RAOC Gazette - page 307
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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Western District To inform all the old friends and well wishers who have red about W 2 Martin Esscr, he has now been returned Denmark to the Cambridge Military Hospital, and in spite ' l ;us injuries, he is his old cheerful self, and is improving bv the day. He cannot wait to get out and do his BFT! Our congratulations to: Lieutenant Roy Dade on his marriage to Jane and Private Corky Moore on his marriage to Teresa. W 2 Chapman has had his plumb posting to Bicester cancelled and he's now being sent on punishment to Kuwait, Helios t o : Sergeant John Duncalf and Lance Corporal Mack Cormack from BrachL Sergeant Tony Bushnall from the Corps Vehicle Company. Privates Cassius Clay, Leatherbarrow, Lake, Phillips, Taylor, Fotheringham, Bate, Gosling. Burgess and Cross - -Ti good old Deepcut. Goodbyes to: Our old 2IC Captain Carman and family to 22 Armoured Brigade, Sergeant Alan Tangen and family to Glasgow. Sergeant Julian Nowak and family to VIersen and Corporal Leapy Lee and family to Devizes. EVERYONE in Ordnance Branch (and that includes Staff Sergeant Ian Dickson) passed the BFT first time. Despite pro- testations to the contrary, it is suspected that much surreptitious training contri- buted to this feat, coupled with the threat of an early Saturday morning re-run. A veritable man amongst men on this * I occasion was our CRAOC, Lieutenant Colonel Tony Beaumont, who achieved a very commendable time only days after finishing a three weeks stay at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital. Whether his renewed vigour is due to intensive physiotherapy or the beauty of the nursing staff is unclear. Anyway, it's very nice to see him so fit and well again. A more important event this month was Exercise Live Log. Although this Branch stood aloof from much of the hurly- burly. our SG2 C Sups, Major Stewart- Craven, went as an observer to CAD Kineton, enticed by their nine-hole golf course. Major Gil Guthrie the S02 Materiel, exhausted by his herculean endeavours as acting CRAOC, has subsequently gone on leave as has the materiel clerk with the soft silky voice, Mrs Vi Scott. Another, even more enjoyable, event was the RAOC Association's Donnington Branch dinner at the Radbrooke Hotel, Shrewsbury. They kindly invited members of the Branch and our thanks, and cheques, go to Captain Jock Forrest (Retd) for his efforts in organising a very pleasant evening. Finally the DOWO, WOl Jones, on his way to visit a unit recently, mistakenly drove through a * no-entry' sign into New- castle-under-Lyme bus station. He was informed by * Blakey ' that this was not the best road to becoming a conductor! Stop Press: Congratulations, W02 George Pound on being selected for the long service list. South West District THE lime is fast approaching for our resident skiers (Messrs Frisby and Thomas) to go on their annual ' exercises* to Nethy Bridge and Switzerland. As the days pass the battered sacroiliacs are miraculously responding to the treatment and by the time these notes appear we are sure our slalom Specialists will both be ' fit for role.' Personally, I prefer apres- skt activities, but there's no accounting for taste. Our Major Reg Frisby has just started his bricks and mortar course at Aldcrshot. Being the enthusiast that he is, we are wondering whether he will end up teaching his fellow students the finer skills of ski-ing or fly fishing. = uriously enough we cannot understand why he is engaging WOZ Bond and his wife Barbara with Major General Sir John Acland. a builder to build a waJJ round his house when he will have attended this high-powered DIY course—Oh, ye of little faith! We were delighted although a little sad that our Miss Penny Ford was selected for the Metropolitan Police to train as a WPC. She has been with us over two and a half years and we ^hall miss our attractive and efficient Clerical Officer—how- ever, much success in her new venture—the Met Police's gain is our loss. Pending her departure we have asked her to refrain from getting into practice by feeling our collars—and we promise not to call her ' Juliet Charlie/ Our photograph shows our intrepid Chief Clerk, W 2 Jim Bond and his charming wife Barbara with our GOC, Major General Sir John Acland, on the occasion of the award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. As you can see, W 2 Bond has now broken his duck. W 2 Jim Sharrock recently excelled his previous sporting :riumphs by managing to reach the Corps Squash Quarter Finals. We understand he has been selected for 1 the Army Trials. We are now looking for a * Baron to take part in * Simple Simon' to be performed in LarkhiU by the Ajriateur Dramatic Club: Our Chief Clerk is the Director again—CRAOC refuses to put his own name forward—any takers? The existence of 5 U Hessay was given formal recognition recently by courtesy of Major General Baker the General Officer Commanding North East District, who kindly agreed to mark the occasion by unveiling a commemorative plaque. T h e General also took this opportunity to present the Imperial Service Medal to M r John Hills of the Traffic Section. Our photograph shows Major General Baker, Major Phipps and M r John Hills. REGIONAL DEPOT HEREFORD REGIONAL DEPOT HEREFORD continues to be a bustling hive of activity, our latest achievement being the inloading of nearly two hundred tons of Defence Stores and Rations as part of Exercise Live Log. The defence stores arrived by ' Chinook Shuttle Service' from Long Marston and the rations by road from RNVD Peterborough. Our civilian staff coped admirably with all the tasks involved, even the OC, Major Bruce Boulton, assisted in the operations by driving a Fork Lift truck during the offloading of vehicles containing the rations, rumour has it that there were no incidents—well no serious ones anyway! 255 — |
| Book number | R0250 |