RAOC Gazette - page 120
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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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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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A 3rd Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS RAOC WE held a branch drinks and games evening in a local Gastatte, prior to which the SNCOs were entertained by the CRAOC and his wife. During the games evening many of the husbands were sur- prised at how quickly their wives picked up the dominoes game of fives and threes, VV02 Sam Bartram admitted to having been beaten three games in a row by his wife Gillian! Our Chief Glerk W02 Danny Danvers brought along a game called ' Caroom,' which nobody had ever heard of or played before, and remained champion until coming up against his wife Eileen in the latter stages of the evening. The CRAOC quickly latched on to how well the wives were doing at fives and threes and with Mrs Jan Skeates as a partner challenged his DOWOs to a game which he and his partner won but lost on a technicality (not pegging out in the exact number)—DOWOs read more than Mat Regs! We also recently welcomed Sergeant Colin Wykes to the Corps on transfer from 1 DWR. Sergeant Colin Wykos ex 1 DWR (Centre) is welcomed into the Corps by WOT Rick Williams. WOl John Davy, WOl Sid Noble and W02 Sam Bartram. AQ STAFF CLERKS WELL it's about time we had a mention again up here at this end of the corridor. We welcome this month to our branch Lance Corporal John Brown and hope his stay here is a happy one. as long as he can retain his sanity he should survive. Well after much prompting we feel we ought to mention the ladies who help make things run very smoothly—without them work would grind to a halt—they manage to keep on top of all the typing we put in their overflowing tray without so much as a murmur. Keep up the good work ladies! Such a bevvy of beauties—we can hardly keep our minds on our work. Firstly our highly competent Mary Jones, who we shall sadly miss when she leaves in April, then our Thespian member of staff, our legal clerk Margaret Holland. Not forgetting our over-worked, talented part-timer Pauline Goslyn, and glamourous and vivacious Kathy Woollcy who works on the ' Q ' side of things along with ' Turd Armoured Division ' Gudrun. We arc very lucky to have an excellent Divisional Inter- preter ' Gutcn Tag—Instant German ' Hcrr Ray Ncundorf who always manages to cone with the most difficult of translations— keep up the good work Ray and three cheers from us all. Our Chief Clerk W02 Eddie Mayes can be seen in his office with a puzzled expression on his face, but he swears he's not planning his next leave. Sergeant Glynn Davies seems to glow with happiness every day (and we know he's not pregnant), it must have something to do with his posting to SHAPE. Our own magician Meaty Lance Corporal Dave Maxwell dis- appeared sometime in early December muttering something about RPC2, anyway congratulations on passing Meaty and we hope you enjoyed your ski-ing in Zwiescl. Corporal John Dixon is away at present somewhere on leave (something which happens very frequently—always thought we were entitled to six weeks priv leave not ten!) Hope you don't forget to wear a woolly cap John to cover the thin patch! Our mad Welshmen Lance Corporals Allen Jones and John Groom arc not very good — at pretending to be holding the fort. They have been sighted by the local Intelligence Section on several occasions sneaking out at the ridiculous hour of sixteen thirty with a genuine look of disbelief on their faces. They have also been seen being chased by a dog foaming at the mouth—one day with a bit of luck it might catch them! ORDNANCE COMPANY THE OC recently presented the Drambuie Cup—an award presented by Sergeant Bill Stent on his retirement, given annually to the young sportsman of the year. It was to Lance Corporal Robertson who not only is the Unit PTT, but has represented the Corps at football throughout the year. The Unit ski team, led by Lieutenants Brownlee and Morrison, has just returned from two weeks preparation for the Div Ski Championships at the RAOC ski hut. Congratulations to Corporal Shaw who has represented the Corps at rugby this month. This month has been a welcome one for three members of the Unit who have been promoted. Congratulations to Staff Sergeants Connors and Ludlow and Sergeant Martin, also to Sergeant Carr who has been posted in. 86 SUPPLY DEPOT OUR sincere congratulations go to our previous Chief Clerk (Administration) Sergeant Barry Humphrey, who was awarded the BEM in the New Years Honours List. Barry earned his BEM while serving with this Depot and we wish him, and his family, the very best of good fortune for the future. A little bird tells us that our OC, Major Charles Mclnnes, is likely to become a grandfather around about July this year. We fear for anyone with the temerity to call him ' Grandad.' Speaking of temerity, our Second-in-Command, Captain Tony Hitchings, recently provided the OC with his programme of courses and training for 1980. It would appear that we will be deprived of his services for the greater part of the year. We were under the impression that a Kiwi was a wingless bird? Due to our notes for a previous issue of THE GAZETTE being lost in the post, we have to belatedly welcome Staff Sergeant Ron Anderson and his wife Mavis, Sergeant Keith Browcll and his wife Gladys, Sergeant Roy Lancaster and his wife Maureen and Corporal Ron Wilson and his wife Marion. All four families are now happily ensconced in quarters. Also, welcome to Miss Debbie Jang in our Indents Office. STORES SECTION DIVISIONAL ENGINEER REGIMENT WORKSHOP OUR No. 1 Supply Specialist, Sergeant ' Taff' Rowles, who somehow manages to work on sports afternoons and do sport when everyone else is working, is still ' plodding' away on his cross country' running. His second-in-command, Corporal Martin Bauld, who is rather partial to the warmth of indoor work, has taken it upon himself to relocate stores that should go on the ten tonncrs outside, to a more suitable location of one of the binners inside. We are now considering renumbering all our binners with the same bin number. Well done Martin! ! Private 'Ritchie' Richardson, our one and only official driver, has just returned from a holiday which was free of charge and has stated he has no intention of going back again. It would appear the room service was not up to five star standard; no one cleaned his boots when he put them outside his room at night! If you want to visit the nerve centre of our abode, come in out of the cold and meet our Chief Clerk, Corporal Chris Moore who, in an office move round has been moved to a more vulnerable position; the Boss can now watch him work- ing? ! instead of dreaming about all the extra LOA he is going to get from the singlies. Lance Corporal Mick Lowrie has just returned from his second tour of Northern Ireland and is rather upset because he has failed to get an eighteen months tour there, we wonder why? ! Our senior Private Clerk, Jim Latham, is still keeping the single lads in coffee and we all want to know when he is going to stop fumigating the office with his pipe. Private Jock Symon, who buys just about every NAAFI break for Mick Lowrie, is wondering who is going to write his confidential report; if you want my opinion he is buying the wrong person the NAAFI breaks. Our Boss, W02 Bruce Legg has a new name with the Regiment, it is something to do with the Mafia, or so the TQM, Captain Dec seems to believe, as he acquires things that he cannot seem to get hold of. POST YOUR COPY TO REACH THE EDITOR BY THE END OF EACH MONTH 325 — |
| Book number | R0403a |