RAOC Gazette - page 70
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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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Headquarters Northern Ireland AS advertised in last months GAZETTE we have now decided to have our notes written by a different branch within Headquarters Northern Ireland each month. However before our readers sample the delights of life within G2 Branch Headquarters Northern Ireland a word of warning to all in RAOC 2 Inf Div! The RAOC Lisburn cricket team is about to take on the might of Ord Depot Northern Ireland in the first round of the DGOS Cricket Cup. the winners to play RAOC 2 Inf Div in round two. We have so far found many potential players called ' Gary' but very few were 'Sober*! (Get it— No?—never mind). Watch this space next month for a match report Now over to G2 Branch. It had to happen sooner or later I suppose! Comd Sup has found out just how well the Corps is represented in G2 Branch so I have had to put pen to paper to write this months GAZETTE notes! So. who have we got? Well on the clerical side there is the Chief Clerk W02 John Leggett who is rumoured to be in semi retirement as all he appears to do is play with his computer. He is assisted by (when his alarm clock works) Corporal Sam Clegg. it would be unfair to say that Sam has problems rising in the morning but it has been noticed that he keeps ' volunteering' to do extra duties! An- other who must have really upset the Chief is Lance Corporal Dave Davis who must have thought he had found a way out by volunteering for the Commandos, . only to find himself posted to the Ascension Island. We are also lucky (I think) to have some WRAC support in the shape of Corporal Tad Thomas who still hasn't figured out the relationship between a low Confidential and beating the boss at squash and Private Maureen Tempest. Our latest arrival is also WRAC, straight from the Depot Private Julie Black whose dad, as it happens is ex-RSM Black of the Corps. On the technical side we have Major Rod Jennings and W02 Tony Pearce. Tony must be a bit of a computer nut as he and the Chief Clerk are often seen together muttering about ' Dragons * and ' have you seen my peripherals?' To leave the Branch. I could not let this month go by without mentioning any names, but who was the ' Super Clerk ' who on investigating the report of a missing inside loo handle, only locked himself in! Congratulations also go to the Super Clerk whose name I wouldn't mention earlier but WOl John Russell recently got himself married. We're not sure if his system has adapted yet after all those years of Mess life. Ordnance Depot Northern Ireland DEPOT HEADQUARTERS AND PC AND A. Frantic preparations are now taking place for the Annual Training Camp to be held in the Isle-of-Man. Between preparations the Unit Cricket Team managed to squeeze in a couple of friendly matches against a local civilian side in readiness for the league and cup competitions. The first match was lost. The return match was lost. Anyone want to know the details? Sorry no time for trivia. Needless to say we look forward to our first match in the cup with some trepidation and no little fear. We have said farewell to what we thought was a permanent fixture in the Depot, W02 (CSM) Tug Wilson. We wish him and his family a happy tour in Recklinghausen. In his place we welcome W02 Dave Thomas and family. Congratulations to Lance Corporal Graham Calderwood on his recent marriage to Sandy and to Lance Corporal Bob Holmes and his wife Wendy on the birth of their first child, a daughter. Finally we congratulate the following on their selection for promotion: Staff Sergeant Ralph Fella, Sergeants Tony Johnson and Graham Seymour. VEHICLE SUB-DEPOT. Life has been settling down, that was until our new 2IC W02 SQMS Keith Wick arrived. His first task was to demolish one of the walls in the Sergeants Mess Accommodation to construct a penthouse suite. His predecessor W02 John Adamson has been hastily nailing boxes and bidding farewells on his departure to Moenchengladbach and promotion. It's been a month for, biting the dust/wedding bells, our congratulations going to Sergeant Dennis Head on his marriage to Cherry and Lance Corporal Stevie Day to Mary. All the best to both of them. Our resident Supply Specialist Private John Kirkland still gets in a bit of work between courses, his latest conquest being his Bl, well done John. Presentation of the Imperial Service Medal to Mr L. Bradley. From left to right: Lieutenant Colonel W c a t h c r b u r n , Miss Bradley, M r Louis Bradley, Mrs Bradley and Captain T h w a i t e . On the sporting front, Lance Corporal Keith Barrett represented the Corps at football in UK and gave a creditable performance, or so he tells us! Corporal Ginge Stuthridge is away on his sailing instructors course, and on his return will no doubt be converting us less nautical numbers of the Unit to a life on the Ocean Wave. Our best wishes on a speedy recovery go to Lance Corporal Dave Clapton after yet another operation on his digit. Not forgetting our man at the helm Captain Ron (Negus) Chisholm, who's now dealing in the boat trade 'Going for a Yacht'? Finally a hearty welcome goes to Corporal Bill Macgregor on his arrival to the land of the Guinness for a quick six month detachment from ODA. SUPPLY SUB-DEPOT. Once again a Medal Presentation has been the main event of recent weeks. Louis Bradley BEM. our recently retired SOG ' D,' was presented with the Imperial Service Medal by the Commanding Officer. Congratulations once again Louis on yet another fine achievement. On the postings side Lance Corporal Scouse Jones has arrived tanned and fit from UNFICYP, and Corporal Adrian McDonagh is busy packing boxes and cooing over his new car (when it's not in dock!) pending his posting to BAOR. The wives' clubs of Kinnegar Logistic Base and RAOC Headquarters Northern Ireland visited the Wardroom Club recently for a Meat Demonstration conducted by the Butchers of the unit, namely WOl Eric Hunter the Depot Supt, Staff Sergeant Lenny Loughran the Master Butcher and Lance Corporal Dave Longman Butchery 2IC. Sergeant Duggie Hill was also on hand to introduce the ladies to the delights of ten man and twenty four hour packs of compo, superbly attired in his brown storemans livery he looked for all the world like Ronnie Barker! Still, we are open all hours! EOD Branch and Headquarters 321 EOD Company OFFICIALLY summer has arrived in Lisburn, however we forgot to inform the weather of this fact During the lapses in flooding and time off for building of the EOD Ark, life has gone on without much excite- ment One moment of high activity was the farewell visit of the VCGS, Lieu- tenant General Sir Thomas Morony. Two other ripples in the mill pond of EOD life has been the marriage of the CQMS's clerk, Sergeant Alan Armstrong to Miss Irene Todd, we wish them both good luck. Also we say goodbye to Lance Corporal Roberts who leaves us for Devizes, after a year as the Officer Commanding's driver. — 57 — |
| Book number | R0406 |