RAOC Gazette - page 157
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Colour | Yes |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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Inter Company Basketball Competition, but to mention one of our little known stars, Sergeant Geoff Cox who has had a lot of success lately with his birds, and he has even been known to brag about it. He tours the country entering his cage birds in competitions and has had a lot of success lately. Congratulations to Lance Corporal and Mrs Baycs on the birth of a son. Wc also bid a fond farewell to Sergeant Dave Smallcy who is posted. Helping the Handicapped at Colchester. Left to right: Captain Martin Hicks, Privates Aidan Cosgrave, Keiran Conway, Colin Back and Lance Corporal Dave Pinch. In conclusion, the unit has been involved in community work at Turner Village on the outskirts of Colchester. This is an institution for the mentally and physically handicapped which has recently embarked upon an adventure playground project. Members of the unit, under the guidance of Private Colin Back, now spend their free time at weekends lending a hand to what is an extremely worthwhile enterprise. ' B' COMPANY. The preparation for Exercise Snow Plough is in full swing. ' Tilling's Gypsies' arc almost ready to move their caravans, goods and chattels in the annual pilgrimage from Bicester to Aviemorc. Wc wish them well. Anyone with a line to the provider of snow is asked to put a good word in for us. Snow in Scotland is slightly scarce at present. On the sporting front ' B ' Company are again in the fore. The February Inter-Company Competition is basketball and at the time of writing these notes we arc top of the league. Is there no end to ' B ' Company's sporting prowess! Staying on the sporting scene, we offer our hearty con- gratulations to Private Chynowcth on receiving his trophy for the fastest male runner in the recent H3 marathon. Well done! We welcome Sergeant Murray, Privates Dalloway, Hunt, McKinlcy, McKcown and Bailey to the Company and hope they enjoy their tours. We say farewell to Lance Corporal Shaughnessy on posting and Private Baker on discharge and wish them luck. Nothing of note from Headquarters Company—or the ever popular ' D ' Company! Central Ordnance Depot Chiiwell HIGHLIGHT of the month has been the Annual Report on the Unit carried out by GOC Eastern District, Major General R. E. J. Gerrard-Wright CBE. On arrival at Chilwell, the GOC was met by Brigadier Berragan. He then in- spected a Ceremonial Barrack Guard com- w s^i ?? if manded by Sergeant Berrill. In addressing ^ ^ / ' A // 'he guard, the GOC commended them on ^^^=z*s=^yr the extremely high standard of turnout. I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ am reliably informed that the sigh of relief ^"""""^ from WOl Hendry and W02 Gumbs was mistaken for the sound of Concorde flying past. The GOC was then briefed by Lieutenant Colonel Evans, the Commanding Officer Troops, and Major Lawton, on the unit's shadow company role. &&4 8 Field Force w^ " WHO is the new clerk "? The cry rang out ^fctefcj,^ throughout the Headquarters. Officers were Bj M I T ^ ^ stopped in their tracks and stood aside to let • I S s B ^ ^ ^ ' ' n ' m p a s s ' Could it be? "No, it's not possible" U~£jl&^^ two staff officers were heard to say. The W0^^ Superintending Clerk stared in amazement, | it was true, this soldier that stood in front of him, boots bulled, trousers pressed and with a smart hair cut was indeed Lance Corporal Pete Conner on his return from an RPC Course at Blackdown. Well done the Depot, what you have achieved has driven many men before you to the brink of suicide. Well done Pete in passing the course we look forward to seeing your report. Corporal Terry McGovern and Private Tony Haimes are both involved in driver training at the moment. There have been no major traffic accidents in the Garrison so we can only assume they are doing well. Sergeant Malcolm Lawrence, our Chief Clerk AQ, is attend- ing a TWI Office Supervision Course at Bicester. He hopes to return to a Posting Order which will carry him off to warmer climates, or to at least some LOA. Also awaiting a posting order is Captain Mike Lewington also expecting a move to the land of plenty. We welcome Private Greg Munro who joins us from the Depot. Bicester 16 BATTALION THE Battalion is at present going through another quiet month, with only the basketball competition arousing any real points of dispute. Company news is as follows. 'A' COMPANY. Corporal Tony Masham our company clerk has deserted the fold this month to attend his BI upgrading (successfully we are informed) and to follow it up with a long leave. His shoes have been ably filled (nearly) by W/Private Sue Latus who joins us for a short spell to cover the gap. The company office must be doing something right as we seem to have more visitors lately and it's certainly not CSM Tommy Flowers they come to see; maybe it's his dog Sheba. Sheba has unfortunately been charged recently for watering Captain Chris Hillier's desk leg and was awarded a fine of ten tins of Pal. The emphasis this month is on shooting as the ones that nearly got away are being caught for their Annual Personal Weapons Tests. The CSM is not too sure we should have caught them. We have decided not to mention the current — 372 A testing time for the Barrack Guard. During his inspection of the unit, the GOC visited printing branch where he saw copies of the Colchester Garrison Herald being printed under the eagle eye of Mr John Cross. Visits were also made to the Railway Detachment, the Families Health and Welfare Centre and the MRS. The GOC had expressed a desire to see what military train- ing the young soldiers at the Depot took part in. He there- fore visited a test period organised by Major Thompson, the OC Troops. By means of the use of a lot of ' cam cream' and imagination, an area of wood to the rear of the married quarters was transformed into a wood ' somewhere in Germany' — |
| Book number | R0404a |