RAOC Gazette - page 109
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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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Not forgotten is Captain Nick Applebee who arrived to join MST via the Joint Services Work Study School to replace Captain Richard Simonds who left us some months ago to join the long petroleum course. Finally congratulations to Mr Ellis Sampson on promotion to SOC ' C ' and his taking over as OIC Mob Stores Group from Mr Bob Cooke who was promoted to SOG ' B ' o n posting to Vehicle Depot Hilton. Vehicle Depot Hilton THE ladies netball team are having a good run up to their visit to Mots pur Park for the MODRA sports day on 6th July, they have won their two most recent games in the Burton and District League by twenty one to seven against Elford and sixteen to seven against Willington. The gentlemen are also entering a football team in the six-a- side competition at Motspur Park but they are either so good as to need no preparation or very secretive about their plans because there is no sign of a training programme. SSM Ted Anderson has left us to teach his card tricks to potential work study practitioners at Shrivenham. Mrs Cheryl McCreadie will meet him there when she makes a second start on her course in September—she had to withdraw after a fortnight of her first course when she caught mumps. There is a weigh-in in continuous progress in the Head- quarters, some financial donations being extracted from those whose weight happens to go the wrong way. Just to make sure we don't all get the slimming craze and fade away com- pletely, Mrs* Iris Brown has been collecting subscriptions for the Christmas party for some time now so we should be getting a better feed than ever this year. We welcome our new Fire Officer, Mr M. L. Graham and bid a fond farewell to Mr R. Mitchell. It is sad to report the death of Mr Wilf Ridgers after a long illness. Mr Ridgers was Senior Storeman IC Tyre Section. Our condolences to Mrs Ridgers. Photo Sergeant Major General Stanyer visits Jurby Camp in the Isle of Man. Left to right: Major Woodford, General Stanyer, Brigadier Smith, Lieutenant Eonney and Captain Case. The important part played by Staff Sergeant John Bennett should not go unrecorded, nor that of our other PS1, Sergeant Dave Belshaw, who has the distinction of owning the only Pentax with a blank firing attachment. 8 Supply Platoon FOR our Annual Training this year we were hosted by Major C. Mclnnes and his Staff at 86 Supply Depot Dortmund. Whilst the weather was none too good, the warmth of our welcome' and the enthusiasm given by all in their instruction could not have been surpassed. In the Depot we were gainfully employed in our respective trades. On issue days it was an early start at 6 am and when our OC Captain Oliver turned up at that time, one of the Platoon was heard to remark " the old man is here/' I wonder what he meant? The Storemen were deployed in the Butchery store houses and POL sections whilst the clerks went through their paces in the office. Congratulations to Corporals Badenoch and Whitcombe (affectionately known as Morecombe and Wise) and Private Jewell on passing trade list from Bill to B1I, Besides carrying out the usual routine tasks, we were fortunate in having visits arranged to the RAOC Bakery at Bielefeld where we had the luxury of bread straight from the oven for lunch. Our thanks to the OC of 85 Supply Depot for making our visit there so interesting and enjoyable. We also were guests of the Dortmund Kronen Brewery which incidentally is the second largest brewery in the World. Here we spent a very pleasant afternoon. Everyone even those who do not usually drink beer must have relished the local quality beer. Our final visit was to the Mohnesee made famous by the epic feats of Guy Gibson VC and the Dambusters. Alas the time passed by quickly and a thoroughly valuable and enjoyable camp came to an end when we said auf wiedersehen to members of 86 Supply Depot. TAVR 41 RP Company RAOC(V) OUR annual camp, and first camp since re-roling from 44 Para OFP, took place in June and turned out to be a good start for the Unit. The location was Jurby, Isle of Man where the parish motto is ' Even the inhabitants live elsewhere/ Our happy campers were mainly newcomers and the programme was accordingly based on a recruit course. The senior FSJ, Staff Sergeant Mick O'Meara, had, within twenty minutes of arriving, secured the largest cloth model imaginable, well used but easily sufficient to illustrate the deploy- ment of a RP in reasonable scale. Each morning the rest of the camp was woken to the sound of the Unit (save of course Corporal Dusty * it's my back, Sir' Miller) engaged in the enjoyable pursuit of FT, then to breakfast except, that is, one morning when we were treated to the sight of what can only be described as a Watership Down version of the St Valentine's Day massacre (7 Field Force what were you doing with all those rabbits?), The Unit was visited by Major General Stanyer and Brigadier Smith on the SMG range and in view of their scores on 4 having a go * it was fortunate that they were dissuaded from entering the pool shoot. Other TAVR Units beware of this hot shot duo! The favourite exploit of all must have been exercise Dilac (Celtic for amusing appearance) run by Lieutenant Norman Bonney, thirty six hours of pleasant walks among beautiful scenery at night, up there, with all this kit, Sir?') interspersed with a few light activities and occasional picnics. Well done Private Steve Rees, C Section Commander, for possessing the only compass that points to Blackdown. The finale was the presentation of trophies by Major Mike Woodford (OC 54 Company): Individual Soldier shared between Privates Geoff Binks and Les Wickens; Best Recruit easily won by Private Neil Bailey from 283 PF Platoon; Best Section Commander went to Lance Corporal Paul The Craven Cup f for the most outstanding section was awarded to ' B Section and received on their behalf by Private Mick Wyiie. Hearty congratulations to all the recipients but no less to the rest of the course for their determination and effort during the fort- night ; if they arrived as campers they certainly left as soldiers. » — Belshaw. VACANCY TWO positions as Spares Analysts in International Supply Centre, Rank Xerox Mitcheldean, Glos. are available, one now and one in the next few months. Both positions are ideally suited to experienced ex-Senior Rank Technical clerks used to working in a computerised environment The International Supply Centre provides a supply of fast moving technical spare parts to Rank Xeron companies throughout the world. Rank Xerox is an established multi-national company offering very favour- able terms of employment and prospects. The commencing salary is circa £4,000, four weeks holiday, free life insurance, forty hour week, subsidised travel and canteen facilities. Relocation expenses in certain cases. Applicants should im- mediately send a copy of their CV to:—J. S. McLester, Inter- national Supply Centre, Rank Xerox, Mitcheldean, Glos. All applications will_ be acknowledged and those attending inter- views will be entitled to claim travelling expenses. 84 — |
| Book number | R0247 |