RAOC Gazette - page 200
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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: tt . .-,rff/»y "i 1914 with one ammunition train and a few hundred '" f r"-; in rrserve, the British Armies in France had in October 1918 '•*-ja great depots with 336,450 tons of ammunition and over )?0 ammunition railheads; and that it could give final delivery— ro the enemy—of over 9,000 tons of shot and shell a day. Nor would that tell more than half the story. The pro- vision of arms and ammunition is not the sole task of Ordnance: its responsibility is for almost all that the soldier in the field needs except rations; and the sudden appearance in the records f ' smoke helmets/ and the recurrence thereafter of issues of new types, would tell of how the poison gas of the enemy was mt >t. Sandbags and barbed wire would indicate the trench warfare; gum boots the fight against the Flanders mud. Every record would show a victory over some new difficulty. Ordnance was the ever-present help of the British soldier , n t:n ordeal of unexampled severity. The devoted and skilful work of its Officers and men, supported nobly by the generosity of the people at Home (who never grudged anything to the man in the line) kept the Army equipped to a point near perfection. Grave were the losses of our manhood in the World War: but for Ordnance they would have been graver beyond measure. THEN AND NOW THE same issue reiterated the aims of THE GAZETTE. These To uphold the old traditions of the Corps and to promote common interests. To preserve comradeship and to link together all who have served in the Corps with all those who are still serving. To record the achievements of the Corps. To be a rallying point to its scattered Sections and Detach- ments. To bring home to the last joined recruit what his Corps stands for and to give him reason for pride in his association +'ith it. Times have not changed—except that the then GAZETTE cost 6d—but work that out in relation to the cost against a days pay—then and now. sent Post Free. THE RAAOC COMMEMORATION CELEBRATIONS THE messages shown below were exchanged between RAAOC and RAOC on the occasion of the RAAOC 29th Annual Corps Commemoration Celebrations: — From Brigadier J, D. Purcell, Representative Honorary Colonel and All Ranks RAAOC to Representative Colonel Commandant and AH Ranks RAOC. Greetings and best wishes on the occasion of our Twenty-ninth Annual Corps Commemora- tion Celebrations. From Major General J. T. Stanyer CBE, Representative Colonel Commandant RAOC. Please convey to Brigadier J, D. Purcell Representative Honorary Colonel and All Ranks RAAOC my thanks for their greetings on the occasion of your Twenty-ninth Annual Corps Commemorative Celebration, which are heartily reciprocated by AH Ranks of the RAOC. GRANT OF REGULAR QUARTERMASTER CATEGORY COMMISSIONS IN RAOC 1979/SO THE following Officers and WOsl have been selected by the RAOC Arms Board for the grant of Regular Quartermaster category commissions in RAOC during 1979/80:— Ordnance Executive Officers—Captain D. M. Anderson, ex-Supply Clerk; Captain R. W\ Berridge BEM, ex-Staff Clerk; Captain C. J. McGuigan, ex-Staff Clerk; Captain M. W. Knight, ex-Supply Clerk; Major D. G. Rowe, ex-Supply Clerk; Lieu- tenant J. A* E. Wheeler, ex-Regimental Dutyman; Major A. F. Steene, ex-Supply Clerk; Captain L, N. A. MacEwan, ex-Supply Clerk; WOl R. C. Wilkinson, Supply Clerk; Captain R. C. Westbrook, ex-Staff Clerk; Captain D. A. Icely, ex-Supply Clerk; WOl R. K. Page MBE, Staff Clerk; WOl J. Hedley, Supply Clerk; Captain A. D. Moore, ex-Supply Clerk; Captain A. Parry, ex-Supply Clerk; Lieutenant G. W. Harcourt, ex-^ Supply Clerk; WOl H. A. Minchinton, Staff Clerk; WOl P. C Atkinson, Supply Clerk; Captain L E. Dale, ex-Petroleum Operator; WOl J. H. Wilson, Vehicle Specialist; Captain P« J. Sheridan RCT, ex-Staff Clerk and Captain M, J. Hart, ex- Supply Specialist. Ammunition Executive Officers—WOl R W. Moughton, Ammunition Technician; WOl J, W. Morling, Ammunition Technician. The selections are provisional at this stage and will be con- firmed subject to confirmation by a Medical Board that they are up to the required standard for Quartermasters as laid down in the Pulheems Administrative Pamphlet 1972 and final approval by the Ministry of Defence. GRANT OF SPECIAL, REGULAR COMMISSIONS IN RAOC IN 19T9 SUPPLEMENTARY SELECTIONS THE Director General of Ordnance Services has given approval for the following additional Warrant Officers, who were graded by the RAOC Arms Board on 26th June 1978, to be granted Special Regular Commissions in the RAOC during 1979. AMMUNITION TECHNICIANS—WOl W. R. Banfield; WOl S. A, Cox; WOl W. D. Oldham GM; W02 M. K. Watkins. STAFF CLERKS—W02 A. Claydon MBE; WOl C Hillier; WOl K. C. Jay; W02 R. Kay; WOl W. A. Martin; WOl J. B. Morgan; WOl W. Tweddle BEM; WOl I. D. WarTorne, SUPPLY CLERKS—WOl D. G. Ashworth; WOl D. R. Fripp; WOl R. A. Hayward; WOl D. M. J. Henry; WOl M. Lowe: WOl G. Vickers; WOl A. Young. SUPPLY SPECIALIST—WOl E. G A. Hillan. VEHICLE SPECIALISTS—WOl S. G. Henwood; WOl K. W. Whitaker. These additional selections are as a result of the recent high Regular and Special Regular Officer wastage rate due to pre- mature voluntary retirements and SRC Officers selected for conversion to OEO commissions. The commissioning prospects of those who will be con- sidered next year for vacancies arising in 19SO will not diminish. 163 — |
| Book number | R0247 |