Gillott, on being selected to attend the Staff College Course, starting with Division 2 at RMCS Shrivenham in January. Well done indeed—and the same goes for Captains Wilson B re wen Richard Carard, Tim Cross, Malcolm Ingram and Mike Roycroft who are currently serving in RAOC I (BR) Corps or were when the selection process started. A good year! We much enjoyed having our Representative Colonel Com- 146 mandant, Major General Stanyer, accompanied by Mrs Stanyer with us included for days last month. They dined in the Corps Headquarters guests and Rucker quarters our and and new a four their number Officers SOL Brigadier wives, Lieutenant of Mess as other and well with Mrs senior Colonel as CCRAOC Whalley, Lieutenant officers David Brigadier from and Colonels Harris. Mrs Corps and Botting, Skinner Head- Other Mrs |
| Book number | R0250 |