RAOC Gazette - page 188
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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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w ^nd D Section extend a warm welcome to Lance Corporal * Kelly who joined us recently from Ordnance Branch. :ra! Ray Brown (QLK) has returned from a Unit Pro- ionists Course in Minden and was quick to point out that izained a higher position on the course than certain other OC personnel! Well done, Ray. Captain Wally Anton, who is Secretary of the RAOC LOR) football team, eagerly awaits the start of the new ;on and in preparation he has organised Corps Trials at the of the month at Stores Sub-Depot Dulmen. With some / players fighting for a place in the side he is hoping that 8/79 will be a good season for RAOC football here in OR- We wish him and his team every success. Finally, we would like to welcome Corporal .John Berry 'josting from Headquarters 4th Armoured Division and we a him a pleasant stay in Bielefeld. ORDNANCE BRANCH [IS month saw the departure of Brigadier Peter Macdonald UK. and eventual retirement. His final social occasion was lining out by the Officers and Senior Ranks RAOC of I (BR) rps, this was an extremely pleasant evening and enjoyed by all. A very warm welcome is extended to the new DDOS igadier Bill Whalley and his wife Mary, we hope their stay II be a pleasant and memorable one. Exercise Summer Sales has been and gone, it was the swan- ig for the Operations Vehicle stalwarts of MacColl, Rowsell, iJton and Keating with an occasional glimpse of Major Mills. good exercise (the last one always is) with Ord Branch Ord- nce Company well to the fore, with no major disasters al- jugh one member of the new ops team, when asked " Roger far?" feebly replied that he couldn't, it's probably all that >mpo! Congratulations to * Q * Fletcher on the award of his Long rvice and Good Conduct Medal, it was suitably wetted by concerned. Quite a few members of the branch are taking leave. Lance Corporal Twydale went to Spain and came back with beautiful sun-tan, Major Stuart Rowsell was asked to conv- ent, but, guess what, he's gone off on leave again! BLUE. 1st Armoured Division A HEADQUARTERS RAOC The " phantom' Second Lieutenant has reappeared. He answers to the name of Lloyd Roberts and can usually be seen at NAAFI break moving about the lines muttering words like Pommie, Blue, Sheila, Fosters—we wonder if he is going some- where. Perhaps he has realised we are having another colonial visitor this year and is hoping to impress the visitor with his knowledge of the language in order to scrounge some kit like the OCs. Mind you the OCs Australian water proofs were well tried out as Bavaria had its fair share of rain and, on one occasion, hail stones as big as golf balls. This month saw the arrival of a new OC, Major Ron Brown, and the departure of Major David Harris to Latimer. The Unit wishes Major Harris and his family bon voyage. Congratulations to Lance Corporals Dickie Bird, Smurf Cook and Omar Salem on their promotion and to Lance Corporal and Mrs Clive Restarick on the birth of their daughter Nadine Louise. Other 'New Arrivals' in the Unit include Lieutenant Mike May, W02 Les Jones, Corporal Alex Brownlie, Private Bernie Shaw and Craftsman Dave Johnstone, STORES PLATOON 1 ARMOURED WORKSHOP THE highlight of the month was the Platoon Bar-B-Que which was held at the Workshop swimming pool. Despite a few light showers it was good news, with some people inevitably taking a dip (not entirely of their own free will). This month we have to wish Captain Ron Medley farewell, he leaves us for the Emerald Isle to serve with 8 Infantry Brigade. We wish the Skipper and Meg all the very best for the future. Our new leader is Captain Seumus Kerr, he and Sue arrived at Fallingbostel fresh from their honeymoon in Corfu. We hope their stay with us is a happy one. They join us just in time to get settled in before the Workshop leaves on its Northern Ireland tour. Other new arrivals to whom we extend welcome are Lance Corporal Barry Walker and his wife Oona and Privates Allan Knight and Tony Mason. On a final note our Big Wheeler Club has another new senior member as a swaggering Lance Corporal Ken Quinton waves his HGV I pass certificate under everyones nose. STORES SECTION 1 ARMOURED DIVISION ENGINEER REGIMENT WITH one of our Squadrons away in Northern Ireland we had hoped for a more peaceful time but with our usual shortage of staff due to leave, detachment etc, we are more busy than normal, Private ' Biggies * Higgins is enjoying a spot of leave in the UK and giving brotherly advice to his sister before she takes the plunge early next month. Private Tommy Wright is at- tempting to drive all over Germany in his newly acquired ' Fuel Injected * Volkswagen. Sergeant Dave Holmes is in Ballykelly procuring spares for the Workshop which is attached to one of the holiday camps in the land of green and should be back with us in early November. Congratulations this month go to Corporal Oxley on pro- motion to that rank and a welcome is extended to Privates Paul Higgins and Jed Usher. Late news, BE Test results, and congratulations on passing to Corporals Jim Nesbitt and Steve Oxley and Private Jed Usher. What happened to Biggies? Over and out. THE beginning of the month found us out on Exercise Summer Sales. Major John Hammond and Sergeant Al Cowlishaw, our C Sups duo, took to wearing their respirators whenever they went to sleep. This was not because they tg-*-. ^ — • & wished to be ready for a gas alert whilst SiiJ&jjj^«jS¥y asleep but because they were situated ad- ^ ^ ** jacent to the Log Headquarters ' Thunder- box ' for six days 1 The football season is back with us and Sergeant Len 'rightson is already considering PVR in order to sign on for cwcastle, who have already started on a losing trail in • vision 2, Lance Corporal Gordon Heeps, CRAOCs driver, STORES SECTION 45 FIELD REGIMENT WORKSHOP considering doing the same to help lowly Hartlepool, but at THE silly season is definitely upon us with two of our number, ast he has the knowledge that Hartlepool can't go any lower! Lance Corporal Dave Grumpy Jones and Private Ray Morrall Our congratulations go to Dave Coombs on his promotion involved in the Workshop Cross Country team and are training Staff Sergeant. The Adjutant can't wait until he gets back very hard Staff Sergeant Cris Kelly and Sergeant Den Reynolds om leave to take over the duties of Chief Clerk. are on leave and one of our Battery's is on exercise; also we After the exercise, Corporal John Griffiths took his leave must not forget the twice-weekly Unit runs; how do we manage? ': the Army. We wish him well for the future and hope he With great difficulty. ids life more rewarding as a shipping clerk than as DOWOs Corporal Dixy Hale's wife is expecting a baby—please hold erk. off until we get someone back from leave! While Private Geoff ORDNANCE COMPANY ' Oggie' Ranee is on his fourth attempt at passing his driving HE major event this month has been the Unif s Summer Camp test—we can only hope, sld once again near Qberammagau in Bavaria, This year we ilit the Unit into two camps having an admin detachment id a training team for the full period We were lucky (did 79 SUPPLY DEPOT say lucky!!) to have Second Lieutenant Lindsey Hopkins, THE Unit ran a Hot Dog Stall at the SSAFA swimming gala us guitar, from Liverpool University and Lieutenant Mat held in the Holme Station swimming pool and although the inwick REME from 7 Armoured Workshop who, along with weather was very much against us, SSAFA managed to raise SM Bill Black and WOl Pete Collyer from Viersen, performed DM6,000 of which DM302.60 was raised by sales from the stall. e duties of platoon commanders. The admin detachment was The school summer? holidays are upon us once more and d by two ' moustachioed' gentlemen of leisure, WO I Les we are surrounded by hundreds of children who would be agg and Staff Sergeant f Ding Ding * Hulse. Their running of ie admin side was ideal as it allowed everyone else to con- — 153 — t r a te on the training. The only problem was that it sent 1 •f two heroes quite mad—playing ball in Oberammagau Swing- ing find Pool it! with an invisible ball; the Pool staff are still trying |
| Book number | R0247 |