App Coll at home 1972

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS

APPRENTICES COLLEGE

''At "a

.Prizegiving

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12th August 1972 .

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ANN U A L "A THO M E" P A It A D E
at 1130 brs

Saturday, 12th August 1972

Inspecting Officer

MAJOR GENERAL W N R SCO'rrER OBE MC

Chief of Staff
Headquarters United Kingdom Land Forces

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aC90mpanied by

COLONEL T A COLE

Commandant, RAPC Training Centre

The Parade will be formed up in the following order:

Officer Commanding - Lt Col \,F/ GROOM RAPe

Second in Command - Captain C J CA\'/SRAPC

College Sergeant Najor - vlO 2 D JOHNSON RAPe

BEDNALL HOUSE ROONEY HOUSE CPJ.'lPBELL HOUSE

S SGT J J CUNNING S SGT T \1 R LEE SGT R J PRIVETT
APP SGT APP SGT APP SGT

J T BUTLER A FARRINGTON \11 \'JARDHAUGH

.The Inspecting Officer's Stick Orderlies for.the day:

A/T B HcKAY
A/T B G RAWSON

ORDER OF THE PARADE

1. March On.

2. The Inspecting Officer arrives and receives the
General Salute.

3. Inspection of the Parade and Band.

4. Presentation of the Long Service & Good Conduct

Medal.
5. Parade marches past in slow time.

6. Parade marches past in quick time.

7. The Parade advances in Review Order - General

Salute.

8. The Officer Commanding asks for permission to

march. off.

9. The Parade marches off.

10. The Band marches off.

THE ROYAL ENGINEERS (CHATHAM) B.c\ND
plays by permission of

THE ENGINEER-m-cHIEF
MAJOR GENERAL F G CALD\t/ELLOBE, MC

Director of Music:

cAPrAIN R A RIDINGS ARCM psm RE

NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF SPECTATORS

1. Spectators are requested to be seated by 1115 brs.

2. On the arrival of the Inspecting Officer, spectators
are requested to stand until the end of the General
Salute. Spectators in military uniform should not
salute. Gentlemen in civilian clothes should not
remove their headdress.

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Spectators should not stand aga.in until the departure
of the Inspecting Officer from the Parade Ground.

4. Parents, relatives and friends are then invited to

a Reception in the marquees adjacent to the Parade
Ground.

Lunch will be served to Apprentices, their parents'
and guests after the Reception.

PROGRAMME OF MUSIC

March On Army of the Nile AJ.ford
fvliller
General Salute Cavalry Brigade Ord-Hume
Lai
Inspection Tole'do Valle
A Han and a It/oman Rhodes
So Nice
Hall
March 'Past: Golden Spurs Safroni
In Slow Time Traditional

March Past: The New Colonial Alford
In Q.uick Time Imperial Echoes
Arr. Ridings
Advance In The British Grenadiers
Review Order

Parade Marches _ Holyrood
Off in Q.uick
Time

Band ~1arches Off ''Wings''

LONG SERVICE MID GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
The Long Service and Good Conduct Hedal is awarded '
on the recommendation of Commanding Officers" to
soldiers who have completed at least eight~en years
service and whose conduct during that period has
been irreproachable.

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Presentation of:

Long Service & Good Conduct Medal

SERGEANT G AINSLIE BEM RAPe

Sgt Ainslie commenced his service as a National
Serviceman in the Royal Corps of Signals in 1953.
After a short spell in Civilian life he re-enlisted
into the Royal Gorp$ of Signals in 1956 and became a
Weapon Training Instructor. He, had fu:tther 'service
with the Royal Corps of Signals until transferring to
the Royal Army Pay Corps in 1963. ' He served as a Unit
Pay Clerk with the East AngJ:ian Regiment and later 'the
1st Battalion, The Kings Regiment serving in Northern
Ireland, Berlin and Aden.

Sgt Ainslie was posted to 1 Squadron Royal Corps
of Transport as an I,ndependent Pay Clerk :from September
1968 to January 1971.

, After a tour in the Far East Sgt Ainslie was posted
to his present unit Camp Administrative Staff '_\oJortlDJo-wyn.

ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING

1430 hours -,12th August 1972

Opening Address

by

COLONEL T A COLE

Commandant, RAPe Training Centre

.Report on School Year.

by

LT COL VI F GROOM
Officer Commanding, RAPe Apprentices College

Presentation of,Prizes and Awards
by

MRS VI N R SCO'I'TEQ

Address

by

MAJOR GENERAL 'vi N R SCQ!.rl'EORBE MC
Chief of Staff

Headquarters 'United Kingdom Land Forces

Reply

by
APPRENTICE CSM A R FAIRCLOUGH

Head Boy of College

PRIZE LIST - Su}1MER 19-7-2

COMMERCE AT T J SNAPE
Junior App Sgt JT BUTLER
Senior'
AT G P SYKES
ENGLISH
J'!IDior App L Cp~ PG LITTLER
Senior
}.~"" T (-1r""-, JS MATHESON
ECONOMIC & PUBLIC ~~AIRS ".t::'.t::' -

ARITHMETIC AT VI MARTIN
Junior AT A roOK
Senior
App Sgt VI VIARDHAUGH
ECONOMICS
AT p CLOSE
MATHEMATICS
Junior AT. CW TAYLOR
Senior
'AT T J SNAPE
BOOKKEEPING' App Sgt J T BUTLER
Junior
Senior ' AT K MOLSON

RAPC COSTING SERVICES
PRIZE FOR ACCOUNTING

PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES

(Winners to be announced)

Archery Horn ·.
Athletics Cup
Basket Ball Cup • •••••••••••••••
Cricket Cup • •••••••••••••••
Cross Country Shield
Hockey -Shield ••••••••••••••••
Lady Rooney Football
Challenge Cup ••••••••••••••••
__Rtlgby Trophy
••••••••••••••••
- Volley Ball Shiel~'
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Champion Sporting House
Chess Shield ·.
Quiz Shield
March and Shoot Shield • ••••••••••••••• .
Orienteering Shield .
Obstacle Course Shield ·--
Open Range Shooting Cup
Rifle Individual Championship • •••••••••••••••
Drill Competition Shield
Champion Apprentice New Intake ••••••••••••••••
Champion House Termly Shield
Champion House Annual Cup ••••••••••••••••

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VICTOR LUDORUM

An award made to the Apprentice, who by his
leadership, personal example and success has
become the'outstanding Sportsman throughout
the year.

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(\"rinnert,,)be announced)

WAVELL MEHORIAL AWARD

Major, The Earl \~avell, son of the late Field Marshall
the Earl Wavell, was killed in action in 1953. He had
served with distinction in the Black ~/atch during the
war, and during his attachment to the Army School of
Education from 1948 to 1952· he made a valuable
contribution to Army Education,' particularly in the
field of character training.

After his death a fund was raised, with contributions
from the Countess V/avell, the Hisses V/avell and from
members of the Royal Army Education Corps in order to
. provide a sui table memorial.

.It was agreed by the Countess Wavell that the memorial'
should take the form of·an annual presentation of a
cup and book prize to boys who have shown outstanding
efforts in outdoor pursuits and progress and deter-
mination in activities involving adventure and
endurance during the preceding year.

The cup is held by the College and the book prize re-
tained by the Apprentice concerned.

(Winner to be announced)

THE OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

The Campbell Award, a silver medallion, has been
subscribed by Major Generpl Sir Hamish Campbell KBE
CB who was the Paymaster-in-Ghief at the time of the
formation of the Royal Army Pay Corps Apprentices
College.
The Award is for presentation to the outstanding
Royal Army Pay Corps Apprentice of the year.

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The recipient of the Award is the Apprentice who
has not only made the best overall progress in College
activities, but who has also, by his personal conduct
and example done most to !cste::-and encourage "esprit
de corps" within the College.

(Winner to be anno~ced)

SroRTS AND GANES

Teams from the RAPe Apprentices College have attained the
following achievements in competitions during 1971/72.

SOCCER Army Jnr Minor Units Winners
vlinners
SE Dist 'A' League Runners Up

Rants & IOvJ NABC (Under 18) \1inners
Runners Up
HOCKEY Army Jnr Minor Units
SE Dist League Winners
Runners Up
RUGBY SE Dist League Div II
SE Dist Cup Winners
Winners
CRICKm' A;rmy Jnr Minor Units
NABC 6-a-side Winners
vtinners
BASKETBALL Army Jnr Minor Units Winners

SOUTHCO Jnr Minor Units Runners Up
,SE'Dist Jnr Minor Uni-ts, \'iinners

ORIENTEERING Army Jnr Minor Units Winners
SOUTHCO Jnr -Minor Units \vinners
.Se,niorEvent
CROSS SOUTHCO Jnr Minor Units \-linners
COUNTRY SE Dist Jnr Minor Units Junior Event
Placed 2nd
. NABC Ch;:unpionships
Individual Winner·
BADMINTON Army Jnr Championship App CSM Fairclough
SOUTHCO Jnr Championship Individual Winner
App CSM Fairclough
TENNIS Army Jnr Singles Doubles Winners
SE Dist 11inor Units Team Fairclou~olme

Runners Up
Winners

Cricket ,~
Basketball