RAOC Gazette - page 32
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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up some respectable scores, notably in the Chairman's Cup League which we currently lead. We also congratulate Sergeant Crabbe on promotion to Staff Sergeant and Staff Sergeant Kersley to W02. And finally we welcome our new arrivals, Sergeants Pearce and O'Toole as well as saying farewell to Staff Sergeants Berry and Cork. FORWARD ORDNANCE DEPOT DULMEN ANOTHER busy month for the Depot, although with the despatch by Chinook and Wessex of the last load of stores for Exercise Red Gauntlet, the noise level has returned to normal. The Staff Band held a very successful and highly acclaimed concert for an Anglo-German audience in the town. The evening was opened by the CO who presented a cheque for DM5,000 to the Burgermeister. The money, half of the profits from the recent Kaiserschutzenfest, will be used for a local charity. The other half has been donated to the RAOC Aid Society. The cross country team—now managed by Major Wright as Captain Jelly has now left us for the Apprentices College, continues to be successful and has just retained the Army Minor Units Relay Championships for the second successive year. Corporal Mick Binks has recently been selected for the Army Cross Country Team and has retained the Rhine Area Individual Championship. New arrivals are: Captain Parsons and Captain Evans RAPC, W02 Simpson, Corporal Bousfield and Privates Blyth, Howes and Jennings. Departures: Captain Jelly, WOs2 Lear and Hall, Sergeant i Foster, Corporal King, Lance Corporals Goodall, Stinthorp on i Operation Banner, Walsh, Wooley to Belize, Privates Rodden ' and Singh. i Lance Corporal (again) Campbell has left us for a rest in the Emerald Isle with 321 EOD. The following are to be congratulated on being provisionally selected for substantive promotion to Lance Corporal: A/Lance Corporal Gallacher, Privates O'Hara and Ellison. We say farewell to Corporal John Howard who is off to the sunny climes of Kineton and to welcome Sergeant Rob Cunningham-Norton. Footnote: If you should ever meet CSM Tod Slaughter on your travels ask him what he got from the typing pool for his birthday! Forward V e h i c l e D e p o t Recklinghausen AT long last, the TA Pool season has ended and we are now rounding up our stocks. The operation of the Pool for the first time, has been a daunting task for the Depot and kept everyone extremely active. We have also had more than our fair share of Inspections over the past month. The calm and tranquil atmosphere was shattered with the arrival of Messrs Underhill and Woodliffe from CVHQ to undertake our Specialist Inspection. The request from a member of the team to borrow the OCs coveralls (for which he had to sign!) indicated their earnestness. With the Annual Technical Inspection of the Workshops, inspections of Arms, radios, security, mobilisation presentations and the like, we now hope (and what a hope) for a relatively quiet period. Our more senior visitors have included COSLOG, COS BAOR, The DOS and Col Org and Plans. We rounded off November with an Anglo German cock- tail party and band concert given by the Staff Band. An interesting sideline to this event was that the Administration Officer locked himself in the Rathaus, subsequently attempted to get out via a toilet window and was promptly arrested by the German Civil Police! ! Our photograph shows Staff Sergeant Simpson being presented with the British Empire Medal by the British Ambassador at Bonn. Staff Sergeant Simpson now leaves us on promotion to W02 to FOD Dulmen. We also say farewell to Captain Taylor and welcome Captain Graham and Staff Sergeant Cairns. 1st British Corps . ^ ^ f^L ^f ^L ^ £ ^ ^ ^ ^ B J^J ^ B ^m ^ ^ ^ ^F Staff Sergeant Simpson is presented with the British Empire Medal by the British Ambassador at Bonn. Staff Simpson is by now a W 2 at Dulmen. 1 5 4 Forward A m m u n i t i o n D e p o t AGAIN the cold spell is upon us but this does not deter the visitor. At this moment in time the DOS is being taken around the Depot by the CO to observe the Depot outloading pro- cedures. The purpose of the visit was to enable the DOS to have an update of our mobilisation procedures. The Technical Inspection is over and done with for another year, as is the DLSA Specialist Inspection. Both of these inspections went well as did the SA and MG Inspection. The biggie is on 18th March 1980 when the ARU takes place. Our MT has been plagued by gremlins. Lieutenant Colonel Lane our CO has to use a pogo stick! To cap this when the DOS arrived at the helicopter landing pad, the Morris 1800 kindly lent to us by the FVD Recklinghausen wouldn't start. Still never mind Bill, we hope it'll all come out in the wash. STAFF CLERKS BY the time these notes are published, we shall be into the New Year and would like to wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year to the Editor and Staff of THE GAZETTE and to all RAOC personnel past and present PAs Corner: Congratulations to W02 Paul Blaber on his promotion, as yet there have been no loud noises from his office demanding a post- ing, could it be that car is not yet old enough for UK? W02 Mark Cockram although not yet back in harness in the Commander's branch, can be seen ' exercising' around Bielefeld. He says he can no longer take the dog with him as it holds him back, the dog I mean. Well done, Mark and keep up the good work. G Ops. Congratulations to Lance Corporal Stewart Mac- Donald on his promotion. GSD. We bid farewell to Lance Corporal Tony Mackey of GSD 2 and wish him well on his posting to Hong Kong and congratulations on his promotion when he arrives. There are whispers along the G Branch corridor that a certain Chief Clerk could be going back to the world of ' PA-ing'!! More on this subject in next month's notes. G Intelligence and Survey. Corporal Jim Shanks has left us for the world of NATO on posting to AFCENT. We welcome Corpoial Gary Middleton from the UPRO just along the road at Headquarters Regiment. Congratulations to Private Steve Donoghue on passing his driving test, but watch out you other road users. Supervising Office. We have said farewell to the Assistant Supervising Officer, WOl Alan Robinson, and wish him well on his posting to the MOD, for his last six months. In his place we welcome WOl Charlie Charlesworth who has joined us on promotion from Army Legal Aid half a mile away. What no disturbance allowance Charlie! AQ Operations, that hitherto unknown quantity of Head- quarters 1st British Corps, is at long last getting a mention in THE GAZETTE. We say farewell to Corporal John Lehmann on posting to 22 SAS—John, can we take the sand out of your rucksack before we despatch it? and welcome to the fold; Captain David — 257 —- |
| Book number | R0403a |