RAOC Gazette - page 258
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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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: * * » • * 4*-"?!: competitors, in particular Corporal Halton, Lieutenant Wickharn. Private Grimsley and WOl Haslam. The Cross Country Team is unfortunately finding their task difficult against the RAF teams. We are told the difference between running for coaches and Phantoms may have some- thing to do with it. Army School of Ammunition THE highlight of the month was undoubtedly the attendance, at the Army School of Ammunition, of six Turkish Policemen, accompanied by two interpreters. They underwent a three week 1ED Course and appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. W02 Greathead, stage name McGalpine, is now in a position to offer, at greatly reduced prices, a complete and rare set of a first and only edition, ' Geordi to Turkish/ dictionaries. The Quarter Guard, from left to right, Sergeant Gill, Private Hoare* Private Curcton, Private Jackson, Lance Corporal Vale, Lance Corporal Hendricks, Private Storey and Corporal Fallon. an Army reserve and we hope that he makes the Army team in the near future. Our Shadow Units have spent two weeks in BAOR and thoroughly enjoyed the break from routine, in particular the ' duty free' and LOA. I have not been fed any funny stories yet but they will probably filter through before next month. Major Gordon Pritchard has retired after five years in Donnington. He has moved over to an RO appointment as Garrison Adjutant, replacing Colonel Ken Bullock, who has moved sideways to replace Lieutenant Colonel Ted Lord as OIC Mob Planning. Lieutenant Colonel Ted has at last gone out to pasture, and we wish him well. Arrivals: WOl Scott, W02 Seaby, Staff Sergeants Last and Williams, Corporal Westman, Lance Corporal Quinnell, Privates Blackburn and Hanbury. Congratulations to WOs Coulton and Quinney on their promotion to WOl. The DGOS talks to a group of Turkish policemen through * Turkish interpreter during a visit to the Army School of Ammunition, The group was attending a course at the School accompanied by two interpreters. Central Ammunition Depot Kineton There has been a period of great activity from TD and C Branch with Captains Doug Doherty and Doug Hewitt travelling the length and breadth of the ' AT World,' collecting duty free produce and talking to as many ATs as possible, in preparation for an AT employment analysis. Staff Sergeant Jim Howe has just spent a couple of days on a course at the Royal School of Artillery and Staff Sergeant Dave Crocombe is currently at- tending a Radiology Course at Harefield. We have enjoyed the company of and said farewell to No. 33 Basic Ordnance Officers Course and No. 73 Supply Specialists Course. We have bid farewell to Captain Mike Coldrick and W02 John Lawrence both of whom have left to take up appoint- ments in Northern Ireland Our congratulations on their promotion to Major and WOl respectively and we hope that John Lawrence will now be more discerning, as to where he gets his chocolate. We welcome into the School Captain Lew Bean, who has transferred from the ATO Course onto the School staff. We wish him and his family a pleasant and happy stay. OCTOBER on the whole, has been a quiet month for Kineton, highlighted by the visit of the DGOS accompanied by Mrs Call an. The General toured the Depot and took time to chat to all ranks showing immense interest in their opinions. We hope that they found their visit both enjoyable and informative. MT has been finding this a month of high activity with PRE during the latter two weeks. Vehicles now shine on the inside, outside and under the bonnet. Luckily by chance the MTO caught a newly arrived driver being a touch over-en- thusiastic and polishing the brake shoes—but only just in time! Before we move to the sporting scene we must not forget the anniversary of the Battle of Edgehill, the first major battle of the Civil War. The Sealed Knot held their annual memorial service by the monument which proved to be a highly colourful parade. This year however, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Hendy did not lead his officers and their wives into Graveyard Copse on the hallowed night We can only be led to believe that it had something to do with the Commandants shoot—or did it?! With most winter sports underway we first turn to rugby where the Ironsides RUFC are now five games into the season and four victories to their credit. The loss being a narrow defeat twenty to eighteen against RAF Hereford. They are to be congratulated on their nine to three win over Warwick University, who the week before beat Oxford in the Varsity League. Congratulations on the excellent record, we hope it is maintained. The soccer team isn't fairing too well as of late but with additional training on the way all is not yet lost. Unfortunately the former Corps swimming champions (1977) CAD Kineton, were unable to repeat their 1977 success and with a scratch side in the nick of time acquitted themselves ad- mirably by finishing fourth in the team competition and second in the Chain of Command Relay Event. Well done to all Central Ammunition Depot Longtown WE have been busy this past month carrying out a mobilisation exercise from which we learned some very valuable lessons. During Exercise Scrum Half we had the pleasure of a Company of 1st Gordons and 4 KOB (V) who came to protect us.^ The ' Jocks * advance party arrived with the immortal words " We u sleep here, eat there, and whaurs the fitba ground." We sadly say farewell to Major Tom Wharton (Retd) who has been our OTC Admin for a number of years* We wish him well in his retirement and hope that he and his wife Marion will continue to keep in touch. We welcome Lieutenant Colons* H. Dickinson (Retd) who has taken over as OIC Admin and hope he enjoys his stay with us. Congratulations to Corporal Sterland on his success m Army Swimming Championship events. 212 — .A |
| Book number | R0247 |