RAOC Gazette - page 169
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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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REMEMBRANCE J - i S .r't w SUNDAY 19T8 CORPS REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY will be observed by a parade service on 12th November on the Blackdown Square, Deepcut, commencing at 10.45 am. Those attending are requested to be seated by 10.40 am. At the end of the service there will be a march past at the Corps Memorial. Military personnel should wear No. 2 dress, No. 1 dress hat with a poppy behind the left hand chin strap button, medals and gloves. Officers should wear Sam Browne belt without sword. Greatcoat or British Warm may be worn. Medals may be worn by those attending in plain clothes. Transport will be at Brookwood Station at 9,48 am to meet travellers on the 9.02 am train from Waterloo. Transport will leave for Brookwood Station at 2.30 pm for the return journey to Waterloo. Luncheon for Officers past and present and their families will be served in the Headquarters Officers Mess. The charge inclusive of a glass of wine will be £2.00 per head, children under twelve years of age £1.00. Owing to the numbers in- volved, luncheon will only be available to those who apply for it in advance, A cash-only bar will be operated in the Mess, and this may be used by all Officers and their families attending the parade. A curry lunch for Warrant Officers, Sergeants and Old Comrades of the Corps and their families will be served in the Headquarters Sergeants Mess. The charge will be 85p per head. Again, advance booking is essential. Applications for luncheon tickets should be sent t o : The Corps Secretary, RAOC Secretariat, Blackdown Barracks, Deep- cut, Carnberley, Surrey, by not later than 27th October. They should be accompanied by cheques or postal orders made pay- able to ' RAOC Association/ RAOC OFFICERS CLUB I>INNER 19T8 THE 1978 Officers Club Dinner will be held in the Head- quarter RAOC Officers Mess Deepcut on Friday 13th October. The dress is dinner jacket. Medals should not be worn. Drinks before and after dinner will be on a cash basis only and bars will be open from 7 pm. Officers should assemble at 7.30 pm for dinner at 8 pm. The price of tickets is £6.50. As seating is limited to two hundred and fifty, and to ensure a fair distribution, applications for the advanced booking of tables cannot be accepted by tele- phone. Where whole or part bookings of tables are made, the application will be accepted as a firm book- ing only when accompanied by the total sum involved and the rank and name of all the Officers concerned. Tables seat up to ten persons. Transport for members of the Officers Club travel- ling LD Deepcut by rail will meet the trains arriving at Brookwood Station from Waterloo at 18.21, 18.51 and 19.21 hours. Transport for those returning by train to Waterloo will leave the Officers Mess promptly at 22.30 for the 22.50 train, and at 23.00 for the 23.20 train. RAOC AIRBORNE OFFICERS DINNER THE ROYAL JUBILEE COCKTAIL PARTY A CORPS Royal Jubilee Cocktail Party will be held at the Headquarters RAOC Officers Mess at Deepcut from 6.45 pm to 8,30 pm on Friday, 24th November. This invitation is extended to serving officers of the Regular and Reserve Army and their ladies and to retired officers who are members of the Officers Club and their ladies. A number of Corps guests are also to be invited. The cost of tickets for the Cocktail Party will be £1.75 per person. Due to staff and space limitations the numbers will have to be restricted to four hundred and applications to attend will be accepted on a * first come—first served basis.' Applications to attend the Cocktail Party should be sent to the Treasurer, RAOC Royal Jubilee Cock- tail Party, RAOC Secretariat, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, together with a cheque payable to the Head- quarters RAOC Officers Mess Reserve Fund. THE DGOS FITNESS CHALLENGE TO THE OVER FORTIES "THE undermentioned have successfully completed the distance: Brigadier G. E. Dennison, HQTC; Major D. B. H. Ford, H Q T C ; Major D. B. Humphrey, Vehicle Depot Ludgershall; Captain 1; R. Johnstone, 2 Armoured Division Ordnance Company; Captain J. K. Fellows, Ordnance Depot Antwerp. VACANCY MULTIPLE Food Retailing Company requires a Supervisor w their Transport Office located in Park Royal, London, NW10. Duties include administration of staff, vehicles and vehicle spares and supervision of small office. Salary £3,750 negotiable. Apply H. E, Fairweather, G. M. Gerrards Ltd., Abbey Road, Park Royal, NW10. Telephone No. 01-965 4463. THE ANNUAL DINNER will be held on Friday, 1st December 1978, at the Headquarters RAOC Officers Mess. Tickets will 4 be £6.50 each and will include pre-dinner drinks and wines at table. Overnight accommodation will be available. The Corps band will play during the evening. The dinner is open to Officers past and present who have served or are serving with Airborne Forces. Applications to Colonel J. T. Palmer, H Q COD Bicester who will in addition to this notice be writing to those Officers who have attended previous reunions. FOR SALE MESS K I T (Sergeants Mess) Jacket, Trousers, Waistcoat. Height 6-ft, chest 38-in to 40-in, waist 36-in—£30. Contact WOi R. Chisholm, 96 VDW Ludgershall. T e l : Bulford Camp 3371, Ext 887. MESS KIT complete with waistcoat and dress shirt. Measure- ments chest 40-in, waist 36-in 9 inside leg 27-in, collar 15i-in. Price £40. Contact WOI J. N, Glazier, 7 Crisspyn Close, Horndean, Hants. P 8 9JT. Telephone Homdean 594247. RAOC Field Officers Dress Cap for sale by Herbert Johnson, worn six times, size seven and a quarter, £20 or near offer, apply to Major D. A. Morgan (Retd), 26 Dalkieth Court, Vincent Street, London SW1. Telephone Private 01-834 4313, Business 91-499 1741. MESS KIT with waistcoat, inside leg 29-in, waist 32-in, chest 38-in, price £40. Contact address, 53 Adelaide Drive, Birch Glen Estate, Colchester, Essex. OFFICERS SERVICE DRESS and MESS KIT for sale. Size: Chest 42-in, waist 35-in, leg 31£-m. Price: Service Dress £25, Mess Kit £40, Contact Captain T. W. Simpson, 21 Halifax Road, Bicester. Tel.: Bicester 2802. SENIOR NCO MESS JACKET and TROUSERS.—Chest 42-in, waist 36-in, inside leg 31-in. Apply J. W. Bellchambers, 8 Vicarage Close, St Albans, Herts. Tel.: St Abans 33793. IT ALL HELPS A RETIRED reader wrote recently . . . / allowed my sub- scription to THE GAZETTE to lapse a few years ago, however, having just looked through a friend's copy 1 would now like to renew my subscription Why not encourage your friends to become annual subscribers? — 139 — |
| Book number | R0247 |