RAOC Gazette - page 214
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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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DGOS is making a visit to the District. There will be more news of these events in our next letter meanwhile we cannot end without recording a tribute lo our illustrious Corps Band which made such a major contribution to the entertainment of the huge crowds at the Flower Show, Our tribute to the band is echoed by the many distinguished military musicians who at- tended the show and gains even greater currency in view of the unfortunate absence of the Director of Music due to a slipped disc! It was most fortunate that the Bandmaster of our local Infantry Battalion, The Queens Lancashire Regiment, was avail- able to step inlo the breach which he did most admirably. Sergeant Hall taking his place in Soest. Corporal Parish ' thinking more seriously of his impending move from DetmnM to BATUS taking over from Corporal Panter. StafT Sereea t Dodd at Headquarters AAC in Bielefeld found time to join th Corps Stores Company on adventure training in Bavaria, but th fresh air did not tempt him to give up the cigarettes! * Farewell to Major N. O. H. de Foubert who has given up V blue beret and moves to 79 Supply Depot. He has been a eon!5 trouble shooter for all the FAACO and we wish him well on another BAOR tour! Welcome to Major Brightman from De er > cut to the AAC world. P" Army Air Corps 10 Ordnance Support Battalion 1 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT UNIT RAOC. The past month has not been without its successes. There were frantic efforts under- taken to complete the RAOC entry for the Army Air Corps Centre Sponsored Chariot Race in aid of the disabled; the brainchild of Corporal Willis and Lance Corporal Woodward. The finished article was a high performance thoroughbred that would surely have held pride of place in ^ _ any Roman Chariot dealer's showroom. "" But don't take my word for it—look at the photograph and you will see why we won the prize for the best turned out entry. Congratulations to our team of six who reached the semi-finals only to be beaten by some underhand tactics. The Charioteers are Private (Ben HUT) Jenkins and Private Fultdn. The horses are Corporal Langland, Lance Corporal Kerry, Corporals Dexter and Hallett. SINCE our last contribution, the Battalion has been busy preparing for our forthcoming exercise in Denmark. However certain events deserve a special mention. We entered a team for the RMP Chichester March 81. The line-up for the forty kilo- metre march was the Adjutant. Captain Clive Elderton, Lieu- tenant John Wiggell, W 2 Frank Malone. Sergeant Bill Fairly Corporals Paddy Co ugh Ian and Peter Morris, Privates Jock Falconer and Bob Thompson. The team awoke at 0600 hours and it quickly became obvious that some of the stalwarts werfc suffering from the after effects of the Reunion Disco the previous evening. The team however, did manage to cross the start line at 0800 hours, on time!, eventually returning some six and a half hours later after their stroll around the Chichester countryside. After crossing the finish line there were con- gratulations, prize-giving and Corporal Peter Morris made him- self known to the Chichester Beauty Queen. •W-- -:i^^&«&m*:'-';••• •' .:;••-';.•'•:• , i;;'::.wrt'j: " * , %;-•:,'"' • •:• • Photo Martin R. Payne, Devizes News. The winning team is presented with the cup by the Devises The best t-urned out entry. Work, continues on the transfer of stores to our Old-Samm site where we are concentrating our seal in gs for the Historic Aircraft Flight When all the move is complete we will be able to set about some redistribution of our stores in Middle Wallop. The big secret in this game is to keep everything on the move so that you can always have a stock answer for discrepancies! We welcome Private Elstob back from Northern Ireland and promptly say farewell to him on his posting to Rippon. Some- where along the line he is getting married and we wish him and his new wife every happiness in the future. Corporal Bourne has returned from detachment at RAF Aldergrove and his place taken by Lance Corporal Cheetham. We welcome Privates Wills and Morten and hope they enjoy their tour in Middle Wallop. Finally but by no means least we say a sad farewell to W02 Green who leaves on posting to Kineton. He has been a mainstay not only on the stores side of the unit but also where social and sporting activities have been concerned. We wish him every success in his new job. HQ AAC 1 (BR) CORPS—ORD {SUP). The news from the AAC world in BAOR is that 2 Aircraft Support Unit in Detmold continues to supply all the Squadrons, despite Sergeant Frew being on a provision course in England. Staff Sergeant Gordon is on a Commando course with a view to joining the Logistic Regiment The First Aid Aircraft Outfit (FAACO) world of RAOC Ambassadors to the AAC has seen a bit of movement. Sergeant Dimmock is in Northern Ireland with 664 Squadron, Sergeant Wantier is soon to be in Detmold with — 178 * Carnival Beauty Queen. The last month seems to have been the Battalions 'season* for beauty queens. In the Devizes Carnival Tradesmens Swim- ming Competition our winning team of Captain Charles EmmenV Lieutenant Bob McCailum and Staff Sergeant Dave Sumner of 48 AMF(L) Company were presented with the cup by the Devizes Carnival Queen. There is no truth in the rumour that Captain Emmett was runner up to the Carnival Queen despite his revealing costume. 7 Field Force ORDNANCE COMPANY WELBECK STUDENTS VISIT. The event since our last feature has been Exercise Summer Safari. The aim of the exercise was to present an RAOC field force unit to Welbeck College students with the possibility of recruiting potential officers for the Corps. The exercise in- cluded presentations to seventy five Wei- beck students in the areas of both Kineton and Bicester. The exercise started with a tactical road move from Col- chester to Kineton, The experience of London morning rusa hour traffic in a ten ton vehicle will not be forgotten by trie odd driver and civilian traffic alike, it is not recommended to the faint-hearted! Nevertheless the Company arrived at tne |
| Book number | R0250 |