RAOC Gazette - page 243
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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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LADIES OF THE CORPS RETIREMENT OF •-.< v that some members of the WRAC are being gazetted to ^rmanently employed in RAOC, it may come as no surprise am that they are not the first to be gazetted into the Corps. t VVAAC, ATS and WRAC have all been employed with the Coi'P s m various appointments, some for very long periods and i t i that time have been accepted as part of RAOC, Many, no doubt, remember Colonel Hill who served in the War Office a nd Ministry of Defence under (en Directors of the Corps. Nevertheless, they remained essentially WRAC: Before the WAAC was incorporated in 1915, three ladies were actually gazetted into the Army Ordnance Department. Their names were Miss Ida Beavor, Miss Carey Morgan and v , Cecil Barocchi and were sent to France in 1915—the English women to be employed there. Not much is known of the first two except that Ida Beavor married a Sir David Hall and Carey Morgan worked at Val- delievne in the Workshops. All three were employed as Superin- tendents for the repair and chemical treatment of respirators, or smoke helmets as they were first called. PROFESSOR TURNBULL IN December Professor James Turnbull retires after twenty two years as Head of Chemistry Branch at the Royal Military College of Science. During that time most, if not all, ATOs have benefited from his knowledge and from his sincere desire to train officers for the wide range of ammunition appointments that we fill, There can be few officers or civilians who have contributed so much to our specialisation, and it is felt that you may wish to join in making a gesture of appreciation to mark his retire- ment. It is proposed that ATOs (Serving and Retired) make a donation of 50p per head (or nearest foreign note equivalent) which will be used to purchase a suitable gift. DLSA has given his full support to this proposal, and it is hoped to make the presentation to Professor Turnbull at a guest lunch, at Didcot, in December. Donations should be sent as soon as possible to:—Lieutenant Colonel R. J. Dace QGM RAOC (JHT), DS Ammunition II, WV Division, Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, Swindon SN6 SLA, Wilts. CORPS CHRISTMAS CARDS THE Christmas Card for 1981 is white and portrays, on the front, the Corps badge, in colour, surrounded by a double line (blue and red) edging. Inside are the words " Greetings and Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year from." The size is five and a quarter inches by four inches, The price will be lOp per card, including the cost of packaging and postage to Units at home and overseas. Orders, together with crossed cheques/postal orders made payable to fc the RAOC Aid Society, should be sent to the Corps Secretary, RAOC Secretariat, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey GUI6 6RW. The profits made from the sale of these cards will go to the RAOC Aid Society. Respirator repair in France during World War One. Mrs Barocchi held the appointment at Abbeville from 1915 i itil 1918 and was then loaned to the American Chemical War- tare Services at Chateaureaux. She was an accomplished violinist, but a road accident in France precluded further violin playing. After the war she joined the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York but was the victim of a further accident—on this occasion on the rail- way and was forced to abandon her operatic career. She then took to writing and several of her poems appeared in American magazines. Two of them were set to music and published in r ritain. Quite a remarkable lady. Cecil Barocchi was British by birth and Italian by marriage c-ut regained her British nationality in the 1920s. She died at Boston in 1929. Just thought the ladies may be interested. (Technical Note: Some seven million six hundred and seventy seven thousand anti-gas helmets and respirators were received and conditioned—of which some four million one hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred were repaired re- treated and re-issued.) A. J. C. GRANT OF REGULAR QUARTERMASTER COMMISSIONS THE following Officers and Warrant Officers Class 1 were selected by the RAOC Arms Selection Board for the grant of Regular Quartermaster Commissions (Ordnance Executive Officer) in RAOC during 1982/83. Actual commissioning dates will be notified individually in due course. Major J. Bennett MBE, Major J. Kitwood, Major C. Robin- • i BEM, Captain M. C. Allen, Captain E. C. A. Hillan, Cap- ri J. F. Kenwright, Captain J. B. McGili MBE, Captain A. Vvard, Captain B. P. Wilson, WOsl A. F. O'Shaughnessy and E. J. Redfem BEM. The selections are provisional at this stage. — 201 m RAOC OFFICERS CLUB COCKTAIL PARTY 1981 A COCKTAIL PARTY will be held at the Headquarters RAOC Officers Mess at Deepcut from 1830 hours to 2030 hours on Thursday 19th November 1981. This invitation is extended to serving officers of the Regular and Reserve Army and their ladies and to retired officers who are members of the Officers Club and their ladies, A number of Corps Guests are also to be invited. The cost of tickets will be £2.00 per person. Due to staff and space limitations the numbers will have to be restricted to three hundred and bids to attend will be accepted on the basis of first come first served. Applications to attend the Cocktail Party should be made in writing, by 6th November to the RAOC Secretariat, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey GUI6 6RW, together with a cheque payable to the RAOC Officers Club. |
| Book number | R0250 |