RAOC Gazette - page 130
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| Corps | RAOC |
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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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RAOC J?otue£ ENGAGEMENT LOWE—MESSENGER.—The engagement is announced between Charles Mark Christopher, elder son of Major J. H. C. Lowe (Retd) and Mrs Lowe of Highfield School, Wandsworth Common and Oak Cottage, Crowborough, Sussex, and Veronica Jane, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs B. R, Messenger of Low Water, Bosham, Sussex. AID SOCIETY THE Committee of Management of the RAOC Aid Society acknowledge with sincere thanks the following donations totalling £724.56 received during the quarter ended 30th June 1978. These donations do not include the personal subscriptions of serving and retired officers and soldiers. Craftsman Lee, John Watkins, D. L. Suter, Lloyds Bank, Building Societies Training College, Sergeants Mess ChilwelJ, COD Bicester, Ordnance Services Singapore Bursary Fund, RAOC Association Bicester, St Georges Church Chilwell, Black- down Garrison Church and the Garrison Memorial Church of the Holy Trinity Donnington. The Committee also wish to announce that during the same quarter, seventy five grants were made totalling £2707.39. MARRIAGE TILLING—EVANS.—On 1st July 1978, at Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Palmers Green, London, Stephen Michael Tilling, son of Captain and Mrs J. Tilling, 6 Ewart Close, Bicester, to Miss Lesley Evans, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tudor Evans of 4, Fox Lane, Palmers Green, London. DEATHS LOBLEY — On 31st July 1978, in York District Hospital, Lieutenant Colonel Fred Lob ley OBE, aged seventy three years, M A C C O R M I C K . — On 20th July 1978, after a short illness, Warrant Officer Neil MacCormick of 12, King Alfred Drive, Didcot, Oxon. THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE have informed us of the death of the following Officers, late RAOC BUCK.—On 16th May 1978, Captain (Hon Major) L, V. Buck. GUNN.—On 14th May 1978, Major C. A. W\ Gunn. GILMORE-KERR—On 11th February 1978, Major M. J. Gilmore-Kerr. KERR.—On 30th April 1978, Major J. D. Kerr. McCALLUM.—On 20th May 1978, Major J. O. McCallum. OMAND.—On 18th December 1977, Lieutenant Colonel J. Omand REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 19T8 CORPS REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY will be observed by a parade service on. 12th November on the Blackdown Square, Deepcut, commencing at 10.45 am. Those attending are requested to be seated by 10.40 am. At the end of the service there will be a march past at the Corps Memorial. Military personnel should wear No. 2 dress, No. 1 dress hat with a poppy behind the left hand chin strap button, medals and gloves. Officers should wear Sam Browne belt without sword. Greatcoat or British Warm may be worn. Medals may be worn by those attending in plain clothes. Transport will be at Brookwood Station at 9.48 am to meet travellers on the 9.02 am train from Waterloo. Transport will leave for Brookwood Station at 2.30 pm for the return journey to Waterloo. Luncheon for Officers past and present and their families will be served in the Headquarters Officers Mess. The charge inclusive of a glass of wine will be £2.00 per head, children under twelve years of age £1.00. Owing to the numbers in- volved, luncheon will only be available to those who apply for it in advance. A cash-only bar will be operated in the Mess, and this may be used by all Officers and their families attending the parade. A curry lunch for Warrant Officers, Sergeants and Old Comrades of the Corps and their families will be served in the Headquarters Sergeants Mess. The charge will be 85p per head. Again, advance booking is essential. Applications for luncheon tickets should be sent t o : The Corps Secretary, RAOC Secretariat, Blackdown Barracks, Deep- cut, Camberley, Surrey, by not later than 27th October. They should be accompanied by cheques or postal orders made pay- able to ( RAOC Association.' tt£*3 iv* RAOC ser2 OFFICERS CLUB DINNER 1978 THE 1978 Officers Club Dinner will be held in the Head- quarter RAOC Officers Mess Deepcut on Friday 13th October. The dress is dinner jacket. Medals should not be worn. Drinks before and after dinner will be on a cash, basis only and bars will be open from 7 pm. Officers should assemble at 7.30 pm for dinner at 8 pm. The price of tickets is £6.50. As seating is limited to two hundred and fifty, and to ensure a fair distribution, applications for the advanced booking of tables cannot be accepted by tele- phone. Where whole or part bookings of tables are made, the application will be accepted as a firm book- inly only when accompanied by the total sum involved and the rank and name of all the Officers concerned. Tables seat up to ten persons. Transport for members of the Officers Club travel- ling to Deepcut by rail will meet the trains arriving at Brookwood Station from Waterloo at 18.21, 18.51 and 19.21 hours. Transport for those returning by train to Waterloo will leave the Officers Mess promptly at 22.30 for the 22.50 train, and at 23.00 for the 23.20 train. TICKET APPLICATION (Use this form or write direct) To : The Corps Secretariat, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey GU16 6RW, Name. BLOCK LETTERS PLEASE Rank.. i l l l d f c f t t l l l l l t t f c l I I P f 1 BLOCK. LETTERS PLEASE Decorations. Address ... I wish to attend the Officers Club Dinner on Friday 13th October 1978, and I enclose my cheque for £6.50 in favour of the RAOC Officers Club. If possible I wish to sit with I require/do not require overnight accommodation. — 103 — Signature |
| Book number | R0247 |