RAOC Gazette - page 115
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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about to say farewell to Lance Corporal Benny Bennett who is off to 2 ADOC in the next few days. In their places we welcome Second Lieutenant Ben Black- wood, W 2 Chris Kelly, Corporal Dave Eastwood, and Lance Corporal Peter Hegginbotham. 8 Field Force OUR Training Directive for 1981 has placed NBC Train- ing to the fore. Classroom training and the fitting and testing of NBC equipment has taken place and hereafter we shall be working in full NBC kit for a full morning every other week. Anybody intending to visit or call us on these days, must be prepared for anything. At least one person is happy with his NBC suit, Lance Corporal Conner has found that he is now more attractive to the opposite sex especially when he wears his respirator. Private Dave Hood leaves us shortly for his annual winter exercise with the AMF(L) in Norway and arrives back just in time to prepare for Exercise Lion Sun in Cyprus, some people get all the luck. Captain Mike Lewington rejoins us next week from his Long Ordnance Officers Course. He will find on his return that half the staff of the.Headquarters will have changed in his absence, so he will feel quite a stranger. We say farewell and good luck to Craftsman Richard Dallow who leaves us on posting to BAOR, and bid welcome to Crafts- man Quinton Marsden-Hill. Cold award at the Palace. Moving on to another aspect of adventurous training, a large portion of the Company is at present sampling the delights of ski-ing in the Cairngorms. No doubt they will return to Aldershot full of yarns which may feature in future GAZETTES. However, those of us remaining here have very sceptical views concerning the apres-ski facilities of Inverness Training Camp! Congratulations must go this month to Private Paddy Peacock, who was recently presented with the Duke of Edin- burgh's Gold Award at Buckingham Palace. To attain the Award, his activities ranged from Community Service and Physical Fitness to Expedition Work in the Mourne Mountains and a hobby or interest, which in this case was shooting. Per- haps drawn by the uniform, HRH Prince Philip picked Private Peacock out from the hundreds attending as one of the few he had time to say a few words to, thereby making the occasion all the more memorable. Farewell to WOl Elsey to Headquarters South East District, Sergeant Lenny Ross and family to civvy street. Hello to Corporal Chamock from Germany, Privates Bartzsh, Miller, Lane and Edwards from Deepcut, Private Hunter and family from Chilwell, Sergeant Bolton and family from Germany and Private Westaway. Congratulations to ' Muscle Man ' Lance Corporal Storey and Private Murray on passing the PTI Course, Corporal Simon Lee on the birth of a daughter, Andrienna, Private Steve Pickard on the birth of a daughter Fay, and Privates Champney and Taylor on getting their B2 from ' Q ' Chapman. 7 Field Force STORES PLATOON 8 FIELD WORKSHOP HAVING just finished reading last months GAZETTE I decided it was time that 8 Field Workshop Stores Platoon made its debut. For those who don't know, we are part of 7 Field Force. Arithmetic is a problem the REME have never solved. The most outstanding event in recent months was when Lance Corporal Chris Lowthian appeared in the local paper. His quick thinking and first aid skills saved the life of his next door neighbours four a half month old baby, who had stopped breathing. Well done Chris. Like the rest of the Field Force this platoon was on Crusader. Two memorable events from this exercise were the frequent runs around a field by Lance Corporal Benny Bennett. The other was the sight of Staff Sergeant Joe Redman ' buried under' two hundred major assemblies. Our congratulations to Private and Mrs Scouse Ives on the recent birth of their daughter Kelly Louise. He denies that he named her after his favourite Warrant Office W 2 Chris Kelly. Over the last few months we've said farewell to Lieutenant Tony Heron, W 2 Bob Watson, who is now enjoying civvy life, and Corporal, now Sergeant Kevin Welsh. We are also Central Vehicle Depot CENTRAL VEHICLE DEPOT ASHCHVRCH AN intensive ' get fit' operation is in hand. Notes appear on desks from our zealous TCO, Major Seabrook, calling us out on fitness runs and squash at lunch time, and it's having its effect. Nurse has run out of liniment which helps to ease our aching muscles and the staff officers are actually seen running to answer telephones—it's all getting a bit too much. Our attached RAPC Officer, Major Terry McDowell, has just returned after a JSMTC Ski course and has had to be stopped from practicing his mogul techniques on the staircase in the Headquarters because it was not understood by Con- ductor Webster and other non ski fanatics, how strange. On a more sober note we congratulate Major Mike Pether on his achieving his majority and wish Major Henry Ford every success on his work study course at Shrivenham. VEHICLE DEPOT HILTON IT was pleasant to see Ex-Conductor Brian Deeney recently; he now works for local government in South Wales. With Mrs Deeney they had an hour with us on the occasion of the Head- quarters party. Phil Plume is organising our Depot Darts Team to oppose our opposite numbers in Derby. This time we issued the challenge—which our opponents accepted. We wonder if Steve Smith will be able to reproduce his remarkable feat of a previous tournament; that of hitting a lamp, thus plunging the room into darkness, and puncturing a radiator—all with one dart. Congratulations to Mike Laight on promotion to EO—Mike has now departed on an Accountant's Course but we hope to see him again before he is finally posted. » Welcome to Mrs Marian Rowe who has joined us in the DMA Office. Finally a get well message to Ted Jones, our Switchboard Operator. VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL WELCOME recent arrivals Staff Sergeant Kennard, Corporal Watson, Lance Corporal Horner and Privates Chapman, Worley and Shore—in their order of arrival. The 48 Company attachments under Staff Sergeant Patton have just returned from Norway and Lance Corporals Allan, Devlin and Mounsey and Corporal Ockwell were all involved. Corporals Vic Peters and Watson lead another party off to Norway this month which will not be back until April including Lance Corporals Carter, Forder and Pape also Privates Jeffers, Naughton, Pitfield and Rennie with Private Vickers in reserve. Privates Price and Naughton should be drivers converted Vehicle Specialists by now following their course with Private Emmott hot on their heels. Even Private Gargate has seen the light and asked to change. Corporal Blount has just squeezed onto a crane operators course before his July posting and Captain France may be visiting us briefly after his two month Junior Command and Staff Course. — 338 — |
| Book number | R0404a |