RAOC Gazette - page 54
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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 | 1983 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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TOP TABLE FOLLOWING the closure of the Windberg Officers Mess the RAOC Officers from Viersen have become members of the 3 BAD Officers Mess. Prior to a recent Regimental Luncheon Lieutenant Colonel Curtis presented an attractive table, to be known as the ' Old Viersen Table.' Colonel Hopkinson accepted the table on behalf of the RAOC Officers Mess Bracht. As soon as he was securely astride his steed, the Major was towed around the Depot, muscle power being provided by the combined efforts of the Depot's officers and NCOs. All personnel were turned out on the Parade Square, and their cheering and applause was joined by the lights and sirens of the Depot's Fire Brigade as the Major was towed out of the gates, where he finally dismounted. The occasion was not only a farewell, but also a celebration, as Major Braithwaite is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. BOGEY BEATER W02 NEAL CORLESS with just some of the trophies he has won already this season. They include; the RAOC BAOR Spring Meeting thirty six hole handicap trophy; the ' Cornock ' Mashie for the RAOC (BAOR) Spring Bogey Singles and the 4 Armoured Division thirty six hole Greensome Stapleford com- petition, which he won with Captain Brian Haycock from ASU Minden. Photo Captain B. A. Doicnes. From Viersen to Bracht. SEND OFF TO CORSHAM A ' chairing out' with a difference, took place recently, at the Forward Vehicle Depot Recklinghausen, when Major David Braithwaite, left for pastures new, namely 9 Ordnance Battalion, in Corsham, Wiltshire. Major Braithwaite, was ' chaired out,' but in a style befitting a Forward Vehicle Depot. After a reception in the Sergeants Mess he was escorted to his ' chair,' a somewhat battered 350 cc BSA motorcycle, mounted on a Bedford four tonne truck. Leaving in style. W02 Neal Corless and his trophies. OiV T H E MOVE MRS JOYCE LEE, who has been THE GAZETTE Clerical Officer for some seven years, has left Blackdown on transfer to the RAMC Depot at Mytchett. Mrs Lee was responsible, among other duties, for GAZETTE accounting and distribution and was well known to many orderly rooms in dealing with their distribution problems—as well as for her terse little notes when their accounts were overdue! We wish her well in her new appointment. Her place on Blackdown extension 516,has been taken by Mrs Dee Bridgewater. Mrs Joyce Lee. |
| Book number | R0406 |