Trade Personalities to Command New R.A.O.C. Technical Units A PPOINTMENT to
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their new ranks having been confirmed by notification in the London Gazette, the names of five well-known members of the motor trade selected to command the new technical units of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Territorial' Army, which have been raised in different parts of the country, are announced by the National Service Committee of the Retail Motor Industry.
The personnel is being recruited largely through the motor and garage trades, the age requirement for mechanics, etc., being 18 to 45.
Amongst the skilled tradesmen rens quired are driver-mechanics, electricians, fitters, turners and welders.
Information concerning enlistment and conditions of service may be obtained from the nearest Territorial Army Association, motor trade employers, or direct from the aforementioned Committee, Lombard House, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, 3; and 7, Park Lane, London, W.1.
The names of the commanders already appointed are :—Mr. K. C. Johnson-Davies, M.A., secretary, M.T.A., 5th Ordnance Field Park, Birmingham, with the rank of Lieut.Colonel ; Mr. Walter Prestage, direc
tor and general manager of Prestage Ltd., Birmingham, 14th Army Fielc Workshop, Birmingham, with thE rank of Major; Mr. Arthur Guy director of Cheltenham and Glotices ter Car Mart, Ltd., and president o the M.A.A., 4th Anti-Aircraft Bri gade Workshop, Gloucester an Cheltenham, with the rank of Major Mr. E. R. Caffyn, managing directo of Caffyns, Ltd., Brighton and East bourne, 10th Army Field Workshop Brighton (with sections in Worthing Eastbourne and Haywards Heath) with the rank of Major; Mr. L. M St. G. Carey, chairman of Carey am Lambert, Ltd., Southampton, 6t1 Army Field Workshop, Southamptoi (With sections in Bournemouth Southsea and the Isle of Wight) with the rank of Major.