RAOC Gazette - page 207
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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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Departures this month arc Staff Sergeant Bill Gregory, Corporal Dave Walker and Sergeant Scousc Molloy to whom we extend our gratitude for their efforts with the unit. W u l f e n Station V>j(V WE arc delighted to report that- the long >^B^)\ awaited opening of the Station Amenities 1 jg^vj|R|tt Centre finally took place, when Mrs j£W!*K^P» Mary Whallcy, the wife of DOS (BAOR), ^^T.^.y^^tti declared the building open before a large "^^^j^^mnML audience of station wives and assorted ^dffKnUM military personnel, all in search of (he j^mUU&nfuf ' free cuppa.' Unfortunately, the official Mfj^flitHtP photographers film failed to function, ^MflMp^ however a suitably inscribed plaque ' T»" records the event. The visit of the DOS and Mrs Whallcy was closely followed by that of the Vice Quartermaster General, Major General Thome, who found time in a hectic programme conducted at breakneck speed, to present Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to three members of the Sergeants Mess, Sergeants Geordie Fielding, Alex Kelly and Edward Robinson. Subsequent festivities lasted well into the night. The local social event of the year was undoubtedly the marriage in St Barbara's School, of Corporal Michael Cuthbert of the ATO department and Miss Julie Gilmartin, daughter of that station stalwart, Sergeant Tom Gilmartin. The station turned out in force, both for the service and afterwards in the Sergeants Mess for the reception and party. Sergeant Gilmartin, in what was to be his final fling before posting to Kineton, pulled out all the stops and stage managed an event that was worthy of his reputation as the unit ' fixer.' Both he and his wife Edie, will be missed by the Station and in particular, by St Barbara's School. The station sports scene is looking good at present, with the soccer team, after a lean spell, consolidating their position at the top of the Rhine Area League. The hockey team have also recorded some notable wins but the cross country team are, alas, still running. INVENTORY CONTROL POINT. Congratulations go out to Corporals Liz Smart, Gail Larcom and Chris Frost of the ADP Cell on their promotion and also to Lance Corporal Tracy Bowles. Tracy is the soft voice many of our readers will hear when phoning through Priority Indents. As to whether this new found power will result in her rejecting indents, only time will tell. Corporal Lez Law and Corporal, now Sergeant Jon Lovcll have been replaced in the Issues Cell by Corporal John Grice and Corporal Mark Foreman. Sergeant Maggi Devlin WRAC found she could not keep away from Vierscn and after an absence of only one year is back again. She has been given the task of sorting out the back loading procedures with the help of Lance Corporal Sharon Conyon. ICP has been suffering a high degree of injuries and sickness recently with Captain Harry Jones. Mr Keith Jeffreys, Staff Sergeant Cass Clayton and Sergeant Phil Bushnell all in and, happily out of hospital. Three of the four suffering from damaged legs on the sports field. Could it be that bones become brittle as one gets older? Most of the wives of ICP staff have been treated to coffee mornings with Mrs Sally Gill—how she managed to keep a level head with the chatter of women, the running around of pre- school age children, dogs and her guinea pigs is anyones guess. Staff Sergeant Pete Marsh, the ICP Greyhound is under- going intensive training at present preparing himself for the Interservice Marathon this month. FORWARD ORDNANCE DEPOT DULMEN STORES SUB-DEPOT. Another busy month has passed for the SSD. Whilst Lance Corporals Bostock and Robinson and Privates Weaving, Tinkler, Walker and Tippen. have been pass- ing their RPC2 course, the rest of the ' gang' have been beaver- ing away processing our forty thousand monthly issues. The ' 2IC' returned from his English—Irish course (see last GAZETTE) but promptly left again to join Wintex and broaden his know- ledge even further. Sergeants Sebburn and Legg have also been qualifying as QTOs and Private Walker is shortly to attend a Vehicle Specialist course. We would like to welcome Corporal Punchard and his family, and Mrs Smith to the fold. Mrs Smith, catcher of the ' silver burglers' (see March GAZETTE) has come to join the ' Dulmen Dollies' of Building 2 (someone has called them the Tantilising Ten), and we hope that packing cartons and Jiffy bags will come as a light relief after looking after her husband, W02 Smith of the MSSD. FVD Recklinghausen THE FVD Dct Hildcsheim is now functioning. NCO IC is Staff Sergeant Paul Farrelly whose face has brightened up our R and I office for the past two years and Corporal Allen Stevens, after a short stay with us here at Recklinghausen will also be per- manently detached. MOBILISATION STORES SUB-DEPOT. We have two people away on Snow Queen, WOl Pat Moore (it makes a change from running) and Sergeant Ian Davies (it just makes a change). Private Geordie Parker has decided to become the fourth Musketeer and is at present doing a fencing course. Lance Corporal Roger Moody has just passed his B3 clerks course and is employed in Mob C and A. Speaking of C and A we had the great ceremony recently of the laying of the first brick in the New Office Complex in Shed Twelve, this will become the heart of Mob. This should be the end of the moving of the Offices, but the clerks are planning an escape, so watch for the next instalment. LOANS AND REPAIR SUB-DEPOT. Rumour has it that the OC (Major Cowan) is getting posting happy—not long to go now Sir. Sergeant Nobby Clark has finally left us—work that is, and is on leave prior to going back to the delights of UK on promotion. It has finally been decided that Corporal Chris McKinnon is not going anywhere until August at least—see last months notes. Sergeant Rick Osborne is trying vainly to learn Chinese as he has just learned where his next posting is—lucky devil. Staff Sergeant John Smith is back to work after his EPC(A) course and due to him being PEC of the Sergeants Mess we see less of him now than we did when he was on his course. Now that the snow has finally left us for good (we hope) Corporals Taff Woolley and Taff Bannister are extremely busy trying to organise rugby fixtures for the Unit team. Mean- while screams can be heard drifting from the Unit drill square as Lance Corporal Jones and Private Murray are put through their paces on their RPC2 course, but more about that next month. — The V Q M G being met by Major Braithwaite at Recklinghausen. It is not true that FVD personnel have switched to combat caps as berets are now available from Staff Sergeant George Cairns our CQMS (Private Revill take note). Captain Haywards dog ' Rags' is dearly looking forward to his owners return from leave, because six miles a day is a bit too much when your legs are only nine inches long even though he has four. So if your owner goes on leave or on a course and you are the lazy type of dog don't stay with our OC, Major Braith- waite, who is a self confessed runaholic. On the sporting scene the unit provides many members of the Wulfen Station sporting front at Football (currently top of the North Rhine Area soccer league), cross country, rugby (when they can get a fixture) and hockey. The unit squash team, Sergeant Tim Murphy, Corporals Maxy Bonsu, John McGonagle 414 — |
| Book number | R0404a |