RAOC Gazette - page 108
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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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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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Jordan, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, LAE and the Far East by \talaya, Brunei and Jamaica representing the Caribbean. We hope that ail the students on the above courses benefited from their stay at Kineton and had an enjoyable time with us. A sincere welcome is extended to Major David Furness- Gibbon who has taken over the mantle of OIC TD and C Branch from Major David Hourahane and we wish him and his family a pleasant stay in Kineton. Welcome also has been extended to Sergeant Lee Hayter who has joined CLA Branch from the wilds of Longtown. Congratulations have been made to Major Frank Steer on his promotion and selection to the 1979 Army Staff Course. The inside of the School has had a face-lift in the form of pointing throughout, a result of which was that some in-tray contents received a gloss finish others merely a mat finish! Guided Weapons Branch organised an excellent evening in the form of a Barbeque/ Disco at which copious quantities of ale were quaffed by staff and students alike resulting in that below par feeling the following morning, We have said farewell to Sergeant Glyn Kay who has left the Service to take up employment in Scotland and our photo- graph shows a presentation to him by Major David Hourahane in the Prince Rupert Club. We have also lost Corporal John Hall to BAOR and Sergeant Tony Corr who has entered civilian life in the Wolverhampton area to work for an explosives c-imolition firm. by the total holding of all natures in either of the remaining CADs. Ah well! Old men reminisce and young men say ' Rubbish ' in five letters and so it will ever be. The Sergeants Mess at least went out on a tremendous note with a very well attended Closing Regimental Guest Night on 5th May, The DGOS was guest~of-honour; other guests in- cluded all the current officers of CAD Bramley and many, many former members of the Mess imported especially for the occasion. And what an occasion it turned out to be; there was certainly no funereal atmosphere at that function—though there may well have been one or two people wishing they were dead the following morning! General Callan regaled the company with a witty after-dinner speech which he rounded off by presenting a handsome clock to Cedric Squibb marking the iatter's forty seven years at CAD Bramley. Congratulations are very much due to the Unit Smallbore Team, whose swan song was a clean sweep of the Home and Baker Team Competitions. In the Baker Cup, the 'A* Team l won Division 1 and the B ' Division 2 ; the Home Cup was won by the *A" team with the * B ' team as runners-up. Bramley has always produced a good shooting team and it was indeed gratifying to end on such a strong note, Congratulations, too, to Major Steve Goldring on promotion to that rank and to Mr W. C Jepson on the award of the ISM, which was presented to him by the Commandant on 23rd June in what was probably the last formal function to be held in the Unit. One would now normally end by listing personnel who have left since the last letter. However, they number nearly fifty so individual mentions clearly are not possible- To one and all good fortune wherever you go, whether it be to a new Unit or to the doubtful pleasures of civvy street And what better way to end this final CAD Bramley letter than with a hearty welcome to Captain David Dickerson and Mr Ron Summers of the United States Army, who are already in post ready for the formal change to Ammunition Depot, Bramley. We wish the new depot well and may its association with the' Corps be a long and happy one. RVP Regional Depot RAOC Thatcham Photo Sergeant D. Crocombe BEM Sergeant Glyn Kay receives his farewell presentation from Major Hourahane. Central Ammunition Depot Bramley ALAS, this will be the very last newsletter from CAD Bramley; the Unit virtually ceases to exist after 30th June when all military other than a small rear party and all civilians other thsn those required for the new American Depot are due to disappear. On that day, too, both the Officers Mess and Sergeants Mess close their doors: The Pheasant Club is already closed and deserted. Apart from the MOD Police, quarters are fast emptying and everywhere there is an air of unnatural quiet, 30th June also is the last day of service for the very familiar figure of Lieutenant Colonel * Tiny * Wordingham, for many, many years the Unit MO. Thousands who have passed through Bramley will know him well and will, I am sure, join with me in wishing him well in his final retirement Again, it alio marks your scribe's last day of service after a total of forty years with the Corps and a personal association with CAD Bramley going back into the war years. How things have changed in every possible way during that period. One remem- bers one single repair task—the refuzing of twenty five pounder- embracing a greater weight of ammunition than is represented THE summer migratory season is here and members ' un- willingly ' leave the home nest for temporary flights to far flung regions. Major Eric Foster (OIC PC and A) to BAOR for the purchase of much needed and * essential * adventure training stores. Major Ian Campbell (SSO) to Cyprus for a week of para- chuting and swimming. Captain Rod Ling (MST) to Suffield for four weeks. W.02 Eddie Bullock (MST) just returned from three weeks, in Belize. Captain David Moore has been out and about, though not to duty free regions* and has visited over forty five AES and MQES in South East District in an attempt to understand intricacies of the Accommodation Services World- The civilian members of MST, Mr Roy Kibblewhite and Mr Albert Bowyer, also have been visiting the far flung UKLF Units 'efficiently attempting agreement?". The CO, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Underhill, did not appear at work as usual one morning last month and a search found him to be in the Radcliffe Infirmary in the Coronary Care Unit. It turned out, thankfully, to be a false alarm and he was back on duty two days later. He should really get a motor mower and not try and do all his grass cutting within the half hour with the issue push job. Though not so fortunate is Mr Bob Borchard, the MST man in York, who is residing with a heart complaint in Harrogate Hospital. We hope that he will be discharged soon and after a suitable period of convalescence rejoin us. Major Bob Nesbitt (OIC RSG) left us, after only seven months, for the corridors of power in MOD and now works for the QMG. Bob did not really wish to leave us as he had just got his feet firmly under the table and was enjoying life at Thatcham. Nevertheless, life goes on and he handed over to Captain Jim Lynam who joined us from the Petroleum Centre, Major Stephen Roberts is studying for an accountancy qualification and contemplating an Open University Course. Conductor John Woods is studying for his ONC in business studies. To WOl George Mawson and W02 Dick Cheesman congratulations on being selected for substantive promotion to WOl in the near future. |
| Book number | R0247 |