RAOC Gazette - page 224
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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@£to£ from glbroab Headquarters BAOR COMBAT SUPPLIES, like the other branches, has been somewhat depleted during the month by the relentless heat and the siren calls of Italy, Spain and the Costa del Falklands. Corporal Charlie Watts of BFT and hockey fame is our latest penguin person. We wish him bon voyage. By the time these notes appear in print! (beware the dangers of prophesy!) Your correspondent was wrong about two things last month. First Major Richard Hazlerigg had not taken over by the time those notes etc He, the good Major, is still in Berlin and will be, when these notes appear. Must be the lure of the Schultheiss that keeps him there! Second error was to give Major Peter Hewlett the slimmer of the month award. An irate Miss Daphne Adams assures us that she has lost a larger (but undisclosed) number of stones than the aforementioned pale shadow of his former self. The S of M award is hereby officially transferred. Well done Daphne! Keep it up (or down). Lieutenant Colonel David Watt of the firm next door is also trying to lose another stone! Corporal Tim Colbum returned to the fleshpots of Wulfen during the month and Corporal Simon Goodband from the Ammo Insp Walsrode replaced him. Hello and goodbye to you both. Also in the Ammo world, Major Alan Glasby has been breaking fresh ground by represent- ing Rheindahlen Garrison at cricket. Reports that he adopted the kneeling position on his first visit to the crease, with bat firmly pulled into the shoulder and scored three bulls and an inner on the incoming bowler seem to be unfounded. Finally we must apologise to the retired officer to whom we referred last month as, ' a battle-scared veteran,' this should of course, have read: " a bottle-scarred veteran." We must congratulate Major Richard Rhodes on winning first prize in the ' Comd Log Bn F I ' Competition, his reward is a six months summer holiday in the ' Isles.' Major Adam Woodward planned a two week holiday in a new villa in Spain, on seeing that the new villa was a single basement build- ing, he adjourned to a flat in the nearby town, ' Manjana.' Captain Mike Noblett has with great regret decided to give his summer vacation a miss and instead to pack MFO boxes in the back garden prior to his impending departure to Berlin. Corporal Andy Wilson went to Sussex University for a week long seminar towards his Open University degree, on his return' it was noted that he had put on five pounds in weight, the power of learning is a wondrous thing. From around the Staff branches this month WOl (Conductor) Mike Bondsfield has left us on commission- ing, our best wishes go with him. We would like to welcome WOl Mike Charlesworth who is the new boss of the G2 empire. Mike joined us from the Falkland Islands and has threatened to tell us his ' War Stories' during the next exercise! W02 Derek Brignall having completed his twenty two has retired and is now heading with his family to Australia, our best wishes go with them. W 2 Bob Bate quickly moved sideways from G3 O and D to take Dereks place as CC BRSC Ops. Our congratulations on their substantive promotion go to Staff Sergeant Alan Rutledge and Sergeant Al Smart. Comings and goings this month . . . Out, to fantastic Falling- bostel, Lance Corporal Taff Woodman, in his place Lance Corporal Graham Donohue. Good luck to you both. Finally, goodbye to Private Lynn Southern from Registry, in her place we welcome Private Carol Bullock, we hope you enjoy your stay! British Forces A n t w e r p THE Headquarters would like to take this opportunity in congratulating the Commander, Colonel Brian Harding on his award of the CBE on the last Queen's Birthday Honours list, and also to Staff Sergeant Bob Briggs who was awarded the BEM. Congratulations are also in order for one of our very best loved characters: Super ' Q ' MSI Arthur Harvey who was recently promoted to the rank shown. Hope the uptake in promotion doesn't spur on increased PT sessions 'Q.' On to the general news now, starting off with the topic of sports/training afternoons. One of these entailed patrolling across the border of Grobbland and capturing Angus McHaggis, alias Sergeant John Hunter, and bringing him back alive for trial. After miles of marching, lake crossing and tree stamping, IC patrol Corporal Frank Sambrook decided if we found Mc- Haggis he certainly wasn't coming back alive. McHaggis, who served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the past must have heard about this for he found refuge in the shape of our helicopter (minibus) home. Next in line was the Commanders Trophy Athletics meet- ing. Of the four events run, BFA finished an overall sixth. Our only victory came in the four by one hundred metres relay, where Corporal John McLeod RE, Lance Corporal Ian Harrison RMP, QMSI Arthur Harvey APTC and Private George Petrie RAOC finished with ten metres to spare after crossing the line. It was even suggested by one of the other team com- petitors that we should try next time. Commiserations go to Major Peter Shute after receiving a posting order extending him for another four months. Lastly, but not least, we say farewell to Suzie, our civilian clerk who has gone to look after PUE stocks in CSD, but wel- come to her able replacement Gerda. Ordnance Depot Antwerp THE accent this month is on sport. Congratulations go to our small bore snooting team (Sergeant Keogh, Corporals Hughes and Carey and Lance Corporal Oakley) who not only won the BAOR RAOC cup but on being selected to represent BAOR defeated the UK RAOC units to win the Home Cup. Private Bucknell has been selected for BAOR Corps Cricket, rumour has it his extension in Belgium will be favour- ably viewed by Lieutenant Colonel Grant the CO. Lastly, Mrs O'Brien, the wife of our Planning Officer, has started the squash season by being ranked as No. 2 in Belgium, first Belgium! then the world! We welcome back to ODA Corporal Crocker and Lance Corporal Preston after their tours of duty in the Falklands, and we congratulate Lance Corporal Preston on his recent pro- motion to that rank. W02 Rolfe has been despatched to FI in the rank of WOl as preparatory training for Exercise Lionheart. We congratulate the following personnel on their recent marriages: W 2 Keelor, Corporal Crocker, Lance Corporal Docherty, Privates Hodkins and Balogh. We say farewell to the following and thank them for their support during their tours at ODA: Staff Sergeant Worth, Corporal Russell, Lance Corporals Plumbley, Robinson and McGarry ACC, Privates Blackman and Bingham. Congratulations must go to Staff Sergeant and Mrs Bill Holmes on the birth of their son Mark James and to Lance Corporal and Mrs Kavanagh on the birth of their son Dean. Other arrivals this month are Corporal Allison, Lance Corporals Lewis and Jeffers, Privates Jasper and Marshall. 3 Base Ammunition Depot 72 ORDNANCE COMPANY (V) spent their annual camp at Bracht, where they worked hard and played hard. A lot of new friends were made and old friend- ships rekindled. Certainly the bar sales have dropped since they left. The triannual round the Fence Mili- tary Skills Competition was successfully completed by seven teams. All regi- mental subjects were practiced on the nine mile course. The winning team was Corporal Strong, Privates Pickford, Gooden and Stant, best individual performance was by Lance Corporal Diggle. — 187 — |
| Book number | R0406 |