RAOC Gazette - page 139
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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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Wbt at tation J5etog omt Headquarters Director Genera! of Ordnance Services SECRETARIAT. Although only a few months have elapsed since we arrived in Andover our sportsmen are already well represented in LE(A) teams. Colonel G- B. Berragan, Lieu- tenant Colonel A. J. Paviour and SQMS R. Kay have been busy on the tennis courts whilst the willow has been wielded with good effect by Lieutenant Colonel D. R E. Betting, Majors S. H. Portman and J. J. Brown, Captains B, J. Brother and T. Fearn, SSMs J. Dawson and G. A. Wood. Look- in- to the future our local Brian Clough, Sergeant D. Flinn is working enthusiastically to form a reasonable size soccer squad with which he hopes to take on all-comers during the coming season. The Army Cup has never been won by a Head- quarters DGOS(DOS) team but miracles have been known to happen!! . . . J- * We are very pleased to report that after spending tour months in traction, to mend a broken femur which she suffered in a road traffic accident; Mary, the wife of Captain Trafford Diwies is now beginning to champ on the bit in anticipation of getting back onto the Wrekin Golf Course. TrarTord can now*. we hope, hand in his apron and concentrate once more on his own golf handicap. It is with reluctance we have recently said farewell to Brigadier W. L, Whalley who, after only eleven months as DDGOS, has returned to BAOR, this time to be DDOS 1 (BR) Corps. Also on the list of those departed are the Deputy Inspector Lieutenant Colonel R. Ellis and Superintending Clerk Conductor K. P. Thorn, whom we congratulate on his elevation to Conductor. In replacement we have welcomed Brigadier B. R. Biggs, Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Elliott and SSM G. A. W-jod, who is also congratulated on his promotion to WOl. ORD 1. Congratulations appear to be the order of the day! To Majors A. C. R Smith and E. B. Miles on being selected for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel next year and Captain R, F. Hall on his promotion to Major and appointment to Command of the Vehicle Depot Ludgershall; his replacement in Ord le is Captain Tony Brown whom we welcome from Blackdown. We have also said farewell to Mr ' Dave' Davey who has retired after many years of loyal service with both the RAF an j the Corps. At a short ceremony in the Branch he was presented with a clock by his colleagues, with which to while away the hours of what we hope will be a long and happy retire- ment. ORD 2. Nothing of interest has happened during the past month so we restrict our notes to saying farewell to Major J. R. Owen, who will be sadly missed by the ' Superstars ' of the Ord 2 Fitness Training Programme, and we welcome Major J. M. F. S. Norris. Captain I. R. J. Dexter, also from BAOR, who is posted in to fill a new post in S Man la(4), a burgeoning branch now six strong- Captain A. W. Lyons has returned from adventurous train- ing in Morocco. Despite rumours that he and Major T. A. B. Mitford spent the entire adventurous training grant in Casa- blanca bars—" Play it again, Sam "—we are prepared to believe his story that he spent three weeks trekking two hundred miles across the High Atlas, although this does strain our credulity. Finally, W02 R. J. McKee has received a posting order which takes him from Andover to Episkopi. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENTS DIVISION FATE has at last caught up with your scribe of the past twelve months. It seems rather sad, however, that gratitude for writing a letter every month should be expressed in the form of a detachment order to Belize for six months. However, your correspondent does not intend to be silenced so easily and he hopes to be able to carry on his writings from tropical climes. Sickness continues to strike at Communications Branch, and we hope that Mick Earthey and Lance Corporal Gypo Walters will have recovered by the date that these notes are read. We are all very sad to be losing Lieutenant Colonel John and Rose Marie KostofT who have been recalled to USA before their tour has run its course. Both of them have been respected and very much liked by all who have come into contact with them; many of us have been pleasantly surprised to near the kind things they have had to say about our islands and their peoples, perhaps we shall be more proud of our heritage as a consequence. Colonel John is returning to the States to take command of a supply and transport battalion at Fort Hood, Texas, and we, together with all of the antique dealers in Shrop- shire, wish him. Rose Marie and their children and six tons of MFO and surplus Army furniture (antiques?) bon voyage, We welcome Lieutenant Colonel Clinton and Julie Hodder of the US Army and wish them a long and happy stay in Donnington. We note Colonel Clinton's current inability to take a full part in our morning runs because of a pained right shoulder, and suggest that he considers carrying his wallet in the left hip pocket. On 28th June Mrs Alice Collyer retired from the Civil Service having completed over thirty years employment in Don- nington. We hope that she has a long and happy retirement. Our fitness training continues unabated and, much to Major Graham Brownings delight, swimming tests have been the order of the day. The tests came as a surprise to some but Captain Peter Veal managed to make mind triumph over body reflexes and, in spite of his almost fanatical affection for firm dry land, managed to persuade the examiners that he did in fact jump into the deep end and swim fifty yards. Captain Colin Buckle was so relieved to get out of the water that he tripped on a duck-board in his headlong rush to the changing room and broke his toe. Mr Harold Banbury, who served in RAOC and retired as a Conductor, has now left Communications Branch on final retirement after working for sixteen years in the Civil Service. We congratulate Misses Judy Campbell and Sharon Webber on their betrothals. Headquarters of The Directorate of Supply Management Directorate of Land Service Ammunition S MAN 1. Leave activity has been quiet of late, it might have something to do with the weather, which seems to be the same ail over England, or it could be that an imminent Inspectorate °f Establishments visit is causing branch members to 'look to their posts.* This month we say farewell to Major M, J. Rose, who leaves S Man lb for civilian life. As these notes were written iusi after one of his farewell parties this paragraph is in danger of turning into a panegyric! However, the temptation will be avoided and we merely wish both him and his family the v ery best of fortune in civilian life. In his place we welcome Major D. H, Langdon from ICP BAOR. Another arrival is IT has been quiet since the last entry, mainly because DLSA military staff have been away a lot: Brigadier Denzil Cowdry to St Tropez on holiday, Colonel John Styles to Gibraltar * in- specting,' Major John Ross to the Azores (remember the Oriana?) and many others. This may explain why you cannot raise a DLSA Officer on the telephone. In fact I'm convinced that our clerks are issued with cards saying " I'm sorry sir but he's away at a meeting/on leave/playing tennis/in (insert foreign country)/deep sea dumping /picking fruit at Har- well, etc.'* from which they select a suitable reply, Proof Branch tend to disappear en masse. We think they are campaigning secretly for real ale; they certainly depart 109 — |
| Book number | R0247 |