RAOC Gazette - page 282
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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62 ORDNANCE COMPANY THE month began with the Company involvement in the ad- ministration of the Coppers Cunning Running Competition (RMP Orienteering to the uninitiated). Thanks should go to the admin staff, consisting of Staff Sergeants Coffils, Roberts, Sergeant Harvey, Corporal Valinder, Lance Corporals Conway and Haggart, who processed the participants without being arrested! Readers of 62 Ord Company's missive in last months GAZETTE will no doubt be anxious to discover the result of the Cambrian March Patrol Competition team, led on behalf of 6 Ord Battalion, by W02 (CSM) Tones and accompanied by Corporal Sheldrick, Lance Corporal Taylor, Privates Paton and Boylan. In the face of attrocious Welsh weather and conditions, the 6 Ord Battalion team pushed on to a tremendous victory, beating the Teeth Arm teams hollow. Yet another incidence of the Logistic Corps leading the way with the Infantry following! Corporal Warham recently successfully completed his All Arms Clerk B2—1 upgrading course and is currently on his RPC1 course with Lance Corporal Fitzpatrick. Congratulations on the first and best of luck on the second. Captain Pepperell is currently preparing for his forth- coming posting to sunny Cyprus and had an early handover to his replacement, Captain Ough, who dropped in prior to his OO's course. There are one or two personnel movements which deserve a mention, especially welcome is Lieutenant Buckley WRAC, who is temporarily in Captain Haslam's hot seat and tends to show up a few of the men on morning runs! We also welcome Second Lieutenant Donaldson, Privates Dickson, Alwin and Brunton, and also Private Murray who returns to the fold from his detachment in the Emerald Isle. Private Dodd has departed for a second summer in the Falklands, Lance Corporal Pollock will be sadly missed and Lance Corporal Hawkes is soon to depart to Kineton and subsequent transfer to the Corps of Musclebenders (APTC). CSM Tones has noted that there has been a dramatic drop in the numbers of men reporting for sick parade, thought to be caused by the attachment of our RMA, Lance Corporal Davis, to the Medical Centre.' 63 ORDNANCE COMPANY SEPTEMBER was once again the month when the Company was to pay it's annual pilgrimage to Fussen in Bavaria to carry out an Adventure Training Exercise. A three day mountain expedition centred mainly around the Zugspitze mountain, at two thousand nine hundred and sixty four metres, the highest in West Germany, with two expeditions walking the Breitenberg and Aggenstein mountain ranges which took them into Austria. Each group under group leaders Second Lieutenant Cooper, Sergeant Clarke and Lance Corporal Win- spear contained five to seven members. Of the four groups which tackled the Zugspitze, only one group led by Second Lieutenant Cooper and comprising the Admin Officer Captain Dey, CSM Coates, Private Wiltshire and Lance Corporal Bolwell, our 'Mr. ' ' The group which conquered the Zugspitze, cook, reached the top. The remainder were beaten by the arctic conditions prevailing on the last days walk to the summit. The canoeing took place on the Weisscnsee Lake and on the River Ammer. After two days of instruction from Second Lieutenant Farrington and many rolls in the cold waters of the lake all students went down the river one way or another. On the same lake was Staff Sergeant Thompson with his windsurfers. After three days most of his students became quite proficient, but poor old Corporal Luke could not get the hang of it all. and all he achieved in the three days was a perfect splash in the water! Our hang gliding students, Major Kimc the OC and Lance Corporals Mclntyre and Turner spent their ten days travelling to and from the training area in the hope that the weather con- ditions would be right for flying, but unfortunately they seldom were. However, they all gained some experience, and had the benefit of being instructed by Germany's hang gliding TV personality, Christa Vogel. We were also able to fit in two days of rock climbing and abseiling which took place at Falkenstein. On the final morning of the exercise we were taken on the ranges by a Bundeswehr Company, who demonstrated some of their weapons and allowed us all to fire their Uzzi machine guns. This was followed by a demonstration of some of their Mercedes trucks and a chance to drive them cross country. In the afternoon the two Companies met on a football field and 63 Ordnance Company won by four goals to three. Looking back on the exercise there were plenty of laughs for everyone, in spite of the wet weather and the CQMS and his 6.30 calls every morning. Whilst on exercise we said farewell to Corporal McKeown and welcomed Privates Harris and Butler to the unit. We congratulate Lance Corporal and Mrs Moran on the birth of their daughter Zoe and Corporal and Mrs Robinson on the birth of their daughter Lianne. 64 ORDNANCE COMPANY CORPORAL CONEY recently grasped, with both hands, the opportunity to go on a special expedition to the British Outward Bound Centre in Norway. Along with other members of the course, he loitered with intent over the mountains for ten days carrying everything he needed for that period. He had (we say) a very enjoyable time and returned to the unit looking fit and refreshed. Corporals Hoare and Stewart are looking a lot happier nowadays as their wives have recently joined them and are now settling into married quarters. Another new arrival in the unit has been Lance Corporal Holmes and family who have joined us from Northern Ireland. A warm welcome to you all! Farewell and congratulations go hand in hand to one of our butchers, Corporal Moore, as he prepares to leave us on well deserved promotion for a six months tour in the Force Ord Coy Belize prior to his three year tour in Catterick. Corporal and Mrs Moore have given sterling service to the Company in the last three years and will be sadly missed, especially as he has spent the last month behind the bar in the Unit Club. Perhaps the most interesting thing to have happened within the Company over the last month was the change in our work- ing hours. We now start at 0700 hrs and finish at 1600 hrs. This means we can all work the same hours instead of the staggered shift system we employed before and this has im- proved the technical function of the Company. STORES SECTION 65 CORPS SP SQUADRON WORKSHOP AS this may possibly be a first time entry, an introduction is in order. The section consists of Staff Sergeant Al Dunn, Corporal Les Rusbridge, Lance Corporal Bob Hallum and Private T. J. Raoof. Corporal Rusbridge took part in the Dulmen Marathon two days later and finished in a very creditable three hours twenty four minutes. He is now looking forward to the Berlin Marathon. His enthusiasm has been passed on to Staff Sergeant Dunn and Lance Corporal Hallum who completed the Herford ten last week, both under the bogey ninety minutes, and are now going out to beat their times in the second Hohne 10. Lance Corporal Hallum had his main holiday this year in Sardinia with a troop from the squadron. He is now a proficient engineer having built a hut and a loo in between getting a tan. Private Raoof could not be outdone, so he went to Kenya for his summer hols, nice if you can afford it on a Privates Pay! Being so small we don't get many visitors but most people pass through Hameln at some stage, so please call in and show us that there really are more RAOC in BAOR'. 235 — |
| Book number | R0406 |