RAOC Gazette - page 293
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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I O HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE [•[.• VEN members of the Civilian Staff of Dhekelia Detach- ment Accommodation Services Unit RAOC Cyprus were recently presented with the Commander Land Forces Cyprus Certificate of Long Service, awarded in appreciation of twenty rive years loyal service to the British Forces. Lieutenant Colonel Field, CRAOC Cyprus, made the presentation and he is seen here with the recipients and Captain |. Robertson the CMC Detachment. Most of the two hundred and seventy five years has been spent serving RAOC in Cyprus and :•• doubt many RAOC Officers and Senior NCOs will recognise • umber of faces, THE OFFICERS CLUB DINNER THE 1981 Officers Club Dinner was held at Headquarters Officers Mess when over two hundred members attended. During an entertaining after dinner speech the Representa- tive Colonel Commandant, Major General Stanyer, reviewed the past years Corps events and also announced the 1981 RAOC Awards for Achievement. Awards went to Major John Ross and Captain Carl Hoe for their success in the Observer Europe 1 Trans-Atlantic Race in which they were sixth in their class, crossing in twenty five days. (See page 203 November issue.) Their awards were presented at the dinner. • $ $ Photo Ron Roberts. After the presentation in Cyprus. ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND CARTOON BOOK Major John Ross and Captain Carl Hoe. A BOOK of cartoons and comment called * If you can't take a joke—you shouldn't have joined' has been drawn by Carl and the comment is the work of Tank Nash. This team was responsible for a highly successful collection of cartoons about the ACC issued some years ago. * If you can't take a joke . . . ' is aimed at the Army generally and not at any regiment or corps in particular. It has a foreword by Sir Harry Secombe and an amusing collection of okes about the Army by people who know the Army. All profit from sales of this book will be used by the Army benevolent Fund to help soldiers and their families who are in real need. A leaflet and order form has gone to all units at home and in BAOR. The book retails at £1.00 and can be obtained from the Duke of York's Headquarters for £1,50 including p and p. Despatch of bulk orders will be arranged direct from the printers. The third award went to Corporal Ian Gray our out- standing golfer whose father, incidentally, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Corps during the last war. He seems to have won almost everything in Corps and Army golf and his prowess and conduct has brought much credit to the Corps. It was an excellent evening in good company and pleasant surroundings. Next year it will be held on the 15th October at the same venue, Members should mark it in their diary now. A 2 BOD REUNION SOME thirty six ex-members of 2 BOD who had all served together in Palestine during the war, recently met together at the Midland Hotel, Derby. Twenty five previous reunions of this unit had been held in London but the effort of finding suitable accommodation proved too much for the organiser, George Price. Others took u p the battle and after a referendum it was decided that the Midlands^ might be a better venue and in the event the hotel and its position proved most successful, This particular reunion was going to be the final fling but hose attending were so strongly in favour of yet another one that every effort will be made for it to be repeated next year. It there are other ex 2 BOD members who want more information, please get in touch with: Mr Peter Coleman, 74 Cyprus Road, Nottingham NG3 5ED. — 243 Photo Soldier Magazine. Corporal Ian Cray. |
| Book number | R0250 |