RAOC Gazette - page 185
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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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Corps Troops East HEADQUARTERS THE Headquarters is slowly showing the inevitable signs of dis- bandment which has recently been hastened by the retirement of Major Leslie Marsham. Major Marsham has achieved a unique entry in the Guinness Book of Records as being the first Corps officer to be employed within the Royal Mews. His appointment of Keeper of the Queen's Horse is so perfect for an officer who has a mutual dis- like for the animal but adores corgis* Our best wishes go to Leslie and Juliet in their new life in the Royal Mews and when we all troop up for our OBE and MBEs and awards for gallantry we will no doubt find him tending the finest rhubarb in London. An intrepid band of Corps Troops (Alpine) recently attended an adventure training camp in Bavaria where, once the CRAOCs enthusiasm for short cuts up mountains followed by a quick coronary was curtailed, a good time was had by all and we returned fitter, proudly bearing our walking sticks covered with badges of the mountains climbed and beer houses visited. Corporal Ken Black continues to bring back trophies from the many car rallies he enters and to our delight has been selected for the BAOR team. An excellent achievement in his first season, Finally we send our best wishes to Sergeant Mick East on his exotic posting to the NATO Headquarters in Brussels and welcome his relief Corporal Steve Williams. 80 SUPPLY DEPOT OUR limping Orderly Room Clerk, Corporal Mick Bishop, who has been exempt all physical activity since Exercise Snow Queen, was eventually admitted into BMH Hannover for the removal of his cartilage. We are hopeful, that within the next two weeks, he will be able to join us for our regular sessions of fitness training. At least, he took advantage of his enforced rest by successfully passing his E P C Staff Sergeant Ivan Jones and Sergeant Gurbax Singh have produced some good performances for the Hannover Station cricket team which won the 1 Armoured Division Minor Units competition. The Officer Commanding attended a Management Develop- ment Course at the School of Ordnance, and conveniently missed all the hustle and the bustle of Exercise Summer Sales. Personnel from the Depot again manned the Coconut Shy at the Hannover Station Fete and it proved to be a great success despite several outbreaks of rain during the afternoon. Proceeds from the fete are to be distributed between German Charities and the RAOC Aid Society. Finally Corporal Bishop organised an extremely successful Depot party at the Gastatte Ohlen in Empelde. STORES SECTION 5 HEAVY REGIMENT WORKSHOP AFTER a thoroughly lung congesting exercise period in dust- ridden Grafenwohr we are now back in the thoroughly exhilara- ting air of Hildesheim. However, we are being hard pressed by our very good friends of REME who have suddenly decided to demand all those bits and pieces which fell off the guns during the exercise! At the moment we are still enjoying the delights of working summer hours, from 0730 to 1300, which allows our married 4 pads * more time with their families, especially those with children home from boarding school, and our two ' livers in * (Lance Corporal MacDonagh and Private Bolton) more time for organised sports. Staff Sergeant Sonny Bicker has now left us and replacing him is Sergeant Mick Lord. Lance Corporal Paul Prior has also departed to the labyrinths of Bicester. We wish them all the very best in the future. We welcome Corporal Bob Bone- ham and we will soon be saying farewell to Corporal Mick Wootton who is posted in October on promotion to Sergeant. Congratulations to Lance Corporal Clive Graham on his promotion, to Lance Corporal ' Zoomer' Mac Donagh on passing his motorcycle driving test and to the Ford Motor Company for eventually finding Sergeant Roy Lancaster a new car! Congratulations also to Sergeant 'Big R ' Lancaster on winning the RAOC (BAOR) hammer throwing event and creating a new RAOC (BAOR) record with a throw of 38.18 metres. STORES PLATOON 22 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT WORKSHOP HAVING completed our exercise commitments this year earlier than normal, the majority of the platoon are presently enjoy- ing some well deserved leave. On return there is a busy pro- gramme ahead. Half the Unit will undergo Operation Banner training for the tour in November with the regiment. The remainder on rear party will be kept very busy with a planned modification programme. We are fortunate in having on the camp an above average number of sporting facilities including a golf course, swimming pool and a well stocked fish pond. Corporal Colin Metcalfe is our resident angling expert. Staff Sergeant Kevin Ashworth and Sergeant Sammy Samuel have played regularly for the Regiment and Workshop cricket teams. They made significant contributions in helping the Workshop to win this years Crafts- man Cup. Another flourishing sport is table tennis. We recently k acquired' a table and Staff Sergeant Kevin Ashworth and Private Tony Mellor are having a ding dong battle at the top of the ladder while at the bottom end Privates John Grice and Pete Hockaday are having their own little ping pong battle. Lots of comings and goings mainly as a result of changes in establishment and promotions. We say farewell to Sergeants Mick Stewart and John Fryer, Lance Corporals Wilson, Cannell, Laydon, Straw and Private Hodkinson and welcome Corporal Thompson, Privates Winter, Aubrey, Smith, Watson and Kil- burn. 1 s t British Corps A ^^^ ^w^L ^K ^ ^ ^fe^^ft ^Hjj^F ^ H ^m ^^W ^f G ATR report that Corporals J. Arthur Lehmann • and Jimmy Kelly coped very well on their first exercise with the branch. Corporal Paddy Moore is reputed to have gone out also but few people saw anything of him! No doubt he was keeping - a l°w profile pending his posting to SHAPE (for those of you who didn't already know?) in the next few weeks. We would like to take this opportunity to wish Paddy and his family all the very best in his new posting and to thank him for all his hard work in the branch. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CORPS THROUGH THE RAOC ASSOCIATION — 152 — RAOC Assurance Association 18 Chequers Square, Uxbridge, Middlesex Tel. (STD 0895) 53444 2 % Discount — special scheme Motor Insurance. Available to all Corps members. Life Assurance — protection for your family or saving for the future. House Purchase — buying now or in the future. Which Building Society to choose and how much to save. Preferential Interest rates available to regular savers. |
| Book number | R0247 |