RAOC Gazette - page 198
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| Publication date | 1979 |
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| Early date | 1979 |
| Late date | 1979 |
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79 SUPPLY DEPOT -1ARCH has seen the Depot almost free from snow after the nost severe winter blizzards in thirty two years. The Eager leaver in the snow-plough role was always in action, RE plant vas deployed to tackle twelve foot drifts; on two occasions jnit ration vehicles were unable to reach us and 80 Supply Depot did not receive fresh bread, Brigadier Watkins the Commander Hohne Garrison, carried :>ul his annual administrative visit, and presented Corporal vlick Naylor with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. goals. After the match the team adjourned for a team talk in the nearest pub, which accounts for the poor condition of Lance Corporal Mark Snclson, Privates Kev Hardman and Tony Mason, not to mention the OC the following morning. The thaw has not only brought good news. The lads were all shocked to find that the Workshop Run (more a Nature Ramble than a run) had been resurrected. Sergeant Ian Beedham's lungs could hardly cope—but he promises to improve. New arrivals in the Unit were Corporal Sid Bolton (how's the ear Sid?) and Private Jim Hawkins who has already found his niche as the Platoon goalie. A warm welcome is also extended to Mandy Dancy who replaces Linda Garrett whose father has been posted. Best wishes to Linda for the future and welcome to 7 Armoured to all the newcomers! 2nd Armoured Division • • • • • • • • • ^^^^^^H^^H ^rl > ^ Y ^ J H^^k^^^^lfl ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ | ^^J^^^J^^H I S K ^ ^ V J A I ^ V ^ H V ^ H ^B^l^^bri^l Photo Bombardier Ernie Humphreys. Corporal Naylor receiving his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal from Brigadier Watkins, Commander Hohne Garrison. We have welcomed Sergeant ' Ossie 1 Osborne and family from Gutersloh in role of CQMS and wave him good-bye on Exercise Wintex! At long last Staff Sergeant Charlie Potts has got his new Mazda—and a posting order to Colchester [ Sergeant Ray Pembroke the Master Butcher is on his Supply Specialist course and enjoying Blackdown so much he is staying an extra week. Sergeant Keith Marshall has returned from Exercise Snow Queen with a ten day hangover but no broken bones! STORES SECTION DIV ENGINEER REGIMENT WELL everybody here liked last months notes so much Vm writing them again. Any more extraneous commitments and I might just squeeze some office time in somewhere. This month sees the departure of the desperate duo (Corporal Jim Nesbitt and Private Ged Usher) for the Emerald Isle for four months holiday. It must be a holiday the way inscalings keep coming in. We wish them both well and hope they have a quiet tour. Back here at Nienburg, Corporal Steve Oxley and myself (Biggies) with assistance from Q have been preparing for the Technical Inspection. All skeletons have been dusted down just in case they're found. On the Storeman's side Sergeant Dave Holmes and Private Geoff Bond have been finding space for the aforementioned inscalings and have just received another wagon to play with. Finally a warm welcome to our new driver Private Tom Henderson who assures us he can drive and will as soon as he passes his tick test. STORES PLATOON 1 ARMOURED WORKSHOP WITH only two weeks until the main party returns from Northern Ireland, it looks as though we have successfully survived these gruelling four months and can see the light at the end of the tunnel. With the recent thaw has come a renewal of outdoor sports as well as a continuation of the indoor variety. In the case of the latter the Platoon team scraped through the first round of the Workshop volleyball competition. Luckily the level of incompetence from REME was marginally higher than ours but with practice, I'm sure we'll improve. Outdoor sport opened with a thrilling football match against what we were lead to believe was a Company team from the 3 RRF down the road. This turned out to be the Battalion First Team. The result was close though, the teams being separated by six (or was it seven) THIS has been an, interesting and busy month for us here in Lubbecke. Perhaps we should start with some notable achievements in the world of sport. Foot- ball saw Headquarters 2nd Armoured Division RAOC take on Headquarters 3rd Armoured Division RAOC in the quarter finals of the DOS Cup. A very hard fought game which was well contested in both goalmouths resulted in a well earned victory by two goals to one for us. The first goal for the home team came from Sergeant Jim Mclnally early in the second half. A few minutes later Sergeant Dave Dupree, our * Supersub/ came on in place of the injured Sergeant John Scott and promptly scored with a well taken shot or was it a pass that went wrong? 3rd Armoured Division fought back hard and managed to score in the last few minutes, but good work by our back four prevented any further scoring and the final whistle saw an elated and very surprised 2nd Division team disappearing in the direction of the Naafi to celebrate, In an entirely different vein, the 2nd Armoured Division Fencing Championship took place recently and once again Captain Lawrence Burr proved why he is an international standard fencer by winning first place in the Foil and Sabre competitions and second place in the Epee contest. He is now 2nd Armoured Divisions Overall Champion of Arms and goes on to the BAOR Championships in April Heartiest congratula- tions on your success and good luck in the coming competition. Corporal Ben Smith's youngest daughter, Kerry Jo-Anne, was christened at a recent RAOC Church Sunday and the sub- sequent party was a great success, which all present enjoyed. Our grateful thanks to Ben and Yvonne Smith for all the hard. work they so obviously put into this event. Ben has also passed his EPC exam this month, so congratulations all round. Corporal Dave Morris, our resident photographer, had the pleasure of being the official Army Photographer when Mr John Denver landed in BAOR at the start of his concert tour. Dave's pictures at present decorate the entrance to Tax House and demonstrate his considerable skill in this field. (What about some of the work for THE GAZETTE.—Editor), Congratulations this month to Private Paul Chandler (again!) on his promotion to Lance Corporal and to Corporal Dennis Edmunds on his posting to Hannover as a Sergeant Finally a special mention for Private Alex Meldrurn for failing to get his name in T H E GAZETTE once more! Well done! ORDNANCE COMPANY SINCE our last contribution, the Ordnance Company has changed beyond recognition. Majors Brady and Conway-Hyde have been replaced by Major Green and Captain Laird, and the Company is rolling forward towards Exercise Iron Band— the first of the season. In the storehouse, Supply Specialists have been working round the clock to rearrange the entire storeholding whilst PC and A have battled to keep up with them. The storehouse has now emerged unscathed, and so has the Second-in-Commands kit. "But Where's Staff Lewis?" " O n Education, Sir 1 ' "Who's running the storehouse?" " Skyrme and Taylor, Sir" " Oh my gawd " Sergeant Larry Taylor really is back from Australia. He's brown and he talks funny. Welcome back, " Staff's back, Sir " " Good, I'll see him tomorrow " " T o o late, Sir. He's gone on Snow Queen " 379 — |
| Book number | R0247a |