RAOC Gazette - page 136
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1969 |
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| Early date | 1969 |
| Late date | 1969 |
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A HOME OF YOUR OWN—IS THIS YOUR PROBLEM? WHY NOT LET ME ADVISE YOU. Expert advice can mean a saving of many hundreds of pounds. I shall be pleased to provide a plan which will ensure you a home, whether you wish to buy now or in the future. All existing insurance utilised, THIS IS MY SPECIALITY.' Consult me NOW for FREE advice. Write or 'phone to: D. G. H, Gilmour (late RAOC), Wood- lands, 35 The Broadway, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey—Tele: Yateley 3020. " ALL OTHER TYPES , OF INSURANCE TRANSACTED— SCHOOL FEE PLANS EITHER FOR THE FUTURE OR FOR IMMEDIATE USE BUT WITH PAYMENTS SPREAD OVER 10 YEARS—Kit policies at highly competitive rates—Car insurance with the leading British companies. LETTER5 to the EDITOR THE LOST GENERATION Dear Sir,—On page 323 of the February issue it is stated that the Ordnance personnel sent from Hong K o n g ' t o Siberia in- cluded Lieutenant Colonel C. J- T. Robertson. This was not so. The Lieutenant Colonel was. in fact, T. A. (Tommy) Robert- son, DCM (later awarded the OBE for his services), as will be confirmed by photographs and documents now in the Museum, most of which were presented by Lieutenant Colonel G. C. H. Brooks, RAOC, whose father served in Hong Kong and Siberia in the rank of Sub-Conductor. Yours sincerely, W. H. J. GILLOW, Lt.-Colonel (Retd), 32, Allcroft Road, Reading, Berks. MAJOR H. E. D. HARRIS SAYS', According to the account in *A History of The Army Ordnance Services' by Major General A t Forbes the initials of the Lieutenant Colonel ROBERTSON who was sent to Siberia from Hong Kong in 1918 were *'C. J. 77 In the same paragraph of the account it says that the strength of the Corps there eventually rose to five officers. The other Robertson could well have been one of them. EDITOR'S NOTE: The only reference in the 'History' to T, A, ROBERTSON appears in the list of Honours and Awards received in all the Great War theatres. It indicates that Major 7\ A. ROBERTSON, later Lieutenant Colonel, was awarded the OBE but no details of service are given. THE NEW COVER # Dear Editor,—I do like the new GAZETTE coverl I remember years ago we tried a new idea for it, on similar lines, but it so quickly reverted to the old style—so keep up the good work and give us the variety which is now suggested! Yours sincerely, BETTY WILLIAMS, Veryan House, Worton, Devizes, Wilts. * * * NEWSLETTERS Dear Sir.—I think it is time we had a blitz on the appalling standard of most of the Station news-letters appearing in our GAZETTE, Occasionally one is lucky enough to find one or two that .are of value to a reader outside the unit concerned, but most are written in the style adopted by my local news- paper for a series "Around the Women's Institutes." To take just one example from one of the worst offenders in last month's edition. The lead paragraph begins In December Brigadier . . . . . . visited the Depot and the programme was a hectic one. He took luncheon in the Officers Mess where he met the military and civilian Officers and, in the evening, was guest at a cocktail party at which he met their ladies. Now I don't know about you, but on reading this my im- pression of the gallant Brigadier and the Depot concerned is a distinctly uneasy one. Though I have no doubt there was a hectic programme for all concerned, this is not the impression the reader gets due to the appalling sense of news value dis- played by the writer. This particular newsletter is even worse in the second paragraph which continues The Christmas festivities went well. The Officers and Sergeants held their separate parties on the same evening . . . . . ' . " So much for our valued image as a go-ahead Corps in Britain's modern army. It is high time that these dreary news- letters were scrapped and someone, with some sense of what the real Corps news is, gave our journal a much needed face- lift. ; Yours sincerely,D. J.H. GRIFFITHS,Captain RAOC (V), 12, Dene Hollow, Drayton, Portsmouth, Hants. DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY WILL ALL contributors kindly note that the dead- - line date for receipt of copy at T H E GAZETTE Office really is the 29th of the month foi publication a month later, * * THE JOURNAL OF THE RAOC Dear Sir,—In reference to John Cook's letter, under the above heading, published in the February issue of T H E GAZETTE. Whilst spending five months at Headquarters 20 Armoured Brigade during 1968 I was amazed at the amount of handling my copy of T H E GAZETTE received when placed in the Brigade Officers Mess and at the number of questions subsequently fired at me. I agree with John Cook that to push a few copies out to such establishments would give the Corps much more of .the publicity it deserves and, of course, give the regiments more knowledge about the Corps' overall tasks and its disposition of units. Yours faithfully, L. R. BALL. Major (Retd), Tirso de Molina,- 14, La Linea. Cadiz, Spain. * * * INSTITUTE OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY Dear Sir,—I have been going to write to you for some time regarding the letter from Major John Littlewood in the December GAZETTE reporting the Annual Conference of the Institute of Purchasing and Supply. It was indeed a splendid conference but I was surprised that so few of the one hundred and fifty members from the RAOC were present at Scarborough. Many, of course, are overseas, especially those of the Cyprus branch. I must echo the sentiments that John expressed that we, in the RAOC, can, and in fact do, contribute to the running of this very worthy professional Institute. In addition to Military Officers, one of my Civil Service colleagues is a member of the Council, and -the chairman of one of the main committees is an Army Department civil servant. Brigadier Allen was the principal guest speaker at the opening dinner of the Birming- ham Branch and many other officers have given, or will be giving papers at various branch meetings. The main event in the Institute's course year is the Biennial Advanced Symposium held at Churchill College, Cambridge, in March. At that Symposium Brigadier Persson gave a lecture on Central Government Procurement. Ex-members of the RAOC are equally staunch in their sup- port;—the Chairman of the Birmingham Branch is an ex-Major as is a Past-President, whilst the current President, K. W. Vincent, is a former Lieutenant Colonel. I am sure that there must be many more. To ensure high standards, the Institute's examiner in Store- keeping is a RAOC Officer and one of the Treatise Assessors is ex-RAOC. Membership is not easy to gain but is very worth- while as it does provoke thoughts on one's profession in almost every conceivable facet. Yours faithfully, J. D. BROOKSBANK, Major (Retd), 50, Windy Arbour, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. 393 — |
| Book number | R0238a |