RAOC Gazette - page 139
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Hudson officially opens the new unit club of 64 Ordnance C o m p a n y — T h e Rochdale Room. that we have to say a sad farewell to W02 Wadley as he leaves us to join one of our sister companies, 62 Ordnance Company. Our loss is their gain. W02 Wadley has been a stalwart member of this unit, having seen the change from manual to ADP accounting and managing to survive three OCs. He has always given a hundred per cent effort to everything the unit has done and will be greatly missed, especially for his expertise with fire- works on Bonfire Night! STORES PLATOON CORPS TROOPS WORKSHOP HANDOVERS are the ' i n ' thing at the moment, with the imminent posting of the OC Captain Del Henty. " But Q, I am a Sup Spec not a painter " was heard, but to no avail. Paint was in abundance, to the stage where Q Robinson was seen to walk around with a predominant grin on his face. Alas, this all came to an end when Exercise ' Flying Scot' (our crash-out) was called one rainy Friday morning. All the beautifully painted vehicles' were transformed to their usual mud-flecked appearance. Never mind, they will look good on the day. Life within the Platoon seems to be one big inspection/ visit, and the Storehouse has never been so clean! Private Cliff Martin has transformed the G1098 into a G1098(! !), which looks very proficient. Items can be found where they should be found. The new look PC and A under the eagle eye of Sergeant Dave Jones is working very well, with outstocking being the main factor, much to the dismay of the storehouse. On the posting-out scene, we have Sergeant Terry Kidd leaving for Donnington, Corporal Pete Ramsbottom to Supply Depot Viersen, Private Pilky Pilkington to Colchester and Private Joe Whittam to Bracht, we wish them all a fond farewell. Arriving in the family, we would like to welcome Sergeant Brummie Evans, Lance Corporal Williams, and Private Jock Young. Our congratulations to Corporal Smudge Smith on pro- motion, and Private McDonald on passing RPC2. Welcome to Mrs Lynne Holmes, who has just arrived here in Sunny Bielefeld, and congratulations to Sergeant Dave Jones on selection for promotion to Staff Sergeant, which was rapidly followed by a posting order to Viersen in August. STORES SECTION 61 STATION WORKSHOP SINCE our last letter to THE GAZETTE we have said our farewells to Sergeant McDonald and family who has now taken up the very challenging task of Staff Sergeant in a new unit 21 Ordnance Company at Catterick. We have welcomed Sergeant Bob Harrison from Munsterlager and hope he and his family have a happy and prosperous tour here in sunny Dortmund. Our WOIC W02 Terry Foster has his Demob Chart on the wall (eighteen months to do! !) and is now eager for a home posting after purchasing a house in Bitterne Southampton. We have started our dinner time runs again ugh! at least we get out in the fresh air and see the countryside and lose a few inches from the waist line, so it can't be all that bad. STORES PLATOON 22 AD REGIMENT WORKSHOP TECHNICAL Inspections, ARUs and BFTs have all come and gone since this Platoon last placed an entry in THE GAZETTE. This does not mean that the intervening time has been wasted, because as all ex-members of the Platoon will know, the leaves always fall in Dortmund. We had a rude awakening to the new year brought about firstly by the arrival of Q Brymer from Colchester, and secondly by the Regimental Winter Survival Exercise. Suffice it to say that we have all survived the Winter and are trying hard to come to terms with Q Brymer. Last Autumn, ten of us set out to prove our soldierly prowess in the Arty Div Military Skills Competition. Various tests were conducted over two days and although the para's may ' tab ' and the other lot ' yomp,' we in the Stores Platoon have devised the ' limp,' a ten mile speed march with feet nicely cushioned by blisters and first aid field dressings. Infinitely more arduous than any speed march however, is the booking out procedure for people leaving the Regiment on posting. Sadly we have already said goodbye to ten members of the Platoon this year. Off into the big wide world where a Bombardier is only a type of motorcycle, have gone Q Davies, Sergeants Anderson, Sangster, Corporals Morgan, Palmer and Privates Wilson, Garbutt, Grier, Aitchison and Widdowfield. -However, we extend a very warm welcome to Q Brymer, Sergeants Vaniqi, Reeve, Corporals Gray, Bowhay and Privates Muldoon, Steers, Slavin, Brody and Jones. Members of the Platoon have been active in the various Regimental sports teams and a plea from the heart has been received from Private White who is still looking for someone to organise an RAOC basketball team for him to show off in. Private Jarvis has excelled himself on the academic front and is £80 better off for mastering German; we wish him well in his ' O ' level exam. Later this year, some twelve members of the Platoon will be supporting the Regiment on Op Corporate tours, this could well blow the bottom out of Sergeant Vaniqi's Cheese Roll swindle. And if all this does not provide enough excitement, we can always look forward to another Arty Div Military Skills competition. British Army Training Unit Suffield AT the time of writing, there has been a few postings in and out. Farewells go to WOl Goodenough, W02 Frater, Sergeants Madin and Watson. We hope that they and their families enjoyed their prairie life. Hello's go out to WOl Barraclough, W02 Fisk, Sergeant Ferrier, and Corporal Tutor. We hope that they and their families enjoy their stay. Staff Sergeant Reid NCO IC POL Section, tried to hide his embarrassment last week, how- ever this is impossible within the Ordnance Company. He was spotted outside the RMP Detachment filling up" his car after running out of gas! On the sporting front, the Company has been successful with the runners-up position in volleyball and football. Local Purchase and the Orderly Room have changed offices, and there is no truth in the rumour that Corporal Rothwell was fed up working on the Trans Can ! (We hope to publish an article on the BATUS Centennial Run in the next issue of THE GAZETTE.) P British Force Lebanon AS the month of June enters its final throes your four stalwarts in Beirut are signal and letter scanning to find out which poor unfortunates, I mean lucky people, are going to replace us. For the lifers of the Force the five month point arrives on the 1st July and any extensions of tour (for the third time) will make several people very unhappy! Our close neighbours, the Israeli Defence Force, have had a very busy month having been shot at, car bombed and rocketed. The fact that we resemble a sight screen one hundred and fifty yards behind their crease has led to the odd panic dash for a steel helmet. For those in softer jobs that is the item of clothing which keeps your ears warm. Corpora] Bill McKinney has very rapidly got into the swing of things his high spot so far is attending the British Ambassadors Queens Birthday party as a guest on the 9th June. It was impossible to find out whether he had enjoyed the party as gin makes him giggle. The rest of the Force spent most of the day providing a security screen round the Ambassadors residence and the five hundred guests. Major Mike Southworth escaped for a week and flew home — 1 6 — |
| Book number | R0406 |