RAOC Gazette - page 82
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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] he second party to lake to the hills awaits the return of .;-._ I'rst, to evaluate J.he effects, and possibly make a snap ,j t v 5on to apply for compassionate leave! twenty eight laps respectively of the four hundred meter running track and between them gained the grand sum of almost DM 300 in sponsorship. CORPS TROOPS ORDNANCE COMPANY VYE have just undergone one of the more traumatic of military experiences, name changing. On 1st April 1978, 1 OFF was renamed I (BR) Corps Troops Ordnance Company. Like most good military establishments no-one quite knows why we have changed our name. However, we have realised that it involves the same work with less people. It does mean that perhaps my debts will not catch up with me for another month or so. We celebrated the disbandment of our name in the middle of March with an exercise, i took a sample analysis of some of the comments. W 2 Brown (ten years experience in a Static Unit) " Well exercises don't seem to be that bad." Sergeant Nowak (Ex-Para, endless experience) " This is what it's all about, it's your duty as a soldier." Private Trew in reply to W02 Brown (limited experience) " Yes but some of us have to stay awake on exercise." Throughout March both our hockey and soccer teams have been endeavouring. The hockey team endeavoured successfully with two consecutive wins. The soccer team has been effort- lessly losing to all comers. Unfortunately the team has suffered from a long line of transfers: Private Wells to COD Chilwell for DM 25, Lance Corporal Woodrow to BATUS for D M 20, Private Askew to BATUS for DM 6 and Lance Corporal Warden to 154 FAD—DM 7. However* Sergeant Hampson is still in negotiations hoping that next year we will have a football team. We would like to welcome Lance Corporals Ballard, Caffrey, Farren. Foreman, King and Robinson, Privates Lister, McKie and Willis. Farewells go to Sergeant Coulbeck, Corporals Polland and Thorpe, Lance Corporals Scanlan and Perrolt RE ME, Privates Johnstone, Wearing and Wells. Congratulations to the following on promotion: Sergeant Balltnger, Corporals Polland and Warden, Congratulations to the following for other reasons: Mushy, Unit cat, transferred RE ME to PC and A ; Lance Corporal ?errott for achieving a new way of destroying Leyland tyres jnd the MT Section for discovering twenty six hours in the day prior to PRE. A sponsored walk in aid of the Pat Seed Cancer Appeal was recently organised by Haig Primary School. Among those participating was our young athletic Lance Corporal Eric Davis and the 'slightly' older, but nevertheless agile, Sally Crawford, the wife of our Admin Officer. They completed thirty and STORES SECTION I CORPS TROOPS WORKSHOP ALL quiet at present so we are getting all the ' Panic Type' jobs done prior to the coming Exercise period. The ' Op Banner* lads are all well and judging by reports and telephone messages the tour is quiet, let's hope it stays the same and they all return to their families safely. Rumour has it that ' Bill Ryan has found love at last' Whilst the skipper is away, our 'Acting O C Mrs Mac- Lennox keeps her eye on us to ensure no slacking, pity we can't get her on the duty list says * Q.' We say farewell to Bob Green this month. Bob is one of those * Man for all seasons' which any small unit like ours needs. No job too much trouble and always done well. Bon voyage Bob you're always welcome here. Jeff Lord came and went again. Swears the Recruiting Officer said " Six weeks work—good pay—and forty six weeks leave." Mick Wilson and Alan Mayoh have played for the Corps at soccer—won one and lost two this time. Both are playing well and should be regulars for some years. " Mickey * even gave Bobby Charlton his autograph at the Rothmans finals. STORES PLATOON 71 AIRCRAFT WORKSHOP SPRING has finally arrived in Detmold. The signs are definite, the snow is less persistent and Private George Turnbull's per- fumed letters have started to blossom. We have finally disposed of the Sioux, all that remains, apart from a lot of spares at Dis- posals Organisation Mark Hamm, are of course the memories of a helicopter built for a more leisurely age, On the sporting front Sergeants Frank O'Brien, Mike Mays and Corporals Dave Kelly and Ray Bailie have been practising very hard for the RAOC Spring Golf meeting at Bruggen. Frank, we are told, has finally managed a twenty four handicap, so Bruggen beware! Congratulations are in order to Corporals Bren Reppe and Ivan Sangster on passing their BI Technical Clerks upgrading course at Black down. Notwithstanding the handicap of having to use manual keyboards, Conductor Chuck Roberts is the proud owner of a gleam- ing new Audi 80 LS. It was a dismal rainy day when he went to collect it at Moenchengladbach, armed with sheets of poly- thene to preserve the paintwork. In conclusion, we say farewell to Sergeant Willie Clydesdale, posted down the road to 4 ADOC. Also to Corporal Ivan !:;.E::^.i: .:,;v: :S Headquarters \ (BR) Corps Troops Ordnance Company. |
| Book number | R0247 |