RAOC Gazette - page 194
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In the meantime W01 Eddie Bullock has been teaching his protege, W02 Jim Hargate. all about the UK.LF modernisa- tion game. Their travels have taken them all over the south and as far afield as Wales. Not to be forgotten WOI Dick Cheesman has been the ' guest" of Lieutenant Colonel Stark at the Employment Training School and we thought the good Colonel had left us in peace! Ashford Station WE have said goodbye to WOI Clivc Walch and Staff Sergeant Graham Creighton. New arrivals are W02 Brian Shaw who assumes the appointment of Chief Clerk Headquarters In- telligence Corps Centre and Staff Sergeant Mike Swift It appears that life outside the OSU has been reasonably quiet over the past few months whilst in the OSU, the six temporarily attached ex-Apprentices have been busy with an out loading programme of furniture to 7 MU RAF. removal of very' elderly partitioning and racking, erection of new Modular Binning and a number of other tasks the civilian staff were unable to undertake. Our grateful thanks go to ex- Apprentices Lowbridge. McWhinnie, Barker, Bates. Atherton and Greville and we wish them every success in their future careers. The Training Materiel Park is being ' Work Studied' by Jim Hutton. Terry' Asquith and Bill Butler who arc nearing the end of their three month long Work Study Course at the Joint Work Study School. Shrivenham. We have high hopes of major recommendations concerning a re-build and have then to convince Q (Quartering) that it is essential! RAOC TA 8th Field Force Ordnance Company (V) SINCE our last Unit notes, the Company has been busy on Military and Trade Training. We have been called upon to provide detachments for Exercise Northern Foray and Native Silk II. Northern Foray was the Annual Camp Exercise for three TA Infantry Battalions from North East District, taking place in the Stamford Training Area. Our Detachment of six men was commanded by Staff Sergeant Frank Healy, their task was the issue of Combat Supplies and all the reports we had said what a good job of work they had done. Exercise Native Silk II was an infantry type exercise held by 8 Field Force in Scotland. The Company provided a Platoon to act as ' Enemy,' the Platoon was commanded by our CSM W02 Arthur Henderson—from the tales we hear from the Platoon they did a much better job than the Infantry! there may be some truth in the statement. Our Field Force Com- mander's Thank You letter said they did a good job of work. The exercise lasted over four days—without doubt the coldest and wettest days in 1979—but not this century as the CSM insists. The main social event recently was the Officers, Senior NCOs and their ladies dining-in night. We had as our guests Colonel Manders. our Honorary Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel Hardie. CRAOC North East District Colonel Manders made the long journey from Surrey to be with us. Colonel Hardie was a very welcomed guest without his help, guidance and assistance when the Company was formed we would not have been what we are now; an effective and efficient Company. Staff Sergeant Frank Healy has been presented with the Lord Lieutenant of Cleveland's Certificate for Loyal and Dedicated Service to the TAVR and TA. The ceremony took place at the Brambles Farm TA Centre and was attended by the OC Major Stan Loynes and Staff Sergeant Roy Agnew. The youngest soldier gets the first pint at the new bar. on his recent visit to the Unit. Private Hill was the youngest member who received the first pint. Mike Home our barman. looks on smiling—he built the bar and just got it finished on time. On the military side the Courage Trophy team have been training hard on all the various skills required for the com- petition in March. Sergeant Reuby has assured us he has sorted out the Pirbright assault course, whilst Lieutenant Rees map reading is coming along well! For the rest of us Crusader (dare it be mentioned) looms in September and our training this year is aimed to that goal/exercise/fun camp (delete as appropriate). We welcome Staff Sergeant Gait as CQMS and Staff Sergeant Pearson and say farewell to Sergeant Belshaw and his wife Ann who are off to BAOR. Many thanks to you both for all you have done in the Unit. Shropshire Branch THE branch held the AGM and Annual Dinner at Parsons Barracks, Donnington. We were delighted to have as our Guest of Honour Major General Key, accompanied by Briga- dier Dennison the Corps Secretary. Ninety members enjoyed a scrumptious meal served under the supervision of Captain Ron Miller QM and his extremely willing staff. Nothing com- plements good food and wine better than scintillating after- dinner speeches which was certainly the case when our President Brigadier Thornton, followed by the General, rose to the occasion. A presentation was made to our American Officer and friend, Lieutenant Colonel Clint Hodder, as this was his last appearance with us before returning to take up his own command in the States. We wish him and his good lady, good luck, good health and bon voyage! We must end on a sad note as we have just received the news of the death of ex-Warrant Officer Ray ' Busty' Bye who transferred from the RMP to the Corps as a Corporal in 1953 at Singapore. Ray finished his time at Donnington, joined the Depot Staff as an industrial and was serving until his very recent heart trouble as an SOG. The bearers at his funeral will be members of the Branch who like Ray are all SOGs. To his dear wife and family who have all been very close we offer our heartfelt condolences. 41 Replenishment Park Company (V) ON the second anniversary of our formation it was thought that it was time our Unit appeared in the Corps GAZETTE. For the few who don't know who we are—a brief resume. We live at Heston—Hounslow in West London—and are a TA Company which on mobilisation is part of Combat Supplies Battalion. The Unit was formed in April 1978 after the dis- bandment of 44 Para OFP (V). So if any of you regular soldiers are leaving the Army and are settling in West London, come and see us we are sure you will get a welcome and will want to join us. Our new junior ranks club is seen here being opened by the GOC London District Major General Langley CORRESPONDENTS PLEASE send in any short items of general interest that may happen in your Unit or your area, for publication in the front section of THE GAZETTE. If accompanied by a picture so much the better—though this is not essential. Stories of the length and style of those published this month under " For the Record" are required. Keep them short—make them interesting. 387 — |
| Book number | R0403a |