RAOC Gazette - page 233
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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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Dickie on the award of their Long Service and Good Conduct Medals. We say a fond farewell to Sergeant McAteer, Lance Corporal Fidele and Corporal Armitage off for six months to sunny Cyprus. We welcome Corporal McGuiness, Lance Corporal McGrath and Private Newband back from the Falklands, W 2 Evans, Corporals Kidd and Wood, Privates Ralphson and Wright. Finally many congratulations to Private Robson on his marriage to Heather. We wish them all the best for the future. All best wishes to Private and Mrs Pyke on the birth of their daughter Melanie. 11 ARMOURED BRIGADE THIS month we say farewell to Major Ralph Elliott our S03 G4 who leaves us for 51 Ordnance Company. Although he is escaping from the headquarters we will be keeping a close eye on him on a Garrison Headquarters basis. In his place we welcome Captain Dave Parrott who joins us from 61 Ordnance Company. Rumour has it that ninety per cent of the handover centered around the coffee percolater. We wish him an enjoyable tour in the headquarters. Recently, 42 Ordnance Company very kindly invited the RAOC personnel in the Headquarters to a cap badge night. We thank them for their hospitality and their generous offer to use their magnificent club. An excellent night was had by all who attended. Our Superintending Clerk: WOl Sam Johnston, has just returned from leave it Italy. He says it really was hard work having to drag himself down to the beach or swimming pool each morning to laze in the sun. Corporal Ian Portman is soon to find out what he means as he too is going at the end of the month. Many of the staff are suffering this morning with muscular aches after yesterdays orienteering. It was felt that we would get more benefit from orienteering than Hash. I wonder if the feeling has changed? 6 Ordnance Battalion THE staff clerks continue to fight their war of attrition against fresh waves of paper. The Chief, Staff Sergeant Higgs is showing the strain with an almost full crop of grey hair, and Sergeant Babbage follows fast in his footsteps (with cries of ' I'm right behind you Chief'). Corporal Aisbitt continues to dig through the mail in the forlorn hope of finding his posting order. Lance Corporal McGowan continues to squint at the filing while waiting for his glasses causing the Chief to look skywards and mumble something about ' white sticks and Labradors.' Down in the Docs Office, Privates Moore, Cheetham and Hartley, are all busy and thrilled with finally having centralised all Battalion documentation. The Sherriff of Richmond Barracks, Sergeant Kilnan con- tinues to psyche himself up for a late summer visit to the South Atlantic. Down in the basement W02 Pender and his merry crew are hard at work (doing what, we don't know but they're hard at it). Corporal Waddington has taken over the MT Sergeants job and Lance Corporal Unthank as Details NCO. W02 Rodo has just returned completely refreshed from his Malta trip and his side kick Corporal Murray continues to smile (no mean feat in these days of LOA cuts and new patrol boots). The officers and Sup Cons in the Tech Office ask to be remembered so, Major Harris, Captain Walton, W02 Dardis, Sergeant Caffrey and Private Williams take a bow. Finally we say farewell to Major Harris, Captain Edge and Sergeant Baillie. 61 ORDNANCE COMPANY THE unit carried out a weeks infantry training on Exercise Faulty Highlight. Many members of the company gained valuable experience in numerous military skills under the guidance of three Royal Green Jackets instructors. Two days later it was off to Bavaria for the annual summer camp at Bodelsberg. Activities undertaken included hill walking, orien- teering, canoeing, abseiling and climbing not to mention a visit to a brewery and a local ' wood festival.' Worth a mention was a fine performance by Corporals Shuttle and Clifton-Sprigg, Lance Corporal Bancroft and Private Money in winning the LMG Team Shoot during the Battalion Skill-at-Arms Meeting. Rumour has it that a certain Second Lieutenant in the Company would appreciate larger targets for the SLR Shoot! Corporal Rogers briefs his winning Section during 61 Company's Summer Camp. Ordnance Congratulations go to Private Cox on obtaining 'A' grade on his supply specialist B2—Bl course, and to Lance Corporal Bancroft on his recent promotion. Sad farewells go to Captain and Mrs Parrott, Lieutenant and Mrs Le Sueur, Second Lieutenant and Mrs Hodder, Staff Sergeant and Mrs Mullen, Lance Corporal Kempson and Private Mitchell. Meanwhile warm welcomes are extended to Captain Wilson, Captain Tweddle, Corporal Beard, Lance Corporals Stockman and Martin, Private Parker and Craftsman Wysocki. Finally congratulations go to Corporal Shuttle and Private Griffiths on the recent respective marriages, we wish them all the best! 62 ORDNANCE COMPANY SECOND LIEUTENANT SNAITH has left for the intellectual world of Shrivenham and Second Lieutenant Rushworth has just returned from his Gunner attachment as a Rapier Troop Commander in the Falklands. He did not hang around too long however as he left almost immediately for the Depot and the Corps Mobile Display Team. Captain Haslam has left for Exercise Long Look in New Zealand and we welcome Major Hicks. We welcome back Staff Sergeant Roberts, Corporal Valinder, Lance Corporal Conway, Private (now Lance Corporal) Haggart, and Private Sneddon from the Falklands. We also welcome back Private Murray from his Northern Ireland tour. Following Captain Pepperell's successful gliding course, Sergeant Harvey followed suit and came back'with his wings just in time for the Sergeants Mess Summer Ball; the Ball itself was a very successful affair and will be difficult to surpass next year—even the weather was perfect. Corporal Sugden, Lance Corporal Archibald, Privates Carrier, Crook, Perkin and Massingham have attended a one day Free Fall Parachute course at Sennelager, after a full day's ground training with its accompanying nervous build up, the adrenalin had to keep going for a further forty eight hours due to bad weather. In the event, when the time eventually came, all made successful exits, although Private Massingham is now limping, through a bad landing this slight accident will keep him in the scorers box, rather than in the Battalion Cricket Team for the rest of the season. Private Williams has complained that he has not had an official unit welcome via this particular periodica], we also wish him well in his stint in the Officers Mess as barman. We also welcome to the Company Corporal Winter and Lance Corporal Salmon, and look forward to the time when their families can join them. In the meantime Lance Corporal Salmon is making his mark on the unit as a living in member. Lance Corporal Fitzpatrick and his number two on the LMG were robbed of the Champion Pair Prize at the Battalion shoot through a miscalculation which cost the Company the shield. However, honour was maintained "by Private Sanders winning the young soldiers prize at the BAOR RAOC Shoot at Sennelager, and his cup is now residing in the Battalion cabinet, the least said about the other LMG pair the better. 63 ORDNANCE COMPANY ALMOST every unit can relate some'historical facts about the barracks they occupy. We are rib exception. We claim to possess one of the very barges Herr Hitler was going to use — 194 — |
| Book number | R0406 |