Petroleum Laboratory No.4 PD Warendorf

I was in the lab from 1979-1982 and from 1984-1988. Are there any old RAOC pet ops left who served there?

Not that I know of but there's hundreds of the buggers on Raoconline,have a look there.

I was at 4pd from 1988 to 1992 best posting i had,some very fond memories

A warm welcome gski. It's a good site to get the old memory banks humming. Get stuck in and share with us.

gski@4pd wrote:

I was at 4pd from 1988 to 1992 best posting i had,some very fond memories

A couple of questions.

Who was (were) O/c when you were there?

Who was in the pet lab?

Cheers

Chemist

I have donated my RAOC No.4 Petroleum Depot plaque to the Union Jack Club in London.
Pop in and have a beer on me!

Chemist wrote:

I have donated my RAOC No.4 Petroleum Depot plaque to the Union Jack Club in London.
Pop in and have a beer on me!

I lived in 72 Drei Brücken Strasse Warendorf in 1963/64 for 18 months.It was a hiring belonging to a German Professor who was teaching in Italy. In the war he was a Fallschirmjager who had fought in Crete. We were the only Service family living there at that time. The weekly Volkswagen took Jean to Munster to shop. It was always a source of amusement when they couldn't find the house and asked a local. Before they asked they would get a reply! Englische frauen? Grader aus un irste links!!!! The only barracks was where the German Olympic team were based/ trained in horse riding events. It was quite close to where we lived. I used to walk my daughter past it in the evenings. Jean used to tell me that the soldiers would jog past in the morning singing their Leider(?). Xmas Eve 63 we were surprised when there was a knock on the door. It was a German Hauptman with a doll for Susan. He had with him about 12 OR's I gave them a bottle of beer each - fortunately JUST had enough!!! - and they sang carols to before departing. After that it was not unusual for there to be a titbit for Susan as they passed! I have some photos. Not really interesting unless you have a reason. I will post if you want!

We lived in the Munster area for two tours 1979-1882 and 1984-1988 as UK based civilians. 4PD was in the woods near Everswinkel but was always called Warendorf.
I loved Warendorf town, when I left BAOR my German staff presented me with a book on the town which I treasure. We met with nothing but kindness from the Germans for the whole of our tours.
We had a tour of the Olympic training facility, please post your pictures.

I will try to post my photos. No luck! How do I do it? I have the photos ready on my Desktop but how do I get them on here?

See my PM sent to you please.

Alan

PS. Take your time Ted re the photos. Wait until you are feeling better? Do you need any Help?

See Copy of!

Thanks.
Alan

Wonderful memories for you and for all of us who enjoyed our time in BAOR.
Thank you for sharing them.

No problem! Many thanks!

alan8376 wrote:

Attached are the photos I promised to post here for senojbdet, known as Ted.

Welcome back Ted.  

Sadly, most postings are now gone for ever.   New guys will never have a bite of some of the BAOR postings we enjoyed as you and many others will have had?  

From your photos, it seems Warendorf appears to have been the ideal place to bring up your family in a safe environment. I bet you never slept in, with such an alarm clock in the back garden?

Ted, you mention you lost your wife of 62 years last August. On behalf of the members, please accept our condolences. I do hope you will find here some found memories of your Army career and the experiences of others to keep you occupied here on the site?  

Here are your photos (I hope I got things correct as you explained?) Seems my PC kept doing daft things this afternoon!


Jean and I Courting Jan 1957



Our Wedding Sept 1957




Dreibrückenstrasse, Warendorf










Back garden Dreibrückenstrasse, Warendorf




Easter Tableu


Jean and Susan Warendorf Park



The Kirke Warendorf




Jean and Susan 1963



Our Babysitter. Subject in a recent  BFG post

I think my computer is playing up too! Many thanks Alan for taking the time and trouble to help!

senojyddet, alan

many thanks for these photos, a reminder of an extremely pleasant life style unknown to many.

i too have very fond memories of the munster area including warendorf

I was one of the first posted to Warendorf in 1975 with WO1 Mick McCabe only worked on the depot not the Lab. My last 3 months in the army was issuing out all POL at 4PD Neinburg before handing it back.