RAOC Gazette - page 259
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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More in line with work, however, Sergeant Dick Snell has u : returned from a Management Course at the Technical [\ -ming Wing. At present Sergeant Dave Gartsidc is away on a recruiting ; ourse and if successful will be posted to AGIO Bradford, Further to our last article which mentioned the annual ;)tmoor Challenge 4 Seven Towns Run,' details are given of the noney raised in this event, a total of £2,150 was raised in all nade up as follows:— £ Horton-Cum-Studley Playing Fields 500 Bardswell School for Mentally Handicapped Children 350 Charlton-On-Otmoor Village School 220 Stoke Mandeville Appeal Fund 150 Enborne Lodge Special School 120 Chilweil Goodwill Fund 120 Helen House Hospice 120 Cancer Research 70 Royal National Lifeboat Institution 60 Extended Education Unit, Oxford 60 £1,770 The remaining £380 went to a variety of national, local and service charities, An event held within the Division was the Annual Flower and. Vegetable Show, There were a total of one hundred and thirty nine entries and this was considered quite good as this summer has not been too kind to the gardeners. The Ladies Trophy was won by Miss Marjorie Ralph of the Typing Pool and the Gentlemens Trophy by Mr Paul Foster of Stocktaking and Reconciliation Section, Mr Foster also won ' Best in the Show* with three cooking apples. On Exercise Long Look is WOl Ray Col burn RAAOC, having been duly despatched recently to Scotland, Kent and 3-1 other points of the compass. We also welcome Privates Melvin Hood, Ian Sanderson and Andy Muir from Black- down, the former two from the Apprentices College and the latter from the Training Battalion and Depot. Also recently posted in is Corporal Geoff Fairclough from Ashchurch. Congratulations are due this month on the award of his majority to the former Captain John Kitwood. W 2 Dave Francis takes aver the hot seat he left vacant until Mid-November. Fond farewells are in order to W 2 Pete Beatty, Staff Sergeant Taff Slallard, Sergeant Jock Leonard and Lance Corporal Kevin Glasspool posted to Brunei, Episkopi, Donnington and Northern •.'eland respectively. VEHICLE DIVISION WITH the leave season in full swing, life in Vehicle Division has been relatively quiet In MT Stores Provision Branch however a great deal of activity both mental and physical has been observed in the Military Cell. It is all, so they claim, in preparation for their attacks on the RAF Luffenham Walk, the Robin Hood Half Marathon, and the Lichfield International Medal Walk. Doubters, however, suggest that they are either —actising an open air form of ' hide and seek ' with Mrs Marion .ench, who has volunteered to show them the way in the RAF Luffenham Walk, or that the seemingly organised training periods are a clever way of ensuring an early retreat from work. We wish them every success! Major Ken Mortimer recently took a break from the rigours of provisioning 'A' Vehicle Spares and spent a week at Cambridge University. What he was studying whilst there is being kept a closely guarded secret. In Vehicle Branch the usual air of calm pervades, only inter- rupted by the excitement generated amongst the lady members '• •* the engagement of Miss Sandra Whittlesey to Mr Peter Doughty. We offer them our heartiest congratulations and wish them every happiness in the future. Lieutenant Colonel Dai Davies has recently departed for some well earned leave (Did I get it right Colonel?), and Cap- tain Airdrie has been taking another form of rest and recuperation in RAF Nocton Hall where he has had a bone in his foot over- hauled. We wish him a speedy recovery, partly on behalf of the wines member who is complaining of dropping profit margins and partly because he now has no valid excuse for hooking, he is needed by the golf team. Finally, our congratulations go to Staff Sergeant and Mrs Graham Chapman on the birth of a son. On page 221 is a drawing from life (Life?) of Major David Williams recently departed to Antwerp, by Mr John Dargavel, VCSM of 38 Central Workshop RE ME. Training Centre SCHOOL OF ORDNANCE WE open our notes in this case with sad news. The death of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Goodwin came as a shock to the whole School, and he will be sadly missed by everyone. A tribute to Peter, a Retired Officer with the School, appears on page 208. Captain Peter Claughton is in Den- mark (poor fellow!) on Exercise Amber Express. Rumour has it that he only went to avoid the Commander's challenge to officers. Brigadier Thornton thought that the Officers of the Training Centre ought to have a race into the woods, pick up some burdens and race back. The School entered a staff team and 97 Ord Officers course also entered. Despite valiant efforts neither of our teams won, and rumours that they stopped for a beer halfway round are still being denied. Our Officers Mess boat trip was a great success. The scenery of the Thames Valley was lovely, the river flowed peace- fully and the wine forcefully. The evening was complemented by good food, dancing and good company. Since then we have had a Mess Casino Night where the true skills of Lieutenant Colonel Bradley, Major Ansel (import licence pending) and Reggie von Zugbach de Sugg came well to the fore. Colonel C. B. Hopkinson, Commandant of the School of Ordnance is shown presenting the Diploma to Major Carroll Mapp of the Barbados Defence Force on completion of the recent Commonwealth and Foreign Ordnance Officers Course. A buffet luncheon was hold in the School of Ordnance Officers Mess for all students and instructors which was both an enjoyable and sad occasion. Staff Sergeant Ron Hughes of Training Aids seems keen to defend the wearing of track suits at work, despite being told that PT finishes at 0800 hours and the Commander cannot see into Training Aids office. Our Chief Clerk Bob Connelly is worried about indulgence flights to America at present. " J o b recces in the firms' time" said one of his admirers, and the other comments about his luck were unprintable. This month said farewell to Major Frank Warren off to Rhine Area on promotion and Corporal Paul Logan off to Hong Kong (Shame! ! !). We wish them, and their families, the very best of good fortune in their new posts, We are also pleased to welcome Major Peter Brice and family, and hope that they have a happy tour here at the School. EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SCHOOL VEHICLE SPECIALIST TRAINING, Once again after our well earned holiday we are back to the grindstone. SQMS — 215 — |
| Book number | R0250 |