RAOC Gazette - page 136
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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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Private Major C. E. McLaren. man of the POL Section. His knowledge of his subject is immense and he was widely known, not only in the Army, but in the petroleum industry, where he was respected for the breadth and depth of this knowledge and was constantly being consulted. To mark his retirement a farewell lunch held in the LE(A) Mess at Andover was attended by thirty five of Mac's close associates past and present; these included some twelve executives from the major oil companies who had known and worked closely with Mac over the years. PI Officers and associates world-wide had contributed to a presentation, which was made by Colonel A. J. Newnham. Colonel Ord 2, in recognition of Mac's total service of forty six years with the Army. We wish Mac and his wife all happiness and good fortune in his retirement. PLAIN Linda Jordan sitting p r e t t y — t h e float looks good too! As for Carnival itself, the Unit entry was one of sixty floats but there were also many groups on foot, and a large number of bands. The procession lasted three hours and was seen by no less than one hundred and twenty thousand cheering spectators. The German Press estimated that the overall cost to Moenchengladbach was about £1,000,000, and that eighty tons of sweets were thrown to the crowd. Was the aim achieved? Well we were given wide pictorial coverage by the local and National Press and even appeared on TV News. To quote a National Newspaper: The Public were particularly delighted by the unusual appearance of the British Army in the Procession Fathers', Mothers' and Children's hearts were warmed by the British girls with the Scottish look\ The Rheinische Post showed a picture with the caption The high spot of the procession: The British Float. Well done Viersen. ENGLISH THIS months literary award presented by Combat Supplies Battalion goes to a certain Headquarters (not RAOC) in BAOR which, in a letter on courses of instruction, included the follow- ing mind-boggling sentence: "Students who complete the course will be returned to Units on completion of the course." Oh, Milton thou shouldst be here, England hath need of thee. CARNIVAL TIME IN GERMANY ANYONE who has ever been stationed in Rhineland will know what happens in the period just before Lent. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Rees, who commands Ordnance Depot Viersen, said one day, In all the years we have been here, we have never taken part in Carnival. The Germans must think us very stand-offish. We ought to join in, the Belgian and Dutch Forces always do. Let's enter our own Unit Float, I am sure it will be good for Anglo German relations. The Second-in-Command, Major Andy Dunn, an aspiring sculptor, was tasked with design and construction. The theme this year was a serious one—Save Energy—but of course, Carnival is far from serious so the idea was to have a model of a man sitting in a bath holding a bottle of whisky, with a slogan in German, reading // the water is cold—heat up the inner man. Major Dunn took some local leave and started to hunt around for an assortment of scrap materials. Using chicken wire, canvas, woodwool polystyrene and plaster of pan's, he built the model, which, mounted on a trailer, stood four metres high. Major David Hatton was in charge of the overall organisa- tion and of finding an escort of girls from his WRAC Staff to ride on the trailer. Naturally, the girls asked What are we going to wear"! A hybrid uniform was duly invented consisting of home made tunics of scarlet material, embellished with gold lines, borrowed from the RHA, regulation WRAC badminton skirts, and topped off by Glengarry bonnets, lent by the Royal Highland Fusiliers! — Lieutenant Colonel Tony Rees invites Colonel Edwards to review the troops. W e l l worth a second look. Left to right: Corporal Susan. M c H a l e , Private Linda Jordan, Private June Smart, Lance Corporal Martine Smith, Private Jeannie Stewart. NEW CHAPLAIN GENERAL THE Reverend W. F. Johnston, MA, is to be appointed the new Chaplain General to the Forces. He will assume the appointment on 1st July, 1980, in succession to the Venerable Archdeacon Peter Mallett who is to retire. 337 — |
| Book number | R0403a |