RAOC Gazette - page 269
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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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Centra! Ammunition Depot Kineton THE unit recently said farewell to two civilians. The first to go was Mrs Chris Cook who was the OIC Civilian Ad- ministration and had many, many years association with the Corps. Chris was dined out at the Officers Mess and was, at the same time, presented with a suit- able gift which was to thank her for the many years of hard work at Kineton. The next to leave was our Typing Pool Super- visor, Miss Gladwish who was fondly known from the Commandant down as ' Miss G.' Miss G was seen off in splendid style. When asked how long she had been here, " twelve Commandants " came the normal reply. One of Miss G's dearest wishes was to drive one of ' those funny cars with the bits that stick out in the front' (an Eager Beaver) before she left. ' It was to be on her very last day there her dream was to come true. Unbeknown to Miss G, Major Ron Lillington made arrangements for an Eager Beaver to be standing by and, after suitable precautions were taken, she was allowed to have a cabby around some waste ground. It was a pity that the MOD Police had to spoil her day by slapping on a ticket for speeding! fflis.* • *'*fJ' Colonel Sharland says goodbye and thank you to Miss Cladwish from C A D Kineton. Many of you will recall the fate which befell W02 George Ferguson who was posted to the Falklands because the unit badminton team was relegated to the depths of the local league. Well, it now gives me the greatest pleasure to report that, because teams higher up the league have had to withdraw, the Kineton team have been allowed to stay in last seasons position (bottom!) in their league. And to show that there are no hard feelings, W02 Ferguson has been allowed to come back to Kineton. It will be good to see you again—honest, George! The unit rugby players have started the season as they left off last season—with a thrashing. But now, as the season wears on, the team is beginning to gel and already have managed to beat a local Warwickshire side (twenty four nil), COD Donnington (sixty six nil) and PWO Div (twenty four nil). The last match was against the Guards Depot which resulted in a fine win (thirty four nil). You will see by the results that they have al- ready forgotten all that advice I gave them last season about their defensive play. One success story worth mentioning; Corporal Bert Heath went to the Corps Hockey Trial never having played hockey before but managed to get himself selected for the side. Well done Corporal Heath. 'A' Company have had a plethora a births recently. Two that come to mind are the wives of Sergeant Andy Brightman and Private Chris Smart, both of whom have produced a baby girl. Captain Dai Inshaw, also of 'A' Company, has had great success in training his Labrador to pick up ladies handbags—a good trick when you are single. Unfortunately the dog doesn't yet appreciate that Captain Inshaw is married and that these cunning tricks will have to stop—particularly in the 'A' Com- pany office! By the time these notes are published the two visitors we have had with us on Exercise Long Look will be preparing to — 224 move back to their respective countries, Captain Greig Lind- strom to New Zealand and W02 Ray Fauntleroy to Australia. Both appear to have enjoyed their visits immensely and both have taken part in unit activities with gusto. I hope they have enjoyed their visit as much as we have enjoyed seeing them. Central Vehicle Depot HEADQUARTERS CVD ASHCHURCH and the Vehicle Depot were recently visited by DUS (Army) Mr B. E. Robson; he expressed an interest in all he saw and hopefully he left more the wiser on vehicle matters. Sadly we say farewell to our Staff Assistant, who has over the past years done a sterling job, we all wish him well on his posting upstairs! Welcome to Majors Hugh Mundy, John Laird, Paul Carter and Major Peter Chislctt (Retd). We trust they all have a happy tour here at Ashchurch. Farewells to Major Trevor Seabrook to LE(A) and Major Gordon Souter (Retd) on retire- ment. Finally not to be outdone by the 'Americas C u p ' the Com- mandant is seriously considering protesting to the RAOC Off- shore Regatta Race Committee and claiming the ' John Cranmer C u p ' on the strength of sea miles travelled in the cause of September's ill-fated regatta. VEHICLE DEPOT ASHCHURCH SUMMER CAMP at Torpoint has been and gone, everyone came back in one piece, slightly weather beaten but looking as if they had been working hard. Our gallant band of MTI's led by CSM Ron Anderson and Corporals Ken Lomax and Eddi Edwards are glad it's over for another year. Our sporting fraternity, PR Group and Kit Stores are busy warming up for another season. Coach Allan has been hard at work shaping up his football squad and Corporal Fred Scarborough has been busy beasting the rugby team into shape. (The choir needs a little more practice though). Fred also led a water ski-ing expedition to darkest Wales (Barry Island). All returned safe and sound. Rumours have it the natives really are quite friendly down there. On the TOW scene, each Sunday, Major Reid and assisted on the rope by Corporal White, Lance Corporals Rees and Baughen not forgetting Privates Black, English and Harvey can be seen leaving the depot to faraway places to represent the Unit. They are currently lying second in the civil midland sum- mer league. Meanwhile back on the more gentle side Sergeant Mike Spencer and Corporal Parrott have been swapping fishy stories and teaching maggots how to swim. Corporal Parrott came third and Sergeant Spencer seventh in the South West District Individual Championships leading the team to a joint first on points in the team event only to lose out on weight difference. Congratulations go to Sergeants Thomas, Mar4i and Widdow- son on being selected for promotion to Staff Sergeant. Also to Privates Stubbs, English and Marshall on their selection for promotion to Lance Corporal. Best wishes and good luck to Private Ian Roberts on his recent marriage. Lastly farewell and good luck to WOl (Cdr) Neale (nice to see you for such a short time), W02 John Sinnott, Corporals Looney, Stonelake, Privates Stubbs, Wragg, Marshall and English. Petroleum Centre SEPTEMBER was a quiet month—At the School of Petroleum only six courses are going on at once including the annual invasion of the Petroleum Laboratory by Chemical Laboratory Assistants where Mr Cliff Marshall leads them into the esoteric paths of advanced petroleum technology. Colour is added to the camp by the light blue berets of the Army Air Corps Course. The Depot carries on issuing to all parts from Port Stanley to Norway and all points in between with a particularly heavy exercise load just now. The Sergeants Mess managed (just) to push the wooden spoon back to the Officers Mess as the Annual inter mess cricket tournament reached its inevitable conclusion despite the gamesmanship of the Officers Mess in holding the match on the day following the farewell/nostalgia function on the retirement of SSM Alan Elsey. This took the form of a 'this is your life' style evening with members of the Petroleum World turning up from all quarters even back to RASC days. A lot of reminiscing went on late into the night. Corporal Raymond Burgess, Privates Graham Donaldson and Grant Baldwin have managed to have a late summer holiday — |
| Book number | R0406 |