RAOC Gazette - page 71
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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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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J5tto3 from &broab Headquarters BAOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN SHIRCL1FF has now vacated the AQMG S Man chair and has moved up the road to ICP Viersen. On the afternoon of his departure the whole of the Directorate was given the afternoon off to make way for a Rentokil squad. Lieutenant Colonel Shircliff wishes it to be known that the fumigation was a routine one to keep down cockroaches and that it was pure coincidence that it took place that day! Lieutenant Colonel Mike Mathams is now in charge of our S Man Branch. During the month we have dined out Colonel Mike Cosgrove, Captain Malcolm Ingram, Captain Chris Graham, WOl Roger Crisp and Staff Sergeant Lever. We wish them well in their new jobs. Colonel Harry Brown has taken over Organisation and Plans Branch right in the middle of our pre- Christmas social whirl—a good time to single out the clowns among us! Major John Deane, our RO financial adviser in food and fuel, has returned to work after three weeks in hospital in Woolwich, after having a new hip installed. All his old friends will be glad to know that his bionic replacement is a great success. The agile Ordnance minds and bodies available to the Rhinos Rugby Club disprove the suggestion that one needs to be slow-witted or cumbersome to be a pachyderm. Also un- worthy are thoughts that the Chairman of the Club, Brigadier Peter Crawley, motivates these efforts. Staff Sergeant Keith Fowler is Match Secretary and still makes occasional appear- ances on the field. The First XV includes Sergeant Paul Arnold, Staff Sergeant Bob Bate, Corporal Monty Montgomery and Corporal Mick Brown. The photo shows the team before their win against RAF Wildenrath. Standing, from left, are Corporals Pete Hughes, Ron Mansfield and fifth from left is Major Derek Lance; kneeling, second and third from left are Staff Sergeant Mick Hughes and Corporal Roger King. Extreme right is Corporal Alan Fitzpatrick. As I write, Ord Directorate Christmas activities are in full swing. An All Ranks dance, superbly organised by SSM Ron Thornton, was held in the Rheindahlen rooms and the traditional exchange entertainments between Messes have taken place. Your reporter must get these notes in the post before the next party which is imminent t Ammunition Inspectorate BAOR THIS month saw the departure of WOl Pete Dandy to the UK and sunny Didcot, his final posting before leaving the Service. He was duly wined-out in the Duck and Shovel and presented with an engraved pair of goblets to remind him of his happy tour in BAOR. We hope his ailing Hiliman made it to the ferry! Courses occupied the majority of the Unit with Corporals Craig, Coventry and Scullion doing brass monkey impersonations on an RAC SOAP AT course at Hohne Ranges. Captain Harry Vaughan and Staff Sergeant Jim Howe returned triumphant from separate courses at the Institute of Naval Medicine to become the Unit Radiation Safety Officer and Competent Person respectively, although bemused by Naval terminology. Apparently 'heads' is something you put 'tails' on. We welcome in this festive season WOl Dave Williams on promotion from Fargo Compound, Larkhill, to replace SAT Coord. We are now on our way to a complete set of Williams, with a Major, Captain, WOl and Private. All that remains to be said is a Happy New Year to all our readers. The Rhinos Rugby Club 1st XV. Ordnance Depot Antwerp OUR receipls work-load, which is one of our major activities and which is very much governed by the frequency with which LSLs arrive from Marchwood, has recently been spasmodic. Engine troubles caused the cancellation of several sailings, but things happened with a rush in the few days before Christmas so that at the time of writing Olen resembles one of those car parking areas at Dagenham or Cowley. Our monthly winter training afternoons have continued. December's topic was Road Safety; we had lecturers from Rhine Area's Master Driver and visiting RMP staff. Un- fortunately Sergeant Steve Smith could not attend—and shortly afterwards learned the hard way about giving way to the right in Belgium. On the sporting front, the rugby team was drawn against 14 Topographical Squadron RE in the BAOR Minor Units Cup. Having narrowly lost to them in the Rhine Area cup final, we hoped for better things this time. Alas! it was not to be, though as a spectator I'm sure we would do better if some of the younger members of the team tackled with the deter- mination of ' oldies' Staff Sergeant Trevor Smith and QMSI Gordon Young. The Unit soccer team has had little luck: in their most recent game they were leading three nil with twenty minutes to go, only to lose five three. The hockey team beat SHAPE in a friendly match, two one, even though (because?) we gave them Corporal Jim Kilby as they had arrived a player short. The inevitable and various Christmas parties have been a feature of the month. The wives club started things off with their annual dinner. The Committee member's husbands, in appropriate rig, acted as waiters to one hundred and thirty ladies (over ninety per cent of the Station's wives), in what was a really successful occasion. Similarly enjoyable for those who attended was the Sergeants Mess draw. Among the winners of the more glamourous prizes were WOl Jim Shea, Staff Sergeant Paul Fyzool, Sergeant Ram Ramlu and the CO. The living-in junior ranks were next in line. Each was able to invite as a guest a married ' pad,' and all enjoyed an- other of Staff Sergeant Terry Stewart's splendid meals. Waiter service was provided by, among others, the Commander of BFA Colonel Thursby-Pelham, Father D'Hoine, and RSM Taylor. This month we have said goodbye to W02 Eddie Wilson on posting to ACIO Glasgow, and to Privates Nevison and Woodroffe on discharge. We welcome Sergeant Mel Sherry from Blackdown, Sergeant Bob Hood from Belize and Corporal John Justin (welcome back) from Ashchurch. — 290 — |
| Book number | R0403a |