RAOC Gazette - page 224
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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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3 Base Ammunition Depot OUR lives have been shattered by the departure of our RSM Chippie Chandler (Para and Cdo course not completed) RAOC. He has left us for UK where (so he tells me) he will command the TA, A man of many words and keen sense of humour he will be missed by all here. Most of the departments were able to say au revoir to him. He will certainly be missed in the Sergeants Mess for his long and entertaining speeches. On a serious note we thank him for his work that he put into the unit, both on the military and social side. We wish him well in the future with the TA and when he eventually leaves the Army, Other notable departures have been Major Marshall who goes to Manchester University reading Tennis, Corporal Geordie Ruddick, the thinner member of the Bracht football management, leaves us for a new appointment and who can forget Sergeant Happy Walters XR3! As already reported in previous months our swimming team has been competing in the BAOR Minor Units Champion- ships. In the recent finals held in Berlin, the team, managed by the Sergeants Mess PMC, W02 Dave Marsh came runners-up in the competition. Most of the team members improved on their previous times managing to come second in every event. The team then travelled to the UK to compete in the Army Finals. Notable performances came from Private Ian Shaw who came second in the sixty six metre freestyle, Corporal John Rigby third in the sixty six metre breast stroke, with the four by sixty six metre medley and four by sixty six metre freestyle relay team coming second and third respectively. The overall position was 3 BAD in second place with 229 Signal Squadron overall winners. Congratulations and well done to our team for their tremendous performance. Private Ian Shaw is now training with Army Squad in preparation for the Inter-Services Competition. By all accounts the cricket team is still desecrating the rugby pitch. Lance Corporal Stretch Johnson, ably sup- ported by Messrs Golden, Watters, Lawrence, Edmunds, Hill and Wright have contributed to a fairly busy season. Fortunes have been mixed with the team chalking up five losses and four wins. It is hoped that they can even the score up in their last match. From the results seen the team seem to suffer from Englanditis no batting good bowling. However, Major Ben Cooper, the OIC, promises to come out of retirement next season. One of the functions which raised money for the childrens summer activities, was a very successful party, held to celebrate the recent Royal Wedding. Organised by a group of very hard working wives with the help of some military, it provided a sit down tea, train rides and various stalls designed to take parents money. It was a great success which showed approximately DM2,500.00 profit; which the children are currently enjoying. Marriages and births have been rife this month with Corporal John Brown, Lance Corporals Dave Wright, Sean Taylor taking the plunge into wedlock many congratulations to them and their wives. Also congratulations go to Lance Corporal Winter (daughter), Corporal Mark Jones, Lance Corporal Taylor, Private Cheshire (sons) and their wives, on their recent additions to their families. Farewell ta: Major Marshall, WOl Chandler, Sergeants Taylor, Wood, Walters, Wilde, Corporals Lister, Ruddick, Cannell, Lance Corporal P. L. Jones and Private Pettit (to the ACC). Welcome to: Sergeants Drew, Keep, Corporals Burnett, Povey, Riley, M. A. Ward, Lance Corporals Black and Birch. 15 Ordnance Group HEADQUARTERS THE main item of note as far as this Headquarters is concerned has been the return to UK of the Commander, Colonel Carruthers, for the wedding of his daughter Lee. The latter is not known to the Corps, for until her marriage she was a Captain in the WRAC serving at Training Centre. Previously she was in COD Donnington. The ceremony took place in the Memorial Chapel Sandhurst and the subsequent reception was held in the Officers Mess of the WRAC Staff College. The groom, Lieutenant T. A. Dennis Royal Marines, serving in the Brittania Royal Naval College Dartmouth, ensured a nautical representation in the congregation, and even produced a French General in support, but the Corps was well represented. The brides brother, of course, Captain H. G. Carruthers, Parachute Regiment, started his army career in RAOC. Lee proposed to maintain her contact with the Corps by serving with a RAOC TA unit in the Plymouth area. Keeping the Corps in the public eye. ORDNANCE DEPOT VIERSEN THE most notable event to report is our involvement for the ten day * Home Town' display which depicts activities, crafts and industry in Viersen. The title theme is * Viersen Land between the rivers Niens and Nette/ Our involvement is a full window display in the main department store. Hortons, depicting activities within the unit and giving a history of Ordnance Services Viersen. In addition we are providing, in the main car park, free entertainment for the children in the form of the Bracht * Noddy Train' and a fork lift personnel escalator. Our photograph shows the industrious team Sergeant Salisbury, Privates Davies and Walker, W/Corporal Gillbrath on the opening day, still smiling, before their nervous breakdowns. Major Jim Lynam co-ordinated the activities, The only sporting activity has been cricket in which we finished our league fixtures with a thirty three run victory over Ordnance Depot Antwerp. There is now only the league title play offs and the DOS Cup final to come. Our snooker experts are looking forward to the KO and League this winter in which we will be represented for the first time. 4 Old Bill' our retiring Chief Clerk SQMS Cowell, is now being commended instead of cursed for teaching his victims how to play. His tactics are universally regarded as evil, or excellent, depending on whether he is opposed or partnered by his colleagues, for the succession of vile snookers he invariably leaves on. ICP. We have now reached the period known in ICP as the 4 Silly Season ' as units are out exercising throughout BAOR. This of course means an increase in the amount of priority de- mands arriving throughout the night and to contain this we have much to their surprise, managed to add our WRAC mem- bers onto the Duty Clerk roll to help the flow of priority indents and reduce the amount of duties of the male clerks. Staff Sergeant Cass Clayton, Sergeant Maggie Devlin, Corporals May Cock burn, Mark Foreman and Dave Patterson have all been away on Education Courses and we hope to be able to report, with general success. Lance Corporal Sharon Con yon and Corporal Mo Dunn have both passed their Bl Clerks course, Sharon works in the Disposals Cell and Mo in Major Assemblies Control. Captain Harry Jones is at present in Hedley Court Hospital where the doctors are trying to sort his leg out for once and for all. He broke it playing rugby in February and has been on crutches and in and out of hospital ever since. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. There has been a bit of a reshuffle with the military estab- lishment, SSM Barry Erskine is now WOIC Cat 2/3, SSM Jerry Singal and Staff Sergeant Cass Clayton writing procedures, SQMS Wally McKie on Manual Provision and Disposals, SQMS Manny Avelano and Sergeant Maggi Devlin are now in the Issues Cell- All in all quite a change round. At least with so many of us knowing others jobs there should be no problem fitting leave in! SQMS Barry Stevens is rarely in the office these days. He is continually driving around the countryside trying to find Tertiary Depots. Some of the Tertiary Depots within BAOR are very difficult to find, even the RMP posts within the towns and cities are unable to help on occasions. More petrol is used up searching for units than the actual trip from Viersen to the town itself and back again. Try explaining this when you put in your claim, — 186 — i |
| Book number | R0250 |