RAOC Gazette - page 180
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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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3rd Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS RAOC. Our con- Jm^ gratulations go to the athletics team for jfliffllk coming a creditable third in the RAOC /jjfflffl^k BAOR Athletics Meeting. Noteable men- jfflj*^~jfflk tions from Headquarters RAOC who IHk j H D k helped form part of the team, go Lo H^j^fflffflk Major Gerry Page, Staff Sergeant Art IffllUBIIIiiiH^ Matthews (Team Captain) and Lance Corporal Terry Shephard. Well done Gentlemen. The Signal Regiment held their annual Mohnefest recently. poral Gordon O'Hara, Lance Corporal Simon England and v.e Paul Seeney manned the Headquarters RAOC stall ng us all to play a form of golf at the expense of our ...AS which helped to swell the funds for charity. Major Geoff Browne and Sergeant Mac Lindley have de- ted to Bicester for a fortnights course to learn all about iputers. ' Bon voyage' to Staff Sergeant Art Matthews and a warm come to W 2 Danny Kelly from Middle Wallop who is to be new Assistant DOWO—and to the CRAOC's driver Private K •ry- IFF CLERKS. The Supt Clerk, WO I Rick Williams, has 'i posted to SHAPE, his replacement is WOl Mike Bender :i Muscat. > BRANCH consists of WQ2 Pete Lee, Sergeant John Dixon, rporals Paul Lidster and John Brown, Lance Corporal Jim tfy and Private Billy Shanks. BRANCH consists of Staff Sergeant John Bentley, Sergeant in Rutledge, Corporals Taff Miles, Ross Hale and Alan xter, Lance Corporal Alan Robinson and Private Gary ompson. In the Central Registry we have Lance Corporal Jim 'ling, Privates Paul Ruskin and Adrian Blackburn. We hope that you will follow closely the antics of this ndquarters month by month as we intend to contribute to the 1 from now on, ORDNANCE COMPANY E begin with the Company on display on Exercise Staff College :monstration. Set up in location on the Sennelager Training ea students from the Staff College were shown what an dnance Company consists of and how it works. After the s displays, Regimental Training was carried out under the dance of Lieutenant Bunny Brownlee. But the exercise was not all work and midway through the ercise the Annual Families Day was held. Activities for all ; family were available, boat rides, slides and swings and a good y was had by all. One of the evenings activities was training for the Harz ountain Walkabout; the squad set about serious running and lining paid off. The final team selected, Lieutenant Ray ndle, Privates Gary Capper and Tony Bland, finished nine- rath out of the eighty teams taking part Another happy event was the Company ten mile bash. In altering heat, in full webbing, with platoon weapons, we made i distance in a fine time, a good reflection on the Company's ness. The athletics team competed in two major events. Firstly, the Inter Minor Unit Competition, the team came third, id in the RAOC BAOR Athletics the team came away with ree trophies and numerous medals. An especially good per- rmance by Lance Corporal Carl Patterson gained him the ng jump prize and runner-up in the high jump. We must welcome our new Officer Commanding, Major e Roberts, who we hope will enjoy his stay as much as the L one, Major Baz Dickson, to whom we wish good luck. The Company had a two day deployment exercise in the aitern area as an OC's Handover exercise. Second Lieutenant Ian Paramo re would like to make it plain to everyone that he d not intend to reverse Corporal Paddy Fleming into the tch. The adventure training in the Harz started off in quite lendid style with bright sunshine and a very pleasant camp site Sieber. On the first day the Company climbed at Scharzfield under i watchful eye of Staff Sergeant Geordie Ridley. Lieutenant -v Tindle then took his party of budding moles off to Bad rund for some caving. They returned looking like monsters 0111 the deep, A smaller group from the Company travelled to Kiel, to learn to windsurf. sail and canoe under the instruction of Second Lieutenant Paul Saddleton, There was also a three day cruise, aboard a yacht around the Baltic. Congratulations are due to two members of the unit. Firstly, to Sergeant Woolacott ACC who has qualified for the all England Fly Fishing Championships, with a chance to represent England. He is also representing the Army in a Fly Fishing competition against the RAF and Navy. Congratulations are also due to Craftsman Geordie Foster on the presentation of his Zimbabwe medal. We say goodbye to Lieutenant Brownlee, Private Steve Mackey and Jock McColl. We welcome Sergeant Hart, Corporal Ken Ball, Lance Corporal Ginge Pritchard and Privates Scouse Greer, Steve Clancy, Bob Fuller and Jock Martin and hope they will enjoy their posting. STORES SECTION 26 FIELD REGIMENT WORKSHOP. The boss, WOl Danny Danvers, managed a cross posting with WOl John Malm. The first two important tasks were to buy a new car and install an intercom in the section. The latter was to improve the lead time between ordering his hourly cuppa and receiving it. Staff Sergeant Steve Swales heads the PC and A and still maintains that stores are meant for storing, if they were meant to be issued, they would be called issues. He is ably assisted by Corporal Andy Carr and Private Woody Woodruffe. Corporal Carr is to be congratulated on achieving first place on his MTIs course, and Private Woodruffe on being upgraded to B2. The Storehouse is run by Sergeant Alan Sargeant. His merry band of storemen are Corporal Geordie Purkins, Lance Corporals Pete Still and Wurz Lester and Private Jock Hock. Corporal Purkins managed to get away on Exercise Snow Queen and returned without any broken limbs. Lance Corporal Still has hardly been seen in the section, if he's not on Regimental or Battery exercises, he's away on well deserved leave. Lance Corporal Lester who is the longest serving member of the unit, decided to change his trade from Driver and achieved a very creditable first place on his Storemans Course. The MT section, now deserted by Lance Corporal Lester is functioning with the able assistance of Private Pete Bond who is shortly to be posted and Private Gaz Wild who realised his mistake when he told the boss that he has a GCE in art! 4th Armoured Division 1 HEADQUARTERS RAOC ^ • ^ ^ ^ THE main event of the month was the ^^H^^^^ deployment of the whole headquarters on ^ H H ^ ^ ^ B Exercise Summer Sales. Major Mike Pike ^^^^^^^H and his Materiel staff disappeared to Sup . ^^^^^^^V Ops, Major Richard Jarman and Sergeant ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ V Sacre to Tpt Ops and the CRAOC with the ^^^B^^ remainder of Headquarters DAA> During I the exercise the staff at DA A demonstrated some hitherto unseen skills. Major Peter Lamb, at one stage appointed Commander of the * Lamb Force * by the GOC was mentioned in exercise despatches. Captain Jon Campbell gained a reputation for his 'demon dialling digit' in hearing the intricacies of BRUIN sufficiently well he could 'phone almost anyone. The CRAOC, Lieutenant Colonel Willis clearly enjoyed the exercise, and was only just pipped at the post for the green maggot award. One welcome break during the exercise was provided by a football match between the Signals staff of Forward Head- quarters, and Headquarters DAA, which Headquarters DAA narrowly lost by three goals to one. It is understood that Lance Corporal Rees played in another game between Logistic Head- quarters Staff vs Logistic Headquarters Signals, which the staff lost seven goals to one, Once Endex was called the warriors all hastened back to barracks to clear filing trays, repack fuelage, camouflage vehicles and exercise kit and prepare for the next outing in September. Whilst all the rest of the RAOC staff were out on exercise * Q ' Strugnell's replacement, W 2 Butcher arrived and has since been enjoying a very leisurely introduction and education into the wheelings and dealings of the Materiel Officer. No rush. * Q»' you've got until December! We welcome * Q* Butcher and wish him an enjoyable tour in happy Herford. Harry Petty, the Fire Adviser has just departed with his wife Pat, for Edinburgh and Headquarters Scotland and his place is being taken by Cedric Cousins from Headquarters Western District. Peter Lamb is soon off as well, heading for UMIST on his 149 — |
| Book number | R0250 |