RAOC Gazette - page 27
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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No account of the ' B ' Company efforts would be complete without mention of Major Chris Vitali and Staff Sergeant'(CSM) Jim Parker who competed in the five thousand metres. Al- though Major Chris Vitali has recently handed over to Major Martin Hicks he made a special effort to return from leave to keep the Company flag flying. Staff Sergeant Jim Parker has now taken over the job as ' B ' Company CSM and can be seen flying between Parsons Barracks and B5 as he tries to do two jobs at once. Recent arrivals include Sergeant Bob Boyd, Corporal Paul Arnold, Lance Corporal Nick Carey and Privates Geoff Morrison and Bruce Hardy. We say goodbye to Corporal Charlie Peace to Catterick and Corporal Lee Ramsay off to Belize, Privates Ray Lashmar, Taff Lewis and Doug Murton have all taken off to the South Atlantic and we look forward to their tales on return. Lance Corporal Pete Still is congratulated on his recent promotion to Corporal and is making a major contribution within the Suspense area. 9 Ordnance Battalion This year the fifteen hundred metres was run for the first time by the WRAC and was won by \V/Private Carter in 6.04.5. Mrs Dodworth presented the prizes and the day was won by 'A' Company, captained by Captain Paddy Starrett. Many members of the Corps who have previously served in Donnington will remember the gardener Alec Bratton who tendered the Officers Mess gardens and many of those in Humbcr Way. Alec died recently, and as a commemoration to him an oak tree has been planted in the Mess grounds by his sister. 15 BATTALION 'A' COMPANY. 'A' Company have scored another success in winning the Battalion sports. Captain Paddy Starrett, our Team Captain arranged a good training programme this year, and with the enthusiasm shown by our team it was a winner from the start. It was particularly pleasing to see our tug-o-war team thrash the heavyweights of ' Headquarters' and ' B ' Company. Well done to all. Our next goal is the annual swimming championships. ' B' COMPANY. The major event on the sporting calendar must undoubtedly be the ' B ' Company performance in the 15 Battalion Athletics Meeting. Under the combined direction of Sergeant Scouse Malloy and Private Bruce Hardy the Com- pany notched up some notable successes. Corporal Lofty Young used his six feet five inches to great effect by breaking the record in the shot with a throw of 11.21 metres thus ensuring a place in the (cam for Travcrs Clarke. Lance Corporal Nick Carey showed his true potential when he fought off a last minute contender in the one hundred metres to win in line style; he also came second in the Long Jump. Private Bruce Hardy, Company PTI. broke the opposition coming around the back straight and made a convincing win in the four hundred metres. Ccncral Whallcy is shown some captured Argentine at Donnington. equipment HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. The emphasis this month has been on farewells. Our CO, Lieutenant Colonel Champion, was pulled out of camp in style on a custom built Land Rover painted Silver. Now we know what Staff Sergeant Ridley and MT do for a living! We also said farewell to Devizes with a parade through the town. A lot of hard work was put in by all and blessed with fine weather and large crowds, the parade proved to be a fine spectacle to mark the end of Devizes as a garrison town after one hundred years. The parade over, Headquarters Company yet again preparing for the move to Corsham in June. Congratulations go to C/Sergeant Perrins on transferring to the Corps, Corporal Adam on changing trade to Staff Clerk, thereby ensuring that all the Battalion squash team are from Headquarters Company, the soccer team for winning the Dis- trict Minor Unit League for the second year and the squash team for winning the Army Minor Units Soldier Magazine Squash again for the second year. 91 ORDNANCE COMPANY DRILL was the main occupation this month as we prepared for and took part in the parade through the town of Devizes to mark our departure, and indeed to end one hundred years of Regular Army presence in the town. All the hard work paid off and, in excellent weather, everyone left the parade feeling proud. Preparation of the move of the Company to Corsham is now head of our work list and it is gradually sinking in that that is a formidable task. Indeed, 4 Platoon has found the task so daunting that they have given up and taken themselves off to Cornwall for a weeks adventure training. Captain King, the Platoon Commander of 1 (Local Resources) Platoon and 270 (Local Resources) Section has just returned from Exercise Strident Call in Kenya and Sergeant Boo Silvester has returned from Exercise Rocky Lance in Oman. They arc now providing us with rugged stories of life in the tropics whilst the rest of us enjoyed the luxury of an English winter. Before the suntan dies they should be away on their next set of exercises in Kenya, Fiji and Nepal. Congratulations to Corporal and Mrs Lee on the birth of a son and to Sergeant Silvester and Lance Corporal Hamilton on promotion. Welcome to Lieutenant Hardy, Staff Sergeant Coclho, Corporal Waddington and Privates Green, Walker, Bower and Hamcs. 81 ORDNANCE COMPANY ALL'S quiet in the Orderly Room. Sergeant O'Rourkc is happy delegating all his work to his replacement. Sergeant Kelly, whilst the Chief Clerk is notching up yet another exercise. Meanwhile, the Orderly Room Clerk, Private Thomson is waiting for the Chief to come back so that he can harass him, something about B2? We regret to inform our readers that our AO/QM Captain Turrell has hung up his boots and retired from football—he will be a great loss. Thanks Peter for your past support from all of us. We hear that our resident civvic, Mr Ray Scott is leaving us for pastures new in Blackdown. He was an ardent supporter of our football team, never missed a match both home and away. He served in the British Army after he left the Canadian Army as a long serviceman. During the Second World War he saw action on the fatal Dieppe Raid and on ' D ' Day, he was 22 — |
| Book number | R0406 |