RAOC Gazette - page 25
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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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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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South West District RESETTLEMENT is in the air with one or two of our officers scanning the Resettle- ment Bulletins. Major Reg Frisby has just completed his Bricks and Mortar Course— best course he has ever had he says. Odd he was runner-up for the Ragltn Trowel awarded to the student ¥ who benefitted most from the Course'! Our ROWO, W 2 Jim Sharrock, is off to Bangkok next year with his wife Margaret as his reward for organising the winning team of the Swan National Squash Competition- Congratulations. Captain Stephen Monk, the S03 S Man, has returned from an E Man Course for a few weeks prior to going to J DSC. He is playing Simple Simon in the Larkhill Panto this year. We have asked AG9 to annotate the post of S03 S Man SWDIST as * an officer possessing the qualities of Alec Guiness,' as you will all remember his predecessor Major Lawrence Wood was also involved in the Larkhill Amateur Dramatic Society—winners of the 1981 UK Army Drama Festival. Mrs Kalhie Rand, one of our S Man Clerks, spent a lovely day recently at Buckingham Palace. Her husband (Lieutenant Colonel K. J. Rand ACC) was attending an Investiture to receive the OBE, We believe we saw her on the ' t e l e ' next to Sir Harry Secombe. We are pleased to welcome Mrs Christine Andrews to the S Man team. Since her arrival our Regulations have been so thoroughly amended that we can now boast an up to date set of manuals, STORES PLATOON 10 FIELD WORKSHOP STAFF SERGEANT STEEN has left for far off Kineton and is replaced by Staff Sergeant Goodrum who has settled in well and enjoys the farewell parties we have had. On the sporting scene Lance Corporal Barraclough recently took part in the Devizes Carnival Marathon and we are pleased to say he completed the full twenty six miles three hundred and eighty five yards, * Don't forget the three hundred and eighty five yards," his words—not mine. Naturally we were all broke having sponsored him. All monies went to the Devizes Charities Appeal. Well done. Lance Corporal Horn has been recognised for his goal keeping talents by the Corps and our congratulations go to him. Private Tierney is hoping to follow in the same steps shortly. The OC continues to keep the rugby players working—all we need now is the results to match the work. By the time this article appears Mrs Pattison, Lance Corporal Barraclough and OC will be serving in Germany and Miss Donna Stevenson to RAF Wittering. Our good wishes go with them. Our new OC is to be Captain Lear from the Supply Depot Bulford. We wish him a successful tour. In addition to a minimum of twelve hours training p e r day we carried out our full tech role at night, receiving and handling one thousand five hundred demands during our evening opening hours. Well done the tech stalwarts, who had some- thing to take their minds off aching feet each night. The Mobile Bath Unit was in the capable hands of Lance Corporals Cameron and Trudgian. Corporal Barry Holloway set up his stall for sweets and tea, and was seen relieving grateful infanteers of their pocket money in return for goodies. The March and Shoot came but unfortunately, Lieutenant Andy Whttcley's Platoon did not win as we had hoped (he thinks that they peaked early). Heiiborne dawn attacks on heavily defended bridges are now a company speciality, if iu doubt ask 2 Queens! The highlight of the exercise was the part devoted to escape and evasion. The company was commanded at JNCO level with Corporal Bennion acting as the OC, Officers and Senior Ranks were turfed out of their beds in the early hours of the morning and twenty four hours of pain over up to forty kilometres ensued. It was interesting to watch the different styles adopted by the escapers. A certain RQMS (Alan Proudlove) was seen jumping in and out of taxis. Captain Nick Whale and Staff Sergeant Paul Sutterby with Sergeant Chris Davies leapt into a swamp in their efforts to escape. Meantime Captain Maurice Palmer and Second Lieutenant Ian Wallwork were in the more tactical mode, apparently a certain Subaltern pays highly for chocolate bars! Congratulations to Captain Maurice Palmer our AO who captained the RAOC Badminton Team who won the Army Inter Corps Competition at Worthy Down, We say farewell to our Chief Clerk Staff Sergeant Steve Morgans who leaves us for Norway, and also to Lance Corporal Simpson on posting to 3 BAD. Welcome to Staff Sergeants Mick Shaw, Rab Pender, Privates Brown (again), Hill, Thomson, Toplis, and Scott. SUPPLY DEPOT BULFORD THESE last weeks have seen the Depot thronged with PSA contractors, who are completely re-tiling the four storehouses and repainting the bakery. CRAOC, Colonel Harverson visited and whilst nimbly avoiding falling slates, saw all departments including out ammunition compound at Tidworth. Sergeant Brian Taylor our Master Butcher has moved his family into private accommodation at Cleethorpes by the Sea (a stones throw we hear!); most Friday evenings, duties permitting, he sets a course of NNE with grim determination, Corporal Taff Humphreys, our other butcher, is gleefully anticipating his sunshine tour in Belize, whilst Private Jim Strang is digging out his winter woollies in readiness for Exercise Knees Bend in his native Scotland. 7 Field Force ORDNANCE COMPANY WE have now returned to Barracks from the Force Concentration held this year in ' sunny ' Otterburn and a hectic time was had by all. Although the main aim was to win the G O C s March and Shoot, to this end the two Platoon Commanders, Lieu- tenant Andy Whiteley and Second Lieu- tenant Ian Wallwork, beasred their platoons over the boggy border hills and to obtain valuable military skills training. — 296 Headquarters Scotland (Army) IT only seems a few days since I sat down to write last months notes. Little of note has happened, we've played some golf, done a few inspections, coped with masses of paperwork, girded our loins in preparation to teach soldiers about tankers and then ungirded them again and generally had a normal working month. We had a visit by WOl Andaloro of the RAAOC, while here he learned some new words, eg Glenmorangie, Glen Livet, Talisker, Laphroig. He has departed for home bearing a new * dictionary' for his friends to taste. Some members of DC and T ventured over the border to see why the new No. 1 Dress Jacket for the Scottish Infantry didn't fit. We have convinced them it isn't the Jocks that are the wrong shape—after all a size five jacket ought to be the same size and colour no matter which firm makes it or which day it was made on! STORES SECT/ON RA RANGE HEBRIDES I T S about time we sent off some more GAZETTE notes we thought so fc that the rest of the RAOC would not forget us out here in the Wild Atlantic West; We are all bearing up under the strain of bad weather—rain, wind, rain . . . and short daylight ho urs and looking forward to Red Cross parcels and spring. There has been plenty of work on within the Stores Section. We have receipted our new OC Captain Nigel Banks from Northern Ireland although we are having problems locating him! We say goodbye and good luck to Captain Sam Slade and his wife Collina who have departed for Plymouth, W02 Dave McCarthy and family are well settled in now and have become keen fishers to such an extent they have a boat in the QM Stores awaiting fine weather or a flood, whichever comes first. Staff Sergeant George Robinson his wife Flo and familv have left us and taken up residence in Antwerp. We hope afl goes well for them in their new posting. Sergeant Norman Coom is preparing to leave us for Canada and has been scribbling down handover notes for about a week and blowing the circuits on his calculator working out LOA rates. Corporal Paul Trent has left and will be soaking up the sun in Cyprus now. His relief Corporal Seb Paterson, family and ferret are settled in, the ferret particularly enjoying the Hebridean diet of fresh rabbit and storemans leg! |
| Book number | R0250a |