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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL LANCERS (QUEEN ELIZABETHS’ OWN) 111 Uppingham School Combined Cadet Force
The restructuring of the Combined Cadet Force which was mentioned in the previous edition of “The Chapka” has now been completed resulting in an entirely voluntary unit. After the second-year pupils had undertaken three, ten-week courses as “tasters” consisting of an introduction to the Combined Cadet Force, Community Service, and Duke of Edinburgh’s award, forty recruits elected to join the Combined Cadet Force for at least two years’ service adding to those already serving. We ex- pect a similar response at the end of the coming year. Cadets attended Central Combined Cadet Force Camp at Beckingham in July which included an excellent military package, and an ac- tivities day based at Rutland Water with raft building, a confi- dence course, and a climbing wall; overall a well-organised, and diverse, package enjoyed by all.
The shooting team once again took part in the Ashburton meet- ing at Bisley in second week of July and competed in the Ash- burton Fours and the Ashburton Pairs. They were successful in bringing home some silver by winning the Regional Army competition in the form of the Bermuda Cup, winning on V bulls. The contingent were once again honoured by the appoint- ment of another Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet for Rutland from our RN section for the year 2018/19. Cadet Chief Petty Officer Felix
Baird assumed his appointment in time for the memorable re- membrance commemorations where he escorted the Lord Lieu- tenant on a number of high-profile events over that period.
On Remembrance Sunday, at the request of the Mayor of Up- pingham, the Combined Cadet Force lined the route for a parade from the town hall to the parish church prior to proceeding to the school chapel for our remembrance service. The service was especially poignant this year as a further thirteen names have been added to our World War I Memorial as a result of recent research carried out by an old boy bringing the total losses suf- fered by the school to 460. Their names were read out during the course of the moving service. A field of 460 ceramic poppies made pupils in the school had been planted on the lawn adjacent to the chapel, which brought home the scale of the losses suf- fered by that generation.
Looking ahead we very much hope that there will be an oppor- tunity for cadets to visit the regiment in 2019, unfortunately we were unable to take part in the Cadet Day last year due to school commitments.
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Bisley Team 2018 Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet Chief Petty Officer Baird Remembrance Parade 2018
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland (LNR) Army Cadet Force
During one of the hottest weekends of the year, B Squadron ventured down to Brunswick Camp in Pirbright, Surrey, as part of a World War I Centenary event for the cadets. The ca- dets got the chance to visit Victoria Barracks in Windsor, watch the Changing of the Guard at Windsor castle and look around Farnborough Air Services Trust (FAST) Museum, to learn more about the traditions and customs of the army, the history of the monarchs of Great Britain and the aerospace background of the local area, dating as far back as 1904. The cadets thoroughly en- joyed the weekend, and the Officer Commanding B Squadron plans on making the trip an annual occurrence, giving the cadets a chance to learn more about our British history, customs and traditions.
This years’ Annual Camp took LNR ACF to Warcop camp in Cumbria. As usual, a massive selection of subjects was covered across the week away including fieldcraft, shooting, adventurous training, first aid and expedition. Young people who may have only been cadets for six months, all the way up to our senior ca-
dets attended the training and testing and each came away with knowledge, new friends and new experiences. B Squadron itself were allocated the Three Star Testing Cadre this year which con- sisted of all the counties more senior cadets who needed to com- plete their training tests at this level. Their camp consisted of a day at the ranges where they undertook their three star shooting/ marksmanship tests, this involved firing both the L98A2 Rifle and the LSW (this being the last time firing the LSW before it was withdrawn from service by the British Army) a day of ad- venture training where the cadets participated in a variety of ac- tivities including, watermanship activities, climbing/abseiling, mountain biking, orienteering, and a variety of sports includ- ing archery. A skills day, which was spent brushing up on their military skills and finally a three day exercise on Ripon Training Area where the cadets were under constant assessment of their abilities to operate in the field at section and platoon level. All were assessed on harbour drills/routine, orders, patrolling skills, section battle drills, and participating in both section and pla- toon level attacks over the three day period. All did fantastically