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Cpl Andrew Nightingale Maj Don Sinclair
25 April 2023 24 May 2023
Cpl Andrew Nightingale passed away Obituary to follow in the next magazine
25 April 2023 after a short illness. He
joined the ACC in 1 March 1963 and Cpl John Tempelman
February 2023
after 12 years service left in 1975. He
completed tours of Belgium, Malaysia,
Paul Tetlow
Belize and Catterick Garrison. He
leaves behind 2 daughters (Dawn and 26 February 2023
Leslie) and a son (Andrew).
Lt Col Gordon Walker
the Catering manager for In-Flight 2 April 2023
Catering, where he continued to feed
the public and swear at Chefs until he Lt Col Roger William Walker
retired. 22 April 2023
He lived in Birmingham where he
Roger enlisted in the Regular Army
became an extremely popular member
on the 9th September 1952 as an
of the local community where he was
Apprentice Chef in the Army Catering
well known for his willingness to help
Corps, St Omer Barracks, Aldershot.
young families less fortunate than him-
In December 1955 he was posted to
self until his passing.
Kidderminster in the rank of Corporal
Ray had a passion for gardening
then in June 1956, to The Depot of the
and won several prizes in the annual
Royal Welch Fusiliers, Wrexham, in the
gardening competition on the estate
rank of Sergeant. It was in Wrexham
Raymond Olney where he lived in Birmingham. His big- that he met Ailsa Dobie who he mar-
27 March 2023 gest passion though was being with his ried in 1959. During their engagement
grandchildren whenever he could.
It is with sadness that I must report that Roger spent time serving in Dhekalia
Throughout his life he spoke fondly
Ray Olney passed away peacefully after Garrison in Cyprus.
about his job and the life he enjoyed so
a short illness on 27th March 2023. Roger was then posted to ACC
much – working in kitchens with too
Our dad Ray was born in Plymouth Training Centre in Aldershot as an
much heat, too much pressure, too few
on 9th July 1939. After leaving school instructor and in 1963 he promoted
resources and absolutely no recognition
at 14 he served an apprenticeship as a to WO2 and was posted to 1 Queens
or thanks. But because of his fellow
butcher until joining the Army Catering Surrey Regiment, in Germany. In
Chefs and friends, he would love do it
Corps on 12th February 1957. 1966 the family moved to Taunton in
all over again.
His early career is a little vague but Somerset on Roger promotion to WO1
He is now resting peacefully and all
we know he served in Germany and attached to HQ Southwest District.
of his family will miss him dearly but
England also completing operational In 1968 the family once again was
we know that somewhere he is probably
tours in Aden, Canada, Hong Kong and on the move to another posting, this
swearing at someone over a hotplate.
several in Northern Ireland. He served time to the Far East where Roger was
with 1st Fd Sqn Royal Engineers in attached to The Far East Training
Nienburg 1974, 1st Bn Devonshire & Centre (Cookery Training Wing) Nee
Dorset Regt in Bessbrook 1981, 47 Regt Soon Camp, Singapore. In 1969 the
Royal artillery in Colchester 1981. family moved to Hong Kong where
On one of his first tours to NI, he Roger set up the Gurkha Cookery
met our mum Kathleen in Bessbrook, Training Kitchen at Blackdown
South Armagh. Ray and Kath got Barracks, Kai Tac and in 1970 the
married in February 1964 and stayed family returned to the UK on Roger’s
happily together until Kathleen unfor- promotion to the commissioned rank of
tunately passed away in 2015. During Lieutenant ACC. After a short period
their life together they had 4 children. at the Training Battalion and Depot
Dean, Theresa, Rory and Lorna. ACC, St Omer Barracks Aldershot, he
After 25 years’ service feeding was posted to 38 Engineer Regiment
the troops and swearing at Chefs he Stefan Petrow RE at Claro Barracks, Ripon, Yorkshire
retired from the Army and worked at in the rank of Captain and then to
6 April 2023
Birmingham International Airport as Brecon, South Wales, the unit being No
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