RAOC Gazette - page 223
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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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26th August. The Corporals Club held a Hawiian Night at a local hotel—all grass skirts were neatly pressed. And so to press—that was our month at West Moors. We also welcome Captain and Mrs Doug Riddell from Donnington, Sergeant Jarvis ACC our new cook Sergeant, Corporal Willis, Privates Palmer and Davidson back from Port Stanley, Lance Corporals Harrow and Hassell and Private Southall back from Ascension Island and Privates Parker, Wilby and Greengrass from Depot RAOC for Pet Op training. May your stay be a very happy one. We bid farewell to Major Sid Pincher our QM for the past three years who has gone to 6 Battalion. He has done so much for the unit in so many ways that he and Fran will be sadly missed. Farewell also to Sergeant Bob Nicholson ACC and his wife Shirley who have departed for Catterick with a double promotion to W02. Congratulations and good luck! Central Ammunition Depot Longtown ' SLEEPY HOLLOW' has, for a change, almost lived up to its reputation since our last letter. We have been visited by Colonel Owen, OIC RAOC Man- ning and Records, Colonel Newby from Ord 4 and Brigadier Bridgstock, Director of Transport Operations. On the social front, the Officers Mess dined in our new Commandant Colonel Cosgrove and dined out Major Price who is now on terminal leave after thirty seven years service. Major Price is understood to be seeking a job in the Sultanate of Oman and our best wishes go with him and his family in their future life. Captain Nunn has taken over from Captain Gill in taking the ' troops ' fell-walking. One of the participants was over- heard wondering if this was training to emulate the recent feat of two local civilians in running the Himalayas. We say a temporary farewell to Corporal Pete Warner, off on a tour of Northern Ireland and bid welcome back and good- bye to Corporal (now Sergeant) Chris Hall who returned from Northern Ireland and was promptly posted to CAD Kineton. Best wishes to Chris and Louise and " keep your head down " Pete. w RAOC ASSOCIATION Gibraltar Branch IT is many a long day since we submitted our news for publication and possibly some of our friends around the world may have assumed our demise. In fact we are very much alive and enjoying an increasing membership. For years we have limped along with a membership of about ten but now we are nineteen strong and as a result our get-togethers are that much jollier and our meagre finances are beginning to improve. As a Branch we have been living on the bread-line for as long as anyone can remember but at our last function we made a huge profit of £16 which augers well for the future. We are so heartened by our improved financial standing that there is even talk amongst our members of sending two of our stalwarts, ex-Conductors Joe Jurado and Manny Avellano, to Deepcut next year to attend the AGM and at our expense. Standby Deepcut! Army Cataloguing Authority Equipment Table Production Centre WHAT is this you may ask, a new unit? never heard of them before. We at ETPC have decided that to make the one days pay scheme even more worthwhile we would write a piece for the Corps GAZETTE to let everyone know where to find us and who is here. We are:—Captain Ted Walker OIC, W02 (SQMS) Dave Feathers, Chief Clerk with Staff Sergeant Aggy Browne and Staff Sergeant Mick Kearney as the workers all situated in Ha Ha Road Woolwich, on the common. The units main aim in life is to write, review and amend AF G1098/1198 Equipment Tables, Scales and Schedules, which we do with the assistance of some fifty civilian staff. The unit is part of the Army Cataloguing Authority and for technical matters part of DSM(A). To review the personalities, Captain Walker is involved in scouting locally as an assistant District Commissioner for leader training. He is presently working on improving the service we give to the army by updating the layout of Equipment Tables to meet future requirements and modern technology. W02 Dave Feathers likes Woolwich and the unit so much that he is now serving an extension! Staff Sergeant Mick Kearney is now packing boxes and doing other relevant bits and pieces for his pending posting to Hong Kong and the Composite Ordnance Depot in November. Staff Sergeant Aggy Browne is still trying to get away to play sport on a Wednesday afternoon, so if anyone wants some- one to make up their team just give him a ring, (the unit is too small to get a team together ourselves). In May this year, if you had been on the North or South circular roads of London you may have seen our three SNCO's walking round London. They walked approximately fifty miles round the circular roads to raise money for The Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital Amenities Fund and the Brook Hospital Woolwich Scanner appeal. A total of £225 was raised, mostly coming from our civilian colleagues for which we are very grateful. The trio completed the walk in twenty hours, in- cluding negotiating the capitals rush hour twice and have just about recuperated from their blisters! — Joe Jurado laying a Corps wreath at the Cross of Sacrifice in Gibraltar. Some of our activities in the past year, which will revive fond memories for those who have served here, have included the traditional cleaning of the RAOC Cannon at Southport Gate, a splendid Church Service in King's Chapel and a joyous gathering down at Catalan Bay when we entertained the Parachute Section of 421 EOD Company RAOC, who were exercising here, to tapas and drinks but mainly drinks. Most of our gatherings are held in the Plod Inn, an RMP establishment needless to say, but we are now looking for larger premises as with our increased membership we cannot all fit in there, especially when burly coppers gate-crash the social jinks. There are now two serving Corps officers in Gibraltar, our Chairman Lieutenant Colonel Stan Lawrence whom we con- gratulate on his recent promotion and Captain Les Fagg who has joined us from Bicester to fill a newly established post in Fortress Headquarters. Other serving members are WOl (SSM) Ray Bell, W02 Ken Johnson and Corporal Paul Blackhurst, Ray is posted to Bicester shortly and Paul is destined for BAOR later in the year. Some recent recruits to the Branch include Mr Francis Borg whose connections with the Corps in Gibraltar extend back to 1944 and Mr Eddie Edge who saw wartime service in the RASC. We have also admitted to our ranks two charming and very attractive members of the WRAC. Things really are looking up. SEND IT TO THE GAZETTE A short article about events—places—people is always interesting particularly when accompanied by a photo- graph. Send it to THE GAZETTE. 186 — |
| Book number | R0406 |