RAOC Gazette - page 151
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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•na'-- Ward with Sergeant Evans to help them around, broke \c -nip record by over, one hour with a time of four hours iin w^ minutes. Previous to the summer camp Corps Vehicle - orr p L iny, as we were known then, was involved in Exercise -lash Harry, part of a new film (RAOC supplies the Army). fhe Unit was deployed in the field for the day and the camera •rews moved in. After a few shouts of ' action * and * cut * the timing people went away highly satisfied, Our Annual Open Day was held at Preston Barracks. With i variety of stalls and rides for the children, of which the jtalwarts were a great success. The fete was opened by the 3C. Major Jeffrey and the Oberbergemeister of Recklinghausen, f4err Wulfram, A great time was had by both the military, rheir families and the local civilian population. Congratulations to Captain Taylor on his Mention in Despatches for work in Northern Ireland whilst with 321 EOD a nd to Staff Sergeant Cooper on his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. We say farewell to WO I Yates on discharge and wish htm well in civilian life, and welcome Sergeant Williams. 1st British Corps * BY the time that these notes are published the J|SL major event in our branch social calendar will have jar ^ ^ taken place—I refer, of course, to the marriage of ^f ^ ^ Lance Corporal Bill Laight to W/ Corporal Kathy ^E^^k Earlie. I know that all members of our branch, ^ • | ^ r together with all their many friends in Bielefeld, ^ B ^m offer Bill and Kathy the warmest of congratulations ^^^ and wish them both many years of happy married ^r life together. (I'm sure that Bill will agree that it was well worth getting baptised for!) For those who scan these columns searching for long lost friends and acquaintances, or possibly even with a view to lining ip a potential posting, our branch currently consists of the following personnel: WOl Frank Linnane is the G Training Staff Assistant; Staff Sergeant Paul Blaber is the Chief Clerk; on the EPS side we have Corporal Alan Morris and Lance Corporal Mick Ford, whilst the Training side comprises Corporal Charlie Bowden, Lance Corporal Bill Laight and Private Brian Marsden. (Any of these lads are quite open to bribes!), GSD 1/2. At long last W02 Ian Reid has received his posting order. He is leaving in January to Log Exec and it is now smiles all round There are two new faces in GSD1, notably, Corporal Colin Stephens and Private Tony Mackey who have joined us from the cellars of R and D. Colin was heard to remark when he saw daylight, " Where am T?". Sergeant Alan Buckwell told his boss that he enjoyed camp- ing—his boss took him at his word since when Alan returned from leave he was sent on a week's exercise! Corporal Scouse Hayes was so keen to get to work one day, he jumped on any old bus and when the bus reached its terminus our Scouse was lost! After a lot of signs and Scouse dialect he eventually found his way to barracks. Lance Corporal Jim Shanks captained the victorious G Branch swimming team which won the Com- mander's cup swimming competition for the second year run- ning—it's surprising what Canadian Popcorn can do! G AIR, Corporal John Lehmann is now firmly settled in and getting used to the unfamiliar phrases the * Blue Boys' frequently use. During the last few weeks the Commander's Cup com- petition has virtually taken first priority, since John has, to date, helped the G Branch team to win the tennis and swimming competitions and reach the quarter finals of the cricket com- petition. Rumour has it that he is thinking of entering the next 'Superstars' competition. Corporal ' Paddy' Moore, with fifty four days to do at the time of writing, is frantically filling MFO boxes in readiness for his posting to SHAPE. Paddy also helped the G Branch team in the Commander's cup competitions and will be sadly missed by them. Congratulations to Will and Barbara McBumey on the birth of a daughter, Jane. Congratulations also to Lance Corporals Ned Kelly and Sam Mcleod on promotion. Finally, we have said farewell to W02 Sam Johnston on Posting to the MOD. ORDNANCE BRANCH A VERY hectic month, with personnel coming and going, being Promoted etc. On the promotions front congratulations in order of priority go to Private Kelly to Lance Corporal, Major MacColl to Lieutenant Colonel, Captain Cottington to Major. We welcome Captain David Griffiths and his wife Caroline to the branch, Major Joe Hastings (and his dog Penny) and Corporal Brown and his wife Christine—we hope their stay will be a pleasant one. A party of thirty seven attended the farewell for the DDOS, Majors Mills, MacCoil and Cottington at a local hostelry. Roast suckling pig was the main course, with Major Stewart Rowsell being presented with the head, it was taken away from him before he could get it between two slices of bread, and all in all it was a very pleasant and enjoyable evening. On the sporting front, we are still in there pitching away for the Commander's Cup, narrowly beaten at cricket by the local MAFIOSO and soundly thrashed in the swimming pool; this event was more akin to an Arctic Trial than a mid-summer gala. It was said that we lost the event by the skin of of our teeth. BLUE. 2nd Armoured Division • • • ^ • • • 1 AS the exercise season progresses, so the ^^^^^^^^^H Headquarters is becoming more in time ^ ^ J^^^^ ^ J with operations in the field generally. H^^k^^^jH Exercise Queens Crown III passed by ^I^^^^^^^^H gently, and one member of the staff was ^^2«^k?^^^ overheard to say that exercises constituted I H ^ V J A J a welcome break from the office. Per- ^ ^ 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ haps Exercise Summer Sales will bring us Hfc^B^^^^H down to earth again, The PT staff have recently attempted to measure the success they fondly think they have achieved by taking us up hill and down dale each week for the last few months. Surprisingly, many of us passed first go, and Lance Corporal * Piggy * Davis celebrated his personal triumph over the course by purchasing a * Lubbecke Layabouts' tracksuit. He's now a fitness fanatic, or so he says. In pursuit of greater personal fitness, Privates Phil Harriott and Roy Bullough have started boxing training for the regi- mental team. We watch progress with interest, especially after it was learnt that Roy fell over twice during his pre-boxing medical. Congratulations this month go to Private Dick Chisholm on passing his B2 trade test, and we welcome Corporal Steve Evans* wife Irmgard after their wedding briefly mentioned last month. Other arrivals have been Private Don McCutcheon and our long awaited fire adviser, Mr G. B. Rogers, Finally we say farewell to WOl Dave Cochrane, who will have left us on his posting to Headquarters BAOR by the time these notes are printed. STORES PLATOON 12 ARMOURED WORKSHOP WHAT a month, nearly everyone has been away from the Unit at one stage or another. The OC Captain Roycroft was seen working in the office and W02 Down in the receipts area. I suppose the pressure was too great for the OC, he is now going off on a fire officers course for a rest On the sporting scene our warriors namely Sergeant Norman Davison, Privates Dave Tressler and H. Harris have been assist- ing the Workshop cricket team- Private Terry Lord has been swimming and it is believed that Staff Sergeant Ray Barnard and Sergeant Dave Reece have been playing marbles I well that's where they tell us they go to on Wednesday afternoons. To get back to introducing our warriors I'll carry on with our Supply Specialists* At the fountain head we have Staff Sergeant Ray Barnard, ably assisted by Sergeant Norman Davison, Corporal Mick Moore, Lance Corporals Taff Walsh. and Mick Bland, Privates Bob Cochrane, MofI Moffat, Keith Brennan, Dave Taaffe, Robin Tracy, Billy Williamson and last but by no means least, Privates H, (PVR) Harris and Crannan. Having completed this list, I must admit I didn't know we had so many. I think I will have to find out where they all hide. We welcome to the fold Lance Corporal Taff Walsh. STORES PLATOON 7 ARMOURED WORKSHOP EXERCISE ODIN SPANNER, our annual training exercise was held at Sogaard in Denmark during June. The emphasis was on military skills and fitness. A competitive exercise being run on an inter-section basis. As the programme was extensive, the working day was a long one, but even so not without its lighter moments. During the Escape and Evasion Exercise when, lashed with rain and hail stones, we had to jump into the sea to rescue our (notional) rations, a vivid imagination and sense of humour was called for. Live rabbits and chickens served up as dinner on the Escape and Evasion Exercise baulked even our hardiest members, but Corporals Dick Sykes and Nobby |
| Book number | R0247 |