RAOC Gazette - page 60
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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tation JBittotf Directorate of Supply Management S MAN 1 THIS month we said our final farewells to Colonel J. R. Liveing who has now retired from the Army. A gruelling round of functions was organised, or just occurred, which made his departure a memorable one. We all wish both Colonel Liveing and his family the very best of fortune for the future. Mean- while, those who stay behind recover. Arrivals include Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Smith who has moved from S Man 2 to become the SOI S Man lb. Al- though hardly much of a geographical move, the distance between his last office and the present one is in the order of three hundred yards, it does at least have the advantage of more spacious accommodation. We also welcome two newly promoted Executive Officers, Mrs Phil Smale and Mrs Gloria Horsnell, who have come to the aid of the beleagured officers of S Man la(2) and S Man la(3). They are in fact both ' old Andover hands * and their postings are cross-camp transfers. We hope that they will be happy in their new jobs and have both added a touch of glamour to the offices. Finally, Captain A. W. Lyons wishes the comments on his ski-ing course to cease. The scurrilous comment in the Corps GAZETTE last month is quite untrue—anyone who has been on an RAOC ski course at Aviemore knows that one can't see any- thing through the begrimed windows of the Nethybridge Hotel Public Bar, His next trip is adventurous training in Morocco, from where he will presumably return with yet another fund of tales. CONTROL DIVISION SPRING is still arriving in fits and starts in this pan of Oxford- shire. Fortunately the weather produced of its best for the recent visit of Her Majesty The Queen. As the visit is being covered in great detail elsewhere it suffices to say how honoured we were that Her Majesty should come to see us at work and give us the opportunity to see her as she stopped on her way through the building to speak to members of the staff. As if to reinforce the fact that Spring is in the air Mr Bill Hill of Tech Records and Sergeant Taffy Linton of GS Provision have announced that their respective wives have each produced a baby girl—congratulations. On the sporting side Control Division celebrated the closing of the Winter season by helping to win the Bruce Cup for seven-a-side rugby. In the winning team were W 2 Paul Thomson, Staff Sergeant Stew Madden, Sergeants Dai Green and Pete Silvester, and Lance Corporal Tony Poole who was awarded the title * Best Young Player of the Season.' Provision Branch has now. settled down after the office reorganisation. Homing instincts have been reprogrammed so people are no longer turning the wrong way and walking into filing cabinets. It was during the reorganisation that Corporal Pete Berrett first showed an outstanding ability in being able to balance on piles of tables, chairs and wastepaper bins in order to rearrange telephone leads etc. Clothing Provision have said farewell to Corporal Ray Armstrong who now wears ' Civvies' all day, and are about to say goodbye to Private Dave McDougal who is departing for BAOR. GS Provision are pleased that Sergeant Paddy Ledwidge has now learnt which way up to sew on his Commando badge, Issues Branch say that since Sergeant Lol Linfitt returned from running the administration for a gliding course he has had his head in the clouds. Finally congratulations are due to W 2 Geof Malthouse on the award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal which was presented to him by the DGOS at a small ceremony which was held in the Sergeants Mess, this great occasion and all of those, both military and civilian, from Technical Equipments Division who went to Bicester for Her Majesty's visit have been glowing in their praise for the organisation that went into making that day one to be remembered for the rest of our lives. Lieutenant Colonel John Kostoff, who is our Exchange Officer, and his wife were amongst those who were honoured with the privilege of being presented to the Queen. He was rather naturally anxious to have photo- graphs of this unique occasion and Major Graham Browning is currently living in dread of the day when the photographs that he took with Colonel KostorFs camera are returned. He has fearful memories of what happened to the photographs that he had taken of the COD Bari Cup A Team* Sergeant Colin Knight has now had his arm piaster removed and paper is again flying about his desk. Sergeant Ken Saxon is still recovering after two leg operations and Corporal Mick Earthey is currently a patient in the new Donnington MRS. Needless to say Communications Branch is more like Emergency Ward 10 than a Military Section. Major Chris Morton obviously cannot stand the pace for he has just gone off for a weeks canoeing holiday (he calls it Adventure Training) in the blue waters of the Mediterranean around Cyprus. Staff Sergeant Les Dalton is still keeping the Donnington colours fly- ing in the Car Rallying World and in the Welsh International Rally his was the first Army car to finish and fifty first overall out of one hundred and thirty starters which included Roger Clark and Mikonnen. Lance Corporal Gypo Walters is currently trying to learn the arts and crafts of a Div Dump Coy. We hope that he doesn't come back with any broken bones. As an afternote to our opening paragraph, we would like to point out that Captain Peter Veal is applying for permission to display the Royal Coat of Arms on his office door having just returned from the Garden Party at Bicester only to dis- cover that he was one of the lucky ones to be drawn to attend one of the Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace, Lieutenant Colonel Tony Carnfield has now returned from his sojourn at the Henley Staff College but is finding it difficult to put into practice some of his new found skills in business management. It appears that solving the problems of multi national companies has limited relevance when applied to organising a Mess Committee or provisioning spares for Giant Viper. We have sadly lost the services of one of the star hockey players, Corporal Willy Baxter who has been posted with his family to Northern Ireland. Major Sam Allen has at last managed to slip out of the clutches of AG9 into what we hope will be a happy retirement from the Army and we welcome in his place Major John Cantor. Training Centre HEADQUARTERS THE last month has been fairly quiet for most but very hectic for Lieutenant Colonel Day and Major Baines; involved in organising the Summer Ball held on the 19th May which we are told was an outstanding success. Major Cooke is now counting the days on his posting to the Oman and we are looking forward to the arrival next month of Major Mentzel from the School of Ordnance. The Commander had a flying trip to Penally to see the Apprentices College at their summer camp. Mrs Dennis on, the Commander's wife, is knocking everyone into shape for the forthcoming play * Conduct Unbecoming' which is our entry into this years Army Drama Festival. We wish her every success. WOl Johnston and Sergeant Thomson have just returned from Scotland having formed part of 'Allys Army' in the 5 annual clash with the * auld enemy, We have hopes for Argentina. Finally we welcome Private Kaye WRAC our new registry clerk also Private Wright RRW and Private Cramp RAPC potential transfer-ins. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENTS DIVISION NO DOUBT there will be many contributions, articles and photographs concerning our Colonel-in-Chief s visit to Bicester. However, we do not think that too much can be written about SCHOOL OF ORDNANCE THE Commonwealth and Foreign Ordnance Officers Course deserve an additional mention this month. They appeared to have pioneered the system of using Green Shield stamps for 42 |
| Book number | R0247 |