RAOC Gazette - page 208
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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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tation J5eto£ Headquarters Director General of Ordnance Services ^ ^ SECRETARIAT ^ ^ ^ A**^ s ^ ^ Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Paviour, ^^$5§§|^^ whom we congratulate on his pro- flS53T motion to Colonel, left us recently JaaSyESL to take up the appointment of ^ ^ £ § E $ ^ £ Colonel Q (C and T) MOD. 4 With ^^% ggggf ^ ^ ^ his passing we have, our RO Long- *^ ^ stop' A r t h u r Hawley a p a r t , achieved a complete change in the DGOS Secretariat Staff since its inauguration in April 1977. ORD 1 FROM Headquarters Logistic Command in Melbourne Australia we welcome Major Peter Bridge RAAOC. He is to be attached to- the Branch for four months on Exercise Long- look and, so he tells us, his brief is to discover how the new Logistic Executive is working—if he does find out, we hope he tells us before he leaves! Members of the Branch have been making their mark on the soccer field with the newly formed LE(A) team which is captained by our Chief Clerk SQMS Mick Gallagher and also fields our Sergeant Paddy Snowden as its star player. The DCOS with K. Thom after Conduct Medals presented under SSM M, Lowe, SSM J. Dawson and Conductor presentation of their Long Service and Good at Andover. These were the first medals to be the revised regulations. Fifteen years is still a long time! Directorate of Supply Management ORD 2 WE welcome Sue Halcrow to our happy band of scribes. Sue has joined the POL Section where Lieutenant Colonel Alan Newcombe keeps the action moving—in between trips to Brussels and BAOR that is! Not to be outdone, Lieutenant Colonel John Franklin has shown his taste for variety by fitting in a trip to Blackpool between BAOR visits. Fitness training continues but Captain Terry Fearn has l 1 finally left the Superstars, surrendering to Anno Domini, Congratulations to Sergeant Ernie Thomas, currently at- tending an All Arms Clerks Course, on obtaining his EPC (Advance). Sue Halcrow who brightens up the day in Ord 2 . TECHNICAL EQUIPMENTS DIVISION YOUR temporary scribe has now taken over, hoping to fit in the time to write notes in between overseas trips (Swans so they all say). Firstly we welcome Colonel David and Elizabeth Holdsworth as our new leader and say farewell to Colonel Lloyd and Elisabeth Davies who leave us on retirement, how- ever only farewell duty wise, they are living locally and there- fore still in contact. After the tales of delight, or woe, depending who went to sunnier dry climes for their holidays in August, it was back to work, but with a difference. The military took the chance to sample the delights of mountaineering in North Wales under the leadership of Major Chris Morton. A few days walking in the heather, bracken, rocks, climbing up slate mines, getting wet was enjoyed by all—Sergeant Tom Emmott was told he'd enjoyed it even if he had other ideas. The race down Snowdon between Staff Sergeant Mel Hamilton and his underpants was left undecided (his elastic had broken) but both got down rather the worse for the weather. W02 Phil Buxton had decided that rugby was easier than hill walking (it was downhill to the pub at nights too) until a professional rugby coach took over training—decision is now reversed. Talking of tea, anyone having the luck to sample Private John Babbage's tea—hard luck, we banned him after his first try. Poor Staff Sergeant Chas Hartley, he came well equipped for the hills, but hadn't realised you can get dirty even hill walking! Sergeant Colin Knight has withdrawn his name from Everest 1990 expedition— he needs more time to prepare. We were all touched by Corporal Dick Parkinson's plaintive attempts to be let off PT the morning he returned to Donnington, because somehow he got away with it. Still, with Sergeant Ken Saxon's excellent cooking, Private Chris Davy's * James Hunt * driving (I forgot to tell him it was a four-tonner) and Sergeant Brian Wilkes ever present raptures of enthusiasm, a great time was had by all* We even took Bob Pritchard who found that Welsh rain and his hair didn't mix. Not to be outdone Staff Sergeants Les Dalton and Chas Hartley (real outdoor type he is) joined the COD's ' Mini Jaws * Shark fishing expedition in Falmouth. No sharks were caught, but Les did get an unsuspecting ling—and a smell of fish in- testines, (He's not going next year!). Chas changed his mountain gear for a new wardrobe of fishing gear—he en' joyed his fishing and sea sick pills, he caught neither sharks, lings or nasty smells and stayed clean. 170 — |
| Book number | R0247 |