RAOC Gazette - page 229
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| Corps | RAOC |
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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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,ul off by PSA for a week. On the Erip to Lippsladt a '.. , jame off the: trailer and the recovery vehicle broke down ' ccovers recovery?), but all's well that ends well and the * M around Lippstadt is now more pleasant. [•os has been firing arrows again and we congratulate > f jvaies Martin Noonam Andy Gill and Dougie Cowie on their , c cnt marriages and wish them and their wives all happiness for h C future. Congratulations are also in order for our OC, Major Haden ifl j our 21C Captain Burr on their selection for promotion, to ^•recant Steve Singers, RAPC, on promotion to Staff Sergeant , n tf I.ance Corporal Roy Rowlands on promotion to Corporal. Car enthusiasts might wish to contact Lance Corporal Jim p \ who has the latest dieso Volkswagen Beetle. No wonder it and talking of cars Lieutenant Worrall A i in't go Jim! h.is .: unique keep fit programme after football training but more { inal next month. h'inally it is with sadness (who's that cheering"') that we say farewell to Staff Sergeant Ced D'Souza on posting, with pro- motion wc believe, to UKLF, how's the petrol prices? We also welcome his replacement Staff Sergeant Paul Dyson and Sergeant tarry Pomeroy, DERR on attachment to the Company, who is hoping to transfer into the Corps as a Staff Clerk. 87 SUPPLY DEPOT ' >-' S last fortnight has seen much movement of personnel from A orners of the earth. Firstly the new 2IC. Captain Kevin Marshall has arrived fresh from the rigours of No. 25 Food Technology Course. Apart from being landed with numerous accounts, audit boards etc which have been saved up from last November he was equipped with the famous % White Hat.' This was fortunate since white hats were required in 87 Club for the farewell party of Staff Sergeant Clive Hitchcock who has left us for Dulmen on promotion. Our new Chief Clerk Sergeant John Hall joins us from SHAPE with similar BFT aspirations as his predecessor. A belated welcome is extended Y Staff Sergeant Byron Garforth who came hot foot from the ii iOC Apprentices College, Finally, a welcome back, to Corporal Ian McGill from Belize after six months attachment, 4th Armoured Division ORDNANCE COMPANY WHO said the months of July and August are quiet times when everyone takes sum- mer leave? It never seems to work that way. July saw the end of Summer Sales, Ad- venturous Training in the Harz Mountains. three Site Guards and the C Sups Cadre on training with 4th Armoured Division Tpt Regt. August has been spent catching up on the routine work within barracks and building up towards the end of the month work up training for this years' major FTX. In amongst all this, those more fortunate individuals have managed to trickle away on leave. People have gone as far 1 uth as the Mediterranean and as far north as the Arctic Circle. The CSM was very excited on hearing the stomp of am- Lieuteitanf Colonel Willis talking to Corporal Boal in the Corporals Club after being rebadged into RAOC. munition boots when he returned from leave. Sorry to say it was only the tug of war squad hard at work preparing to conquer 20 Armoured Brigade/Detmold Garrison and all other units in- volved with certain encounter. New muscles are being found all the time. On the 13th of this month an informal ceremony was held when Lieutenant Colonel Willis rebadged LCOH Boal into the Corps as a Stall Clerk. Corporal Boal as he is now will be leaving shortly for Headquarters BAOR as a Sergeant. We wish him well. Congratulations to Private Langsford on his marriage to Julie, to Staff Sergeant Ryan and Mrs Ryan on the birth of their son and to Private Farrimond and Mrs Farrimond on the birth of their daughter, Postings have been Sergeant Penman RAPC, Lance Corporal Marshall, Private Simpkin and Private Rea ACQ Leaving us have been Corporals Holmes and Brock (both on promotion), Lance Corporal Derbyshire REME, Lance Corporals Halliwell and Knight and Privates Sugden, Flanagan and Zulli ACC. STORES SECTION 58 STATION WORKSHOP AFTER the calm experienced over the past few weeks the storm seems to have set upon us this month. Exercise period has arrived and with it the usual increase of work for the Work- shop and this inevitably means a greater demand on the Stores Section for its stores. This has come at a time when our staff who are mostly civilians are on leave or are leaving us, but with our two diligent and most experienced clerks Mrs Howell and Mrs Kucharzewski, we shall over come. We had visits earlier this year from Major General Brown and Brigadier Skinner They both showed a keen interest in our Data Communication Centre. The dreaded Fire Inspection is now over and was carried out by the Divisional Fire Officer. On the sporting scene Sergeant Ted O'Pray continues to amaze the locals with his swimming prowess each week, W 2 Walker takes the REME Element on at squash and can be heard to say " They may beat us at car rallying but not at swimming and squash." This may have something to do with the fact that the Stores Section came seventh in the recent car rally held by the Workshop, Congratulations to W 2 Walker on passing his colloquial German Course. We say farewell to Miss Jackie Bramble who leaves us to get married and to Mr Duncan Strain who goes to College in Leeds to take a degree. We wish them both well for the future. We welcome Mrs Nardia Stafford and Mr Ron Sollitt who have recently joined us. Combat Supplies Battalion 43 RP COMPANY. The Company took advantage of the reduction in activity after Exercise Rollerball, to relax and enjoy themselves in re- creational activities. The first was a Company Open Day during which the families of the Company were able to visit the Depot and find out just what * hubby' was talking about when he came home each evening moaning about ' D ' Lines, Traverses, ESHs, Hysters and Beavers; (one good lady was heard to say that she had thought that her husband worked in a zoo!). The AFS joined in the occasion by providing a fire fighting and rescue display which was greatly appreciated by all; especially when the youngsters were allowed a close look at the appliances after- wards. Our special thanks to Herr Husemann and his staff. The day was rounded off with a series of kiddies races organised by Corporal Pete Turner, our resident PTI, whilst mums and dads joined the livers-in at Nieheim for an evening barbeque provided by Sergeant John Beattie ACC and his cooks, The following day saw the departure of W 2 Tony Pearce and twelve of the Nieheim lads who represented the Battalion at the Nijmegen Marches in Holland. This is the second time that we have participated in the Marches and are glad to report that this year we suffered no casualties, apart from a total of thirty seven blisters. Not all of these blisters were to be found on the feet as Private ' D o b b o ' Dobson, the cycle orderly, will vouch. The success of the Marches is due in a great part to Private k Winnie' Winstanley's singing and chanting which managed to spur the lads on when all they really wanted to do was to sit down and rest their aching bones. Despite all of their aches and pains all those participating vowed to return next year. — 191 — |
| Book number | R0250 |