RAOC Gazette - page 223
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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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some hard games Bracht again came out winners. A great utart to the season and a winning trait which we hope will L , pn iiiiue. The football team has reformed after the close season, ^ftcr a close game against Rheindahlen Garrison they won. Another good start, keep it up lads. The Bracht Fencing Club has gained a new high faluting title. It is now a Martial Arts Club, so as to include karate. A in person report arrived today from Sergeant Nolan Despite the lack of sleep f our Northern Ireland contingent. and boredom spirits are high. The entertainment scene is good arid a circuit of the perimeter provides fitness training. They hope soon to be bringing out their own paper ' The Rag and Oil' Captain David Clare sails away from us to take command of the Captain Mannerings Own, otherwise known as 41 RP Company. Any rumours of his intent to press gang new members need not, I'm sure, worry people in the London Area. We congratulate him on his promotion to Major and wish him the best of luck. Private 'Speedy' Elstub disappears from the Unit this month. His bubbling happy character will be missed by every- one, We wish him the best of luck on his forthcoming visit to Alaska and on his 4 new posting to UK- Captain Martin Thruster s Thwaite has joined us from the wilderness of the Hebrides. We're glad to have him on return to civilisation, Congratulations to Lance Corporal and Mrs Dann and to Private and Mrs Crossland on their marriages. Another new member has joined the Unit, Master Bruce Strachan, well done Sergeant and Mrs Strachan. Further congratulations go to W02 Regan (acting), Corporals Towells, Norbury and Seton (sub ranks) and Lance Corporals Lee, Carwell and Straw (acting) on their promotions. Staff Sergeant Barr has been detached to the New Zealand Army for four months and we welcome W02 Goddard from the New Zealand Army. Posting In: Captain Thwaite, W02 Humphries, Sergeant Pearce, Corporal Race (ACQ, Lance Corporal Gibson, Privates Francis and Knight. Ordnance Depot Antwerp SEPTEMBER sees the start of the parade season here in Belgium, From early in the month various cities and towns in (he area hold parades and memorial services to commemorate their liberation. The various anniversaries occur as the Allies moved North /East towards Holland and our parade detach- ment has a busy time of it for a while, Our photograph shows the ODA detachment in Antwerp for the * Tank Ceremony.* Leading the column is Captain John Kitwood, with RSM Gunner close on his heels. In the front rank can be seen Sergeant Penny, Lance Corporal Danny Riding and Lance Corporal Nobby Clarke. The Tank Ceremony at Antwerp was followed the following day by the Liberation Ceremony in the city and the following weekend by a further parade in Geel (the area of the Albeit Photo Private Hodder. embers of Ordnance Depot Antwerp on parade at the * Tank Ceremony ' in Antwerp. Canal at Geel was the scene of fierce engagement in September 1944), We have occasion this month to welcome our new Quarter- master, Captain John Humphreys who has joined us from Northern Ireland. Our old Quartermaster Major Ken Lloyd is feeling particularly old at present—it seems he cannot get his chair legs to balance with his seats. Arrivals: Sergeant Rice, Corporal Bennet and Lance Corporal White on his return from Northern Ireland. Promotions: Staff Sergeant Davis to A/W02. Congratulations to Private Jones (838) on successfully com- pleting his Veh Spec B3-2 Upgrading Course, Corporal Crompton on successfully completing his Sup Spec B3-1 Upgrading Course on restructure and to Private Devlin on his recent marriage. 15 Composite Ordnance Depot* STORES SUB-DEPOT VIERSEN WE open this months notes with the news of the most com- mendable achievements of one of our Corporals, namely Corporal Charlton of whom we are justifiably proud Repre- senting Viersen, the Corps and BAOR he won for the second year running the RAOC BAOR Individual tennis championships, Then in the RAOC UK tennis championships he was both singles and open doubles winner, in the Rhine Area tennis champion- ships, runner up in the singles and winner in both doubles and mixed doubles. Ho was runner up in the BAOR tennis champion- ships in the mens open doubles and runner up, representing RAOC, in the Arms and Corps doubles. He also was a joint winner in the mixed doubles in that championships. From there he went onto the Inter Service tennis match BAOR and as a member of the BAOR team, contributed in the doubles towards the end result of a victory for BAOR against RAF G in a result of ten matches to three matches. Mention of the Unit team must be made too, they finished a creditable fourth in the Rhine Area tennis league scoring valuable points towards the Bavin Shield. Our regular stalwarts have been Colonel Edwards, Major Smith, Corporal Charlton and Corporal Burke (now posted). The rugby season is upon us once again and the Badgers * of Viersen have been seen sloughing off the excesses of the close season under the critical eye of RSM Black. Fixtures to date have all been against Garrison teams and although going down fairly heavily in each game we are improving daily. The Squad has been strengthened by an infusion of beginners all keen to wear the colours. Sadly, we are losing Sergeant Bob Scott, our Evergreen Hooker, to Big Brother Bracht. His contribution to the morale of the team by his never- say-die efforts and good humour is incalculable. May his * Speed-Juice * never diminish. Helios to Major Watson, Captain Callaghan, WOs2 Kennedy, Ashdown and Newsham and Private Drysdale. Congratulations to Sergeant Coom and Lance Corporal Nicholson on their promotion, VEHICLE SUB-DEPOT MOENCBENGLADBACH ANY doubts which may still have existed over the intention to close this Depot must surely have been dispelled by the arrival of the painters and decorators in Block 9. Those of us who have lived with peeling walls and graffiti over the past years are now finding it difficult to wipe that knowing look from our faces as we edge past the slapping distemper brushes and the dripping pails. The portents are unmistakeable—there is to be a new * Laird of Ayrshire * when 23 Regiment RCT move into our offices within a matter of a few weeks* Some of us won't be too sorry to hand over the reins as our capability to discharge our responsibilities becomes increasingly difficult due to the unscrupulous plundering of our remaining staff. For our remaining weeks we will be taking over the smaller offices shortly to be vacated by 23 Regiment and it looks as if we'll be too busy to even think about taking our well known Centurion Tank monument with us. No doubt somebody will devise a fitting ceremony for its removal when the time comes. Other news is hard to categorise in a tidy editorial style so we are obliged to enter a * scrapbook type' paragraph. Staff Ord's (VSD Workshop) narrow escape from fatal injury when he was crushed by a heavy steel door is an event we would rather not have happened but we are delighted at his miraculous recovery from multiple injuries not least on behalf of his charming wife who has borne a very trying period so bravely. It might be kinder not to mention our other recent hospital patient but we're happy to report that SQMS Gore is up and about again although he'll b e ' walking wide' for a week or two. |
| Book number | R0247 |