RAOC Gazette - page 76
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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ago in anticipation of his Falklands tour. Sergeant Bolton is shooting again, and Sergeant Duncalf conveniently found an out- standing hernia at such a critical time, come home Staff Sergeant Burnett all is forgiven! Corporal McPolland must be very close to leaving us for civvy street because he refuses to do any more jogging. Finally from the stores side, does anyone know if Lance Corporal Donald is still at Leconsfield, he went there about two years ago on a one months driving course and we haven't heard from him since! Farewells to: Sergeant Harry O'Rourke ex ORS to the outside world of civvy street, Corporal Steve Charnock and Private Sean Bate to Kenya for a six months holiday. Welcome to Sergeant Chris Kelly, Lance Corporals Ron Wallace and Ross Dolan as new Corps members, Privates Wilkes and Atkins from the factory. Congratulations to Ginge Lane and his wife on the birth of their baby boy and fathers promotion to Lance Corporal. Also to Lance Corporal Wallace, ex-ACC for passing his B2 Sup Spec, to Tomo Thomson on passing his B2 Staff Clerk and Steve Milburn on passing his HGV3. Also to Private Lewis who has nearly succeeded in using all available FMT 3s in South East District! Lastly to Corporal Cormack who successfully passed his UBRE/TTI Instructors Course and to Craftsman Gilbert's promotion to Lance Corporal. Congratulations to Corporal Goulden on winning the Hammer at the Travers Clarke. Central Ordnance Depot Bicester 1 SUB-DEPOT. We are feeling the breeze and work backlogs are creeping up now that our casual labourers have gone. WOl Falcus has now retired and we welcome WOl Vincent from Germany in his place. Our Sub-Depot has been host to the Junior Trainees recently, who gain work experience in each part of the Depot during their course. We maintained our civilian staff strength last month, but will have to wait until September before an influx of military replacements is anti- cipated. Mr Gobi Sreenivasan, who works in Storehouse CI, has returned from the World Karate Cham- pionships in Japan as the World Champion (seventy two to eighty kilogram Class) sixth Dan. Like many of the COD Bicester civilian staff, Mr Sreenivasan is used to a service environment, having retired from the Army in 1975 as RSM of the Queen's Gurkha Rifles. 2 SUB-DEPOT. After Exercise Panthers Tail and ' B ' Company training at Sennybridge, the Depot is again settling into a system of flowing stores. Apart from sending stores worldwide we were also represented in the Army Shoot by Staff Sergeant Geordie Carrick, Lance Corporals Geordie Fairhurst and Shiner Wright. Our SDWO WOl Dave Bulmer finally managed to get away for a few days leave (Sergeant Ken Ellis-Rijs volunteered for the Falklands rather than sit in for him again!). For those who think they have escaped ' B ' Company on short tours to the Falklands, beware—Major Bryan Thompson (OC ' B ' Company) has come to join you! Fear not, Sir, the SDWO has not relented on Tuesday afternoons, just increased the pace, to convince all that it is worth the extra effort to pass the test, not to mention the extra distance. Our congratulations go to W/Corporal Whiteoak on passing EPC, to Lance Corporal John Edwards on promotion and marriage to Sharon Boot and to Lance Corporal Brummy Bailey on promotion. Also to Lance Corporal Taffy and Mrs Royal on the birth of their son John Paul. A warm welcome to Staff Sergeants Dave White, Mick Clitheroe and Sergeant Nobby Clark on return from Belize, to Privates Phil Baker and Mark Hodgkinson on their return from the Falklands. Also to Privates Dave Bond and Smudge Smith from BAOR. We say farewell to our Depot 2IC Major Thompson on his rapid move to FILOG, to Sergeant Tony Griffin, off to Belize (short tour), to Corporal Geordie Horsman soon to move, and to Lance Corporal Smudge Smith on posting and promotion, to Lance Corporal Jim Plunkett and Private Jock Ainsworth on posting to Canada, and to Private Steve Scammel also off to the Falklands. < 16 BATTALION BATTALION HEADQUARTERS. The Chief Clerk has returned from leave and a Resettlement Course on farming at Bicton College. Will the Pig Farm ever get started? W/Lance Corporal Woodcock recently attended a Cadet Training Course with 16 CTT and is the first WRAC to under- take the course, and we hope not the last. We welcome Lance Corporal Begg to the fold from Cyprus and Lance Corporal Jeens has joined us from Hcadquarlers COD. now desks are a problem, not Clerks. W/Lance Corporal Hill is going on what might be called an upgrading course to get married, our congratulations, may all her problems be small ones. BHQ has been given, free of charge, its own steam bath. due to damaged water pipes. Normally personnel can be seen sweating when departing not arriving, now everyone is confused. Also free of charge, just outside the COs window may be seen a partly submerged ten tonncr, will it become a permanent part of our assault course; a good question; we must wait and see, if mud and weather prevails. The Assistant Adjutant, Captain S. R. T. Ginn. has com- pleted the Unit Security Officers Course and Unit Fire Officer, he is now fully qualified to burn the classified waste! The RSM, WOl B. A. Ford, has taken some well earned leave and we all wish him and his family every happiness in their new home in Ambrosden. Private Mumford is awaiting transfer to the RAVC in Sep- tember, although the Chief has been threatening to send him to the vet many times, need I say more? 'A' COMPANY. It has been a quiet month, during which a number of members have been discharged or posted. Their replacements cannot be expected much before September, when there will be a rush to prepare for the Shadow Unit Exercise in Germany during October and early November. Privates Martin, Mathias and Rowley have been promoted to Lance Corporal and are to be congratulated. Sergeant Avery is now sorting out Company Training, a task made a little easier by the slowdown in new arrivals. Lance Corporal Todd has dis- appeared to the Ascension Islands on detachment (he will miss a Falklands winter at least). Private Dipple was pleased to be short-toured and sent to Germany as a Field Force soldier and our discharges included Privates Kilcoyne, James, Madley, Simp- son, Thomson and Wane. ' B' COMPANY. First of all we would like to congratulate Lance Corporal Nick Neilson on his marriage, it was either that or he would have to buy a washing machine and ' in nights' on Tuesdays were getting too much for him to handle. But can his new wife handle him alright? The CSM, W02 Alan Smith, was away yet again on leave and resettlement, the sheer bliss of the peace and quiet! Also the football season has ended for this year so none of us really know if Captain Bill Tweddle, our AO, will be able to find things to occupy his long day. CSM Smith reckons that using the phone will be easier now! Our new CA, Mr Rocky Danials, has settled in quite well and if Lance Corporal Neilson isn't too careful, he might end up as Rocky's understudy. We say goodbye to Private Andy Hill, Private Stevic Scammel, who has gone to the land of the penguins, and Corporal Geordie Horseman. The chink and raising of glasses go to W02 Standen, Privates Collins, Baker, Hodgkinson and Robinson, who now all have the pleasure of serving with the best Company in the Battalion. A very warm welcome to you all. ' D ' COMPANY WRAC. The last month has seen lots of com- ings and goings within ' D ' Company WRAC. After a lengthy spell away, Lieutenant Venessa Raine has put her skis to rest and retired as the Battalion Ski Team Captain and taken up the whee! of the Platoon Officers desk. The Battalion Ski Team did commendably well in the Army Scottish meeting. The team made up of Lance Corporals Wright, Lavendar, and Privates Pearse, Pennant and Panaro finished well up the field beating several traditional ski-ing Regiments. Some good individual results were also recorded. Lieutenant Raine brought back a second, a special well done must go to Lance Corpora! Wright and Private Panaro. who. both in their first year of racing, had consistent good results throughout the week, usually finishing in the top twenty. Lieutenant Margaret Wilton who hardly got her feet under her desk before she was whisked off to Morocco is still yomping around the Atlas Mountains with Privates Wilson and Emery. The adventure training season is now truly upon us. Lieu- tenant Kim Austin and Lance Corporal Terry Price have made off to the Welsh hills and mires for Exercise Holdfast Surprise. A full report will follow on this next month. — 63 — |
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