RAOC Gazette - page 231
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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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I nearly forgot to mention Captain Chris Hillier who gives us a wave as he cycles by on his way to who knows where. Never mind, Staff Sergeant Willie Hepburn and I (Sergeant Graham Punchard) will continue to see the job through and still manage to pound the perimeter of the camp every available spare moment. HEADQUARTERS 6 ARMOURED BRIGADE WE would like to welcome Lance Corporal Paul Holmes, fresh from his Falklands ' holiday' and say a sad farewell to Sergeant Pat Farrell on his promotion to Staff Sergeant and posting to Military Operations in the MOD. I hear they work twenty six hours a day. Never mind, only ten hours a day more than we work. Moving onto the driving side of Brigade life. We have Private Phil Shaw who while reversing his black (army) Escort into a Land Rover, was quoted as saying " it was his fault, he was going forward." Meanwhile, at ASMT Leconfield, Private Curly Lowe successfully passed his HGV driving course and we're looking forward to having him on the Brigade ' Duty Driver' roll. WOl Pat Ryan and Corporal Keith Black, the BOWO and BOWO's clerk respectively (although sometimes we wonder) have just returned from Ravelin Camp after ten weeks ' holiday' on Summer Sales. We've heard they're volunteering to run it next year. The Storehouse have welcomed Staff Sergeant Les Livesey back from R and I and said goodbye to Private Paul Duncalf who has left for six months in BATUS. Lance Corporal Alan Bates and Private Bill Greer soon depart for Canada too, with 1 WFR. Congratulations go to A/Lance Corporal Williams, Privates Mick and Kev Donnelly, Kev Potts and Paul Duncalf on being provisionally selected for promotion. Privates Bill Greer, Steve Clancy and Jimmy Egan all passed Bl courses and Corporal Alex Raeburn has been doing his EPC. We welcome Staff Sergeant Brian Wilkes, Lance Corporal Bob Stewart, Privates Derek Blade and Steve Clerk to the Company. STORES PLATOON 4 ARMOURED WORKSHOP CORPORAL SPUD MURPHY and Lance Corporal Dave Frost have just returned from Exercise Liquid Chase where they were part of the logistic element. Dave recalls the time he asked Craftsman Singh to pick him up a Ten Pack and three bags of spuds (cockney for crisps) from the CQMS. An eternity later there was a thud from the tail board as Singh returned with a cwt of potatoes demanding the cost of a Ten Pack, which it cost him to bribe the cook! Helicopter handling in the Platoon is a success story. Staff Sergeant Warne has completed his refresher training and Staff Sergeant Richardson is in UK on his Air Movement Officers course. Additionally equipment table proposals have been floated to give us night landing points. 4 Ordnance Battalion I BATTALION HEADQUARTERS. With ^ » ^ the sun worshippers on holiday, the ^^H^^^L remainder of us, Captain Mike Lewington, fl^H^^^^ (yes folks, believe it or not he has actually ^^^^^^^H been at work all month), WOl Tom Burke, - ^^^^^^^H W02 Roger Blackwood, Sergeant Kenny ^^^^^^^r Hogg, Corporal Steve Carter, Lance ^^B^^^ Corporal Clive Green and myself (who shall I remain nameless) only had to step outside the office to be surrounded by beautiful sunshine and temperatures as high as thirty two degrees centigrade. After a long hard battle (which we lost), the DFA Cedric Cousins and his staff, Eric Worsdell and Lesley (we've got to mention them, they buy THE GAZETTE) were forced to move offices to make way for the new S02 Tpt. The DFA however, got the best part of the bargain, which included a new (sic), modern, freshly decorated (with real paint) office complex. We hope our temporary S02 (Combat) or should it be Wombat (the animal not the Anti-Tank gun) Major Warren Evans RAAOC enjoys his stay. To complete this name dropping article, I'd better mention our civilian staff—Carole and Fiona in the Orderly Room, Margaret and Joy in Materiel, Frau Dann, our expert in con- tracts for ' Portable Toilets' and Penny who is baby-sitting C Sups. Keep up the good work. PS. I think I must be getting promoted. I've just been told if this gets published I won't be a Corporal much longer! 42 ORDNANCE COMPANY THE two main events have been the Nijmegen Marches and the Connaught Shield Competition. Staff Sergeant Pete Learmonth led the Company Nijmegen Team of Lance Corporals Mitch Mitchell, Karl Bowkis and Jock Martin, Privates Tony Melvin, Derek Blade, Tony King, ' E T ' Johnston, ' Toad' Glover, Terry Boyle and Taff Hewett. Our guest marcher was Private Geordie Cox from 3 BAD. Second Lieutenant Duncan Gibbons organised our Connaught Shield Challenge, well aided by Lance Corporal Williams, our RMA. This was primarily a first aid competition run by 11 Armoured Brigade. It turned out to be gruelling and tested combat first aid abilities; AFV recognition, vehicle navigation, a forced march, a stretcher race and an assault course. The weather played havoc, the tempera- ture being in the nineties. The remainder of the team were Lance Corporals John Bolland and Steve Walton, Private Tony Melvin, Terry Boyle and Taff Hewett. The Company has now said farewell to Major Stephen Roberts. Our sincere best wishes go with him and his family, Eileen, Sarah, David and Stephen; good luck in Berlin. Our new master is Major Des Townsend— much sweeping of brushes is taking place! Staff Sergeant Ray Northcott has now left for a Work Study course and Private Taff Hewett is about to depart for a Commando course. Staff Sergeant Brian Wilkes has joined PC and A as NCO IC Control Office. W 2 Duxbury returns after being away on an NBC course, Coffer course and leave. Staff Sergeant W a r n e and his team helicopter handling during the A R U . Lance Corporal Spike Asplen (Dvr) has successfully com- pleted his B3 Supply Controllers course at Deepcut and is changing trade. Privates Jock Mitchell and Jeff O'Grady have passed their HGV3 test at Leaconfield and Private Taffy Davies has also passed his Eager Beaver driving test. Well done each. Lance Corporal Fackerell has arrived from COD Bicester to take over the long vacant post of driving instructor. We wish him welcome and a safe tour. 5 Ordnance Battalion 51 ORDNANCE COMPANY DEAR Mum and Dad,—Captain Eagle organised, with the aid of Sergeant Stewart, a team from the Company to enter the Inter- national Annual Nijmegen Marches. They spent a lot of time out of camp marching about the countryside, in preparation for four days of marching twenty five miles carrying weighted webbing at Nijmegen. They did very well on the day; even Captain Hendy went down to see them finish. They weren't satisfied with that so they entered the German Reserve Army's competition at Nienburg. They ended up with a cup for the Best Disciplined Team in the event. Well done to: Captain Eagle, Sergeants Stewart and Carrahar (on loan from 52 Ord- nance Company), Corporal Plunkett, Lance Corporals Bradley, Standing and McLaughlin and Privates Baker, Brown, Grier, Heathcote, Maxwell, Todd and Woodward. — 192 — |
| Book number | R0406 |