RAOC Gazette - page 133
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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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WO] Terry Stroud has been on the road visiting units at Dortmund, Munster and Hannover. Is it really for work, or is he just showing off his new car? The sailing team entered the RAOC (BAOR) individual championship which was held at Mohnesee. Helm Sergeant Alan Riches and crew Corporal Nigel Eames came overall third (same as last year) whilst Helm Captain Caroline Lewis and Crew Staff Sergeant Geordie Holliday came seventh, which is very good for their first race attempt. Thank heavens, the summer hols are on the way. fourth overall and winning the Elementary Helmsmans trophy. Earlier this year Graham and his wife Heather entered the Spring Regatta at the Dummersee Yacht Club and managed to win the Elementary Helmsman trophy. We all bid a fond farewell to W02 George and Kathleen Mathers not forgetting the family as well, and congratulate George on being selected for WOl. George and his family are off to Waterbeach in the UK. Sergeant Mick James has also left us, but his is only an internal move (excuse the pun Mick) as he joins another branch within the headquarters. His replace- ment is Sergeant Morgan and we look forward to meeting him in the not too distant future. 1st British Corps HEADQUARTERS THERE has been a small re-organisation in the G3 world. We now have a branch called G3 (TD, OR, Air). The Air side caused no great problem, they just carried on as normal, however, trying to com- bine TD with the existing OR/CD did provide some amusement. The clerks of G3 (TD, OR, CD) share an office with those of G3 (O and D), the manning at present is: Staff Sergeant Mai Black- burn, Sergeant Pete Rolf, Corporal Tom Clamp, W/Corporal Sandra Miller, W/Lance Corporal Judy Kipling and Privates Phillip Hoyle and Mark Barrett. It has recently been brought to our attention that the ' Crab Air' clerks in the Headquarters never get a mention. Well fellas this should put you firmly on the map. The clerks concerned are Sergeant Phil Dawber, the branch Chief Clerk and Corporal Graham | Davis. Their favourite pastime is going on exercises, they say about fifteen a year between them, and living it up like Lords in the field the RAF'way. Well lads you've had your mention now, and if MRO read this your careers should ' take off' in the near future. We congratulate WOl Tony Robinson, W02 John Thomson, Staff Sergeant Dave Flinn, and Privates Mark Barrett, Mick Tomkins, and Andy Woollatt on successfully completing the Hermanslauf. The Hermanslauf is a thirty five kilometre sponsored race from Hermans Denkmal near Detmold along the Teutoberger Wald to Bielefeld. Our team collected a total of DM600 in sponsorship money which has gone to the Overley Hall School, Wellington, Shropshire, in aid of the severely mentally and physically handicapped children. A deserving cause lads, well done all of you. We would also like to con- gratulate Lance Corporal Mai Johnson twice, once on his recent promotion and also on his marriage to Michelle. Finally we welcome the following new arrivals: Lieutenant Colonel Gilbertson, Captain Stephenson, Sergeants Rolf and King and Corporal Tye. Sadly we say farewell to: Captain Murray, W02 Marden and Private Wilkinson. HEADQUARTERS RAOC THE visit season has almost ended for Brigadier Paviour as he completed his initial visits programme by calling on 3 Ord- nance Battalion and RAOC Soldiers within 3 Armoured Division. We now approach more exercises which include Summer Tide and Summer Sales (PXR to follow in next month's edition). As most of our ardent followers will know certain mem- bers of Supply Branch (Theatre 39) entered into this year's BFG Drama Festival and what do you suppose happened? Yes! We actually won, so hearty congratulations to all members in- volved in winning this coveted award. The Coe Cup Competition has reached a high point for us. We defeated G2 Int/Sy at tennis and also beat them at cricket the same day! Our heroes that day being Major Baines, WOl Kelly, Sergeant Child in the tennis, and in the cricket WOl Kelly scored fifty three runs (not out) and with bowling figures of two overs three wickets (first over) for seven runs, and not to be outdone Sergeant Nigel Ings captaining the side to victory and scoring twenty eight runs. Unfortunately our Chief Clerk was out for a duck! We have forgotten about this but he keeps on reliving the moment—or should it be movement? Un- fortunately all is not good news, as in preparation for the Coe Cup tennis, the SA convinced the Commander Supply that he could do with some extra coaching, so whilst the Brigadier was coaching the SA, he fell awkwardly and in doing so broke his leg! We therefore wish the Commander Supply a speedy recovery and hope he can make it for the finals. Lieutenant Colonel Graham Gerdes and Major Brian Gunson have been busy in the yachting world and entered into the RAOC BAOR Individual Dinghy Sailing Championships which was held at the Mohnesee; they left triumphant in coming 1 Ordnance Battalion JUST in case our regular readers have gained the impression that nothing much happens at Headquarters 1 Ordnance Bat- talion of a military nature, this month's notes summarise the more serious aspects of life in Verden. February was mostly taken up by field L work on Exercise Winter Sales and Wintex ^ © ^ a ^ S S T although we did squeeze in the RAOC 1 ife> ^ S ^ J J T J ^ - \o Armoured Division Cross Country Cham- pionship between outings. March began with the tail end of WINTEX and brightened with the farewell visit of Brigadier Skinner, sad though it was to see the Brigadier leave we tried to make the most of his time with us. Back to business and our first Battalion Exercise Hard Provider followed, the next week, by Exercise Morning Glory. After saying goodbye to Sergeant Dick Goodfield and welcoming his replacement Sergeant Ray Davis, we just had time for the RAOC I Armoured Division Orienteering Championships before the month was out. , April was free of exercises and got off to a promising start with the Easter Grant. Back to catch up on Division and Battalion paperwork before bidding farewell to Major Charles Bayley, our 2IC, and welcoming his successor Major Phil Hawkins. May looked like being a nice quiet month with only two exercises, Hurst Park and No Name, to interrupt the smooth flow of paper through the Headquarters. The new Commander Supply 1 (BR) Corps, Brigadier Paviour, paid his first visit to the RAOC units of the Division and, hopefully, enjoyed his whistle stop tour. Whilst our units were away on Adventure and Exchange Training, the Headquarters slipped quietly into June with a route march and a noticeable increase in the work rate on our twice weekly run. Another welcome visitor to our domain was the DGOS, Major General Whalley and we finish the tale as we started—on exercise, hello Summer Sales, goodbye June. A 11 ORDNANCE COMPANY THERE seems to be a conspiracy to prevent everyone hearing about life in Soltau and the OC is really really annoyed about it. He blames the AO, the AO blames the CSM, the CSM blames the nearest soldier, still it will be the 2ICs turn this time! After a very hectic period in the early part of the year, May was relatively quiet. The Company should have de- ployed on a week's exercise, but this was cancelled, not through lack of interest as the rumours stated. The OC Major Foxton deployed towards the Harz Mountains with the Cp team and Harbour party, in order to tune Sergeant McGregor, our Pay Sergeant, to exercises. He went out for two days, an all time record. Lance Corporal George, a novice driver, drove the OC without mishap but is now undertaking remedial driving in- struction. One hears about many exotic postings, but readers should be aware, that Soltau is the place to come in order to see the world. During the month of May, Private Lewis went to Southern Germany with one of the regiments, Lance Corporal Wilks and Private Rutherford bronzed themselves in BATUS, Lance Corporal Pasola enjoyed the sea airs at Kiel, W02 Burnett enjoyed a homeward sea cruise in the South Atlantic, Corporal Dart, Lance Corporals Malone, Malcolm and Privates Hiscott and Toole braced themselves for a Falkland Island winter. Lance Corporal Gawthorpe returned slightly sun- tanned after a brief trip to Portugal. — 110 — |
| Book number | R0406 |