RAOC Gazette - page 128
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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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J?eto£ from ^broafc Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe WE felt it high time the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe was featured in the pages of THE RAOC GAZETTE, and so here is the first of what we hope will be a monthly input featuring RAOC personnel serving at SHAPE. We finally managed to get some cricket played at the begin- ning of June, and the first two matches in the annual SHAPE Inter-Services Competition have taken place. In the first match the Army managed to get the Navy out for forty two runs with WOl Rick Williams taking five wickets for ten. The Army then struggled to score exactly forty two runs to tie the match. In the second match, the Army restricted the RAF to sixty seven runs before scoring seventy in reply. Rick Williams was again prominent with figures of two for ten and a score of eighteen not out. WOl Mick Gallagher, W 2 Bill Roche and Sergeant Gary' Sumner also represented the Army. We await the result of the RN v RAF match with interest. We have said farewell to WOl Ged Mead who is bound for the South Atlantic! He will be sadly missed by the British Community at SHAPE. He was founder of the now annual Brain of SHAPE quiz and was a leading light in the Arts and Crafts Centre. He and his successor, WOl Mick Gallagher were both appointed Conductor during their handover and for a week DSACEUR had two Conductors working for him—is this a record? Our congratulations to both, and best wishes to WOl Mead for the future. Photo SHAPE Community W O l (Conductor) Gerald Mead RAOC leaves SHAPE after three and a half years as Staff Assistant to DSACEUR. His next posting is to the Falkland Islands. In recognition of the excellent work that he has done for the United Kingdom community at SHAPE, he was presented with an inscribed book by the U K N M R , Brigadier R. Kendrick. Lieutenant Colonel P. Robertson RA, Commanding Officer of the UKSU was present at the Ceremony. Headquarters BAOR ACTIVE EDGE did at last come, but this time around at a respectable hour. From the Head- quarters BAOR point of view it went off well but as usual there were the odd one or two who claimed they never heard the siren. Quite the contrary for Sergeant Colin Lawrence, though —they've erected a new siren adjacent to his Married Quarter! Equipment and Supply Management con- tinue to struggle through without their illustrious Chief Clerk Staff Sergeant Keith Honeysett, who is doing a- stint in the Falklands. Sergeant Geordie McShane has taken on the brunt of Keiths responsibilities and now after initial hiccups seems to have the place under control even though just lately there appears to be one works service after another in the Branch. It's new carpets now I believe. We welcome into the hot seat of S02 Sup (Gen Stores/ Clothing) Major Richard Rhodes wishing him a pleasant if some- what hectic tour and say farewell to Major Douglas Stobie leaving us on promotion to command 15 Battalion. Con- gratulations Sir, and all the very best to you and your wife Marcelle. Work in the Supply Org and Plans world are centred these days on Docs Checks and preparations for forthcoming exercises, in fact at the time of writing Lance Corporal Lorraine Paisley is fretting over how many paper clips she will need for Exercise Summer Sales! Summer has at last arrived with temperatures reaching thirty degrees centigrade, with those who occupy the offices on the South West side roasting in the afternoon. This time of the year it pays to be a serf in the smaller offices on the opposite side of the corridor. On the Combat Supplies front the spell of hot weather (remember?), following hard upon the early rains, has seen a great flood (!) of activity. People seem to be coming and going at an alarming rate, or is it long service and senility catching up with your correspondent? Mrs Elizabeth Johnstone left us for the open plan, noted — Life, break wastes of the Pay Office—very useful, we now have a friend in charge of the moneybags. By the time this hits the news stands Major Richard Hazlerigg will have taken over from Major David Clare who will have returned from his sojourn in the South Atlantic. W02 Dave Heath is already back from his stint in a rather closer corner of the far-flung Empire. He looks very fit and happy (last Northern Ireland tour) and even thinner than ever. Major David Wright left us some time ago and will eventually be replaced (so they say) by Major Roy Southworth. Captain Marion Randall has meanwhile not only been keeping the Combat fuels flowing but has also fielded BAOR hockey (You know what happens in these circumstances: 'Nothing to it—just a few letters to file OK?'). Captain Randall's husband, Lieutenant Wood, has now joined her in Rheindahlen—they say you can't see the Wood for the Randalls —but seriously folks, when the Active Edge sirens sounded theirs must have been one of the few households in which wife got up, dressed in Combat Kit and fled to JHQ leaving hubby to keep the home fires burning. Mrs Pankhurst, thou shouldst be living at this hour! Happy Harry Holden (broke his ankle in the last issue) recovered sufficiently to represent us in the BAOR tennis cham- pionships but unfortunately was narrowly beaten by the Army Champion, a well known RAOC man called Smith. Lieutenant Colonel Shircliff (Retd), and two interlopers from E/S Man, Major Stephen Thornton and Corporal Andy Wilson, battled manfully through to the semi-finals of the BFBS Brains of BFG quiz but were narrowly beaten by a team of professional knowledgesmiths—the teachers of RAF Germany. Who is the British Heavyweight Boxing Champion anyway? Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Owen is to be seen these days with ice pack on head, planning the Beating Retreat and Reception to be held in early September. It promises to be a great Corps occasion, with the DGOS here for several Freedom ceremonies throughout BAOR, and a Church Service and Beat- ing Retreat by our own Staff Band on 4th/5th September. Congratulations to Major Alan Glasby who again won the Army three positions Small Bore Championships—for the ninth 107 — |
| Book number | R0406 |