RAOC Gazette - page 297
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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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£VS otttetf ^ 3 & CFjr&tma* jfesfage from tfje 3Xtprestcnttitttie Colonel Commanoant AS we celebrate Christmas 1981, in our homes or in duty stations overseas, we can be proud of the Christian Love for all mankind, which we see in the work of so many serving and retired members of our Corps. My wife joins me in sending our greet- ings to past and present members of the Corps and the civilians in the Army Ord- nance Services, for Christmas 1981 and our hope for a peaceful 1982, J. T. Stanyer, Major General, BIRTHS MORRISON.—On 8th September 198L in Copenhagen, to Paul and Lene Morrison, a daughter Nicola Lyndsay, first grandchild of Major and Mrs L, H. Morrison, ENGAGEMEATS EVANS—MAYES.—The engagement is announced between Stuart Glyn Evans, eldest son of Mr and Mrs H. G. Evans of Edgmond, Shropshire, and Linda Christine Mayes, eldest daughter of Conductor and Mrs S. T. L. Mayes of Newport, Shropshire. MARRIAGES & Cljtisitmas; ifteeiaet from ttjt ©<@S; IN my Christmas message last year 1 said that whatever 1981 may have in store for us in the Corps, I knew you would all meet its challenges with the same spirit that had carried us through the problems we faced in 1980, My confidence was well-founded and in spite of all the pressures, to which we have been subjected, you have come through with flying colours. In particular 1981 will be remembered as the year Ordnance Services Berlin received the Freedom of Spandau and in which we were honoured by the invitation of the new Lord Mayor of London — a former officer in the RAOC—to play such an important part in his inaugural Pro- cession. We can all be justly proud of the distinction these events have brought to the Corps. In our travels throughout the United Kingdom and BAOR this year, my wife and 1 have been delighted to see the spirit which pervades everywhere amongst our soldiers and their families. Your hospitality has been tremendous. We would therefore like to send at this time to all our officers and soldiers, their families and our civilian staffs throughout the world our best wishes for a happy Christmas and a guid New Year. In this we would also like to include all those retired members of the Corps who created the tradition, which those of us still serving must continue to maintain. And as I write, the events of recent days have focussed the country's attention on our bomb disposal personnel, whose incalculable contribution to that tradition will long be remembered not only in our Corps' history but in the words of our nation's historians in years to come. Jimmy Brown, Major General. GRAHAM—MAKIN.—The marriage took place at the St Antony of Padua Church, Oxford, on the 10th October 1981, between Susan Mary, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Makin of Old Marston, Oxford, and Roderick James Aiken, youngest son of Major (Retd) and Mrs Denis Graham of 8 Tubb Close, Bicester, Oxon. DEATHS BROWNE,—On 19th October 1981, WOl C A. G. Browne, in the Krankenhause, Bielefeld, BFPO 39, aged 4S. He was em- ployed as the RQMS to the Station Staff Officer, Headquarters Bielefeld Station. O'CONNOR.—Ann, dearly loved wife of the late Major Jim O'Connor (Retd), died suddenly at her home on the 9th October 1981, deeply regretted by her loving daughter and sons, Nora, Keiran and Owen and their families, 10 Ridgewood Drive, Nottingham. FLECK.—On 31st October 1981, at home in Porlock, Major L. R. (Dick) Fleck (Retd). HENDERSON.—Suddenly, on 13th October 1981, at Wallington, Surrey, Joan Wilson (nee Johnston), wife of Major D. V. Henderson GM (Retd), of a heart attack. * Dearly loved for her lifetime and after.' HOWARTH — On 26th October 1981, aged 49, while working on an explosive device in Oxford Street, Ex Conductor K, R. Howarth. Mr Howarth joined RAOC in 1951 and left to join the Metropolitan Police in 1974. CAPTAIN GEORGE VINCENT MRS ARUN VINCENT and family of Cowplain, Portsmouth, Hampshire, would like to thank the Director General of Ord- nance Services, Major General J. Brown and all past and present members of the Corps, for their kind letters of sympathy and floral tributes, following the recent bereavement of Captain George Vincent (Retd), former PSO ? TA Hilsea. Special thanks to Colonel David Strong and members of the TA RAOC Hilsea. FIELD OF REMEMBRANCE UNITS and Establishments of the Corps donated the sum of £470.99 to the Royal British Legion to mark this years Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey. — 245 — |
| Book number | R0250 |