RAOC Gazette - page 230
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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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Welcomes arc extended this month to Sergeant Bob Trude and Corporal Paul Carrahar. Sadly we say farewell to a very popular member of the Company as Slaif Sergeant Brathwaite leaves us for Viersen. 44 RP COMPANY. The month has so far been quiet before the onslaught of Exercise Red Claymore, Second Lieutenant Gibbons our visitor from London University (as reported in last months GAZETTE) has now departed back to that place of learning taking with him his duty free plus a wider outlook of the role of an RP in Peace and War. Rumour has it that our Training Officer Lieutenant Dave Lillystone has been sighted in the garrison area. Could 1 say that he does exist and is not a ficticious character, however, after being away for so long on various courses and leave some of the newer members of the company are slightly sceptical. The OC, Major John Williams, has just returned from leave in Denmark (nudge nudge) and claims to have had a great time including some fishing. He even claims to have caught some fish; as it. is nearly Confidential time again, 1 believe him. We welcome Second Lieutenant Henry Hirst from his YOs course and RMA. He has now become Training Officer as well as numerous other tasks. His first day at work found him on the ranges and the third and fourth day on duty apart from which he seems to be enjoying himself (?). We would also like to welcome to the company Staff Sergeant Wreyford (our new CQMS), Sergeant Leach and Corporal Millar, and say farewell to Staff Sergeant Foster and Sergeant Davis. The Petroleum Platoon have been continuing iheir intensive fabric tank cleaning programme and are preparing for ExercW Red Claymore, during which they will be required to establish and operate a bulk fuel installation. Ammunition Platoon held their own mini exercise to practiq e map reading, fieldcraft. NBC and radio procedures, in the local woods. We welcome lo the Company Corporal Saxby, Privates Willerton, Weils and Pooley ACC: we say farewell to Lance Corporal Jones to COD Donnington, Private Childs to COD Bicester and Corporal Skelton to CAD Kineton. We con- gratulate Lance Corporal and Mrs Malcolm Wallace on the birth of their son Sven. Finally a warning to all drivers in BAOR. Private Totiy Brownlow hns at last passed his driving test! Corps Troops CORPS STORES COMPANY THE RAF Operational Conversion Unit for Boeing Chinook helicopters paid their first visit to BAOR recently, to undergo heavy lift training, as part of their run up to forming the first operational Chinook squadron- Operating with 1 (BR) Corps Stores Company out of Det- mold and Harneln, engines and major assemblies were lifted for real, causing a certain amount of anxiety for both aircrew arid the OC. What happens if they drop them '? How much can a major write otf 7 WR ? PUE ? But all went well, if a little slowly, giving ground teams, helicopter handling, load preparation and hooking up practise, Unfortunately, only one of the two Chinooks could fly on the day and the flying version became very short of fuel near lunch time but patience is a virtue . , . . . , , and it was a sunny day. Photograph taken on the occasion of winning the George Patterson Memorial Shield for the fifth time in succession. 4 3 and 4 4 RP Companies—eat your hearts out. Standing: W 2 Brooks, Private W o o d , Lance Corporal Daniels, Private Duncan, Lance Corpora! McDonald, Sergeant Dawson, Private Fletcher, Corporal Crompton, Private Campbell 4 2 , Lance Corporal Meechan and Sergeant Hetherington. Sitting: Lance Corporal Levett, Sergeant Roe, Corpora! Stray (Captain), OC Major Fleming, Corporal Percy, Private Fearon and Private Fetherston. 49 RP COMPANY. The Company footbali team has com- menced their preseason training with two matches against local civilian clubs, the results being two victories four one and eight nil, Other members of the Company have been training hard for the forthcoming rugby season and the inter Company tennis tournament The squash court is still not completed! Still on the sporting front, the Annual Battalion cross country run was to have taken place at 49 RP Company location, but the other two Companies, it would appear, have not the courage to face us on our own ground.; they cannot come up with a date for it to take place and suggest it should be run in Paderbom! We had a practice run last week, the timings being most encouraging. Our indefatigable druid, Staff Sergeant Brian Neary who is the second oldest in the Company came in fourth. Our Company Commander, Major Pat Fleming, is holidaying in France for the next two weeks, but in his absence discipline will be maintained by the three Company Sergeant Majors in station! We welcome our new CSM Tom Flowers who has joined us from Bicester, we welcome back from Zimbabwe CSM John Moffat who is to be posted to Kineton in the near future and we say farewell to the present incumbent CSM Dave Avery who is away shortly to shake down COD Donnington as their RSM. — I Lifting for real. CORPS TROOPS ORDNANCE COMPANY THE most notable event to take place this month has been the Annual Exercise Summer Stretch. The exercise started with section patrolling and built up to the final test which was an eighty kilometre march across very hilly terrain, under a hot sun. ^ The last element being a short water crossing by im- provised raft. Congratulations are due to all those that com- pleted the course, but special praise must go to Privates Grewar, Cross, King and Harbord who not only finished but did so in under twenty four hours. A mere three days after returning to camp the company was out again, on what was more of a fun exercise. The Com- pany was providing LZ handling teams and enemy, for the Support Helicopter Squadron based at RAF Gutersloh. While the helicopter handling teams were working hard to deal with a constant stream of simmo being in and out by helicopter, the enemy where crawling out the wood locating and attacking the RAF ground support crews. All went very well, except for the |
| Book number | R0250 |