RAOC Gazette - page 320
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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Cup and started off the football, rugby and cross country season in fine style. The wives took on a very strong side from Hohne at football and provided a very entertaining match: un- fortunately just losing. Finally, Brigadier Skinner CCR.AOC paid us a visit and stayed for an indoor games night. Staff Sergeant Holt assures us that he ' allowed' the Brigadier to win one game, STORES PLATOON 7 ARMOURED WORKSHOP WITH the return of the Chipmunks from Northern Ireland the platoon is now up to full strength, and beginning to shake down ready for a very busy three months; with Freedom Parades, exercises and the unit ARU in the pipeline. Not that this month has been particularly quiet with the platoon participating in NBC exercises and adventurous training. On the subject of peace and quiet, or rather the lack of it we welcome to the unit and the platoon Lieutenant Dave Hopps (BSc retired) from Shrivenham. Before joining us Lieutenant Hopps spent two months in Canada on adventure training and from all accounts she's very pretty. The platoon visited the Harz Mountains recently over a long weekend and indulged in rock climbing, caving, wind surfing and tobogganing. A good time was had by all especially Private Andy Mahon who is still paying for Staff Sergeant Ian BeedhanVs trousers, while Private Brum Morgan has decided to give Monte Blanc a miss this year after being attacked by a tree on the rock face. Brigadier Skinner visited the Stores Platoon for a morning and had a long chat with most of the soldiers present before lunching with the OC and other Workshop officers. The football team is in hard training ready for the DOS cup final and is having notable success against many of the local sides. The platoon fishing team under Corporal Mick Davenport entered the RAOC BAOR Fishing competition, but failed to put enough lead shot in the one fish they caught to win a prize. Con- gratulations are due to Lance Corporals Paul Richardson and Bob Darling on getting *A^ grades on their Driver B2—Bl up- grading course, keep up the good work. The platoon says farewell and congratulations to Lance Corporal Gerry Madine and his wife Wendy on posting and promotion, Lance Corporal John Mooney departs for Belize and a sun tan while in the ' in ' tray we welcome Privates Scott and Malcolm from the factory. 2nd Armoured Division ^ • • H p l H AS a prelude to the festive season, Head- ^ ^ F N ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H quarters RAOC entered the annual ^ C - j^^FX ^U Harvest Festival window dressing com- ^ E ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ U | H petition and to the delight of the Padre ^l^^^fl^^^^l (sorry now known as l The Senior Chap ' ^^S^^^^^^B hi NATO nomenclature) arranged for the I m ^ V H • Altar Dorsal to be hung. The budget for ^ • ^ ^ F J velvet cloth has been well utilised because HH^fl^^H^^I earlier in the year the Corps had arranged for similar drapes to be prepared for the ' Kohiraa Memorial * within Tax Haus. The majority of us were involved in one respect or another with monitoring the 3rd Armoured Division during their Exercise Red Claymore. It has been confirmed that this was arranged to ensure that Major Mike Stacey avoided the packing before moving to pastures new as SATO Hereford. In G Branch, two members, Corporal Brian Parsons and Private Taff Jenkins have gone out to support the umpire staff. Another member, Corporal Andy Cotton has managed at last to find time to take his RPC at Dulmen. Best of Juck Andy. Also this month Private Steve Prime finds himself being the clerical support for the 2 Armoured Division training fortnight at Vogelsang. We wish him an enjoyable two weeks. To keep things in perspective the Ord Branch is reorganising, and those newly arrived, wed, and qualified at Manchester are progressing the latest round of telephone extensions to be changed. Rumour has it that it is being arranged to ensure Sergeant Haverty, the Chief Clerk, has all the girls to himself. The concern was so great that Colonel Rogers, the Inspector RAOC, personally visited to ensure that nothing would take place without the knowledge of DGOS. At the time of writing DOWOl, Jim McGowan, alias ' the man wi, the flowers,' is bedded down in BMH Rinteln. He couldn't risk another exercise. Still we wish you a quick 1 recovery^ SQMS ' Gregory can't live without you. We welcome Major Simon Scourneld-Evans and hope he will arrange for the better quality shirts to be earmarked for the GOC. We say ' come back digger' to Major Jim Steele swan- i ning round Australia, and say many thanks to his relief Major Ray Wilson, Royal Australian Artillery for a sense of humour, patience and above all resilience in the face of public enemy number one Work! More anon of 'Crossed Keys tours/ Finaty we say goodbye to June Baskeyfield (C4 Typist), Private Keen on posting CVD Ashchureh, and Private Rollie Rollins on detachment to our Senior Ordnance Company. We have had to say farewell to one of the G Branch typists Mrs Linda Simpson and in her place we welcome Mrs Durup. We congratulate this month Lance Corporal Spud Saunders on receiving his award of Assistant Cubs/Scouts Leader, to add to this the picture of the ceremony appeared in the Sixth Sense. Fame at last Spud. Private Steve Jenkins of G 1 / G 4 has returned from, the UK as a proud * dad, 1 his wife and baby Marc are doing fine. Congratulations. After his failure to get on his German course and his sail- ing course. Private Mick Crean has been foolish enough to put his name down for a ski-ing course at the RAOC hut. Good luck Mick. When he's not bluffing his way through MS, Corporal Jim Leese seems to spend most of his time polishing up his Rhodesia medal, and we hear Jackanory will audition him soon. Finally, Corporal Marc Bunn was presented with two baby girls by his wife Angela. ORDNANCE COMPANY THIS month was given over to Exercise Red Claymore. Leaving a small rear party in Osnabruck, the rest of the Company de- ployed into the field. The majority of the unit under the 21C, Captain Mike Wilcox, moved into a Stud Farm (no comment), in the village of Erichsburg and provided Ordnance support for the enemy and umpire units. The OC, Major David Waddell, and a small party of hand picked men provided the nucleus of the Ordnance Umpire Organisation and roughed it in the four star accommodation of Scharfoldendorf Camp (Umpire Control Centre). The Company soon became the focal point for a number of villagers, especially the local German football team. An Anglo/ German game was arranged by the 2IC and CSM, Larry Taylor, with the local publican (very suspicious!) The game was played under flood lights with the German team coming out victors three to two. Any hard feelings soon evaporated as the beer and Schnapps flowed back at the village fire station. While the Company was away, the Admin Officer, Captain David Clark, was busy organising the local German workforce into building a new l improved 1 Unit Club and other necessary repairs around the camp, and all done; he tells us, between games of squash. In fact the Admin Officer is seriously con- sidering rebadging himself as PRl Officer. With the growth of the unit's shop he has been able to direct his very real talents for being able to persuade anyone to buy anything very success- fully. His particular forte at the moment seems to be Micro- wave ovens, so if there is anyone out there who wants a Micro- wave, 2 ADOC PRI Shop is open 0800—1700 during the week. With the shop's success the Corps motto has been revamped by the unit to read ' T o the Warrior his Hi-Fi'sl* On the sporting side several members of the unit success- fully completed the Bielefeld marathon and in view of the limitations imposed upon them by exercises etc, they completed the twenty six miles, three hundred and fifty yards in some very good times: Corporal Shaun Graves. Lance Corporal Jimmy Hepburn, Corporal Alan Warnett, Lance Corporal Dicky Graur, Lance Corporal Lofty Holmes, Private Alex Rowen—to name but a few! The football team continues to build on its success in the early season and is determined to match the tug-of-war team's record tally of cups, weather permitting! We welcome Corporal Milner. Privates Boyle, Clegg and Sandison. and our good wishes for the future go with Staff Sergeant Crouch, Sergeant Duff, Corporal Frame and Private Reynolds. STORES PLATOON 12 ARMOURED WORKSHOP DEAR Mr Manning and Mr Records, just a few lines to let you know that all is well since our last report to THE GAZETTE, and that we have yet again experienced some of your handy work. The first thing you did was post our OC, Captain Stephen Monk, a farewell to him and you then issued another consign- ment, Captain Michael Lewington, just in time for Exercise Red Claymore. This year we are participating as the Neutral Workshop so our work load is comparatively lessened by that of a normal F I X , but greatened by that of the conditions in which we live. 268 — |
| Book number | R0250 |