RAOC Gazette - page 214
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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 |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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South West District NO stranger in RAOC circles, our photo shows Major Dave Roberts, who has been working in Ordnance Branch this last month, and his slay has been a good opportunity for him to see Wiltshire, the county in which his father was born. The Headquarters is fully engaged pre- paring for our first mobilization exercise in Bulford and dust is everywhere as the retired officer element search the attics for their steel helmets. No doubt the supply system for gin has been carefully worked out, but one wonders if the canine element will be in the Headquarters during the three 1 day 'shut in period—the mind boggles. After a tour in Northern Ireland with the Lifeguards. canal which unfortunately warranted him reporting to the MO for a tetanus jab! The Unit has also acquired three new Long Service and Good Conduct Medals since our last notes; Staff Sergeant Mick Elsey BEM, Staff Sergeants Pat Kelly and Jock Maclean, were presented with their medals by the CRAOC SE District PT sessions continue! Mornings see the squads line up outside the gym—medium pace squad, fast squad and very fast squad. Then the juggling for position takes place. Very quickly the CSM Barney Appleyard has his say and the percentage of men in the squads dramatically reverses to the groans and agonised looks of those who are allocated to the fast squads, A new twist to PT, we now go swimming as well. A flurry of activity can now be seen in the Unit lines as all the vehicles are prepared for their move to Schleswig-Holstein via Denmark for Exercise Bold Guard. Our bath Units under the control of Lance Corporals Phil Lee and Ted Watson assisted by Privates Mick Peebles and Mick Ryder have already established themselves in Germany, and the rest of us follow shortly. More about Exercise Bold Guard next month. Lieutenant Tan Turner, our Stores Officer, was married in August and our photograph shows him and his bride Sue departing for the reception in what Ian thought was going to be the Force Commander's Staff car on loan. Fortunately, his posting order to Belize for a six months unaccompanied tour was cancelled the day before, the wedding! Welcome to Sergeant Jim Brady and Arnie George also to Private Paddy Fleming. W e can't afford a carriage! Major Dave Roberts checks his boots before joining SW District's Hill Walking Croup. North East District ONE never knows how to begin news- letters. I had thought of remarking about how Dog William (to whom CRAOC belongs) automatically wends his way straight to the bar when taking CRAOC to lunch, but, discretion being the better part 50 Ordnance Support Battalion has now disbanded and the restructured Com- panies have ventured into the field on their own, 57 Company put a brave face on life's adversities and volunteered for two weeks in Germany whilst 8 Field Force Ordnance Company is making a maiden voyage with the parent Force on Exercise Live Canter. Our best wishes to them both for a successful future. Farewell to Major Jim (he never told us what the O stood for) Mangham, who, after a last impassioned plea from the Barlow ramparts (" burn everything, spare nought") to the gentry from Defence Sales, has ridden off into the twilight of a civilian world. His departure was the excuse for a superb farewell luncheon in the Barlow Mess. As Jim would want me to point out, the impending loss of Barlow Mess is far and away the most disastrous blow of fair value. Due to some constant exhortations Stores Section of 38 Engineer Regiment have managed to send in an introductory item for THE GAZETTE. Their role in supporting the Regiment carries members of the section to BAOR and Northern Ireland with amazing regularity so that they are seldom together as a complete Unit. STORES SECTION 38 ENGINEER REGIMENT SERGEANT BILL GREGORY and Lance Corporal Taffy Reeve are currently with 51 Field Squadron RE in Northern Ireland and are burning the midnight oil to good effect from all accounts. They local purchase by day and account by night, — 174 — |
| Book number | R0247 |