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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL LANCERS (QUEEN ELIZABETHS’ OWN)
Maj Hood and SSgt (Instructor) Pulfrey
forgetting of course the drill competition. We then said goodbye to our RAF (Cadet Expansion Project) CCF unit from Magnus Academy in Newark who we have been training and developing over the last two years, they are now a CCF unit in their own right parading 30 + cadets......Per Adua ad Astra.
CADSAM competition arrived very quickly, under SSgt (In- structor) Pulfrey’s teaching and training the Contingent came 3rd in the section attack part, and 6th overall, a good result for a young team. Flying and gliding continued well for our CCF RAF Section, resulting in lots of aviation wings.
Bienneial Inspection was carried out by Maj Hood from The Royal Lancers assisted by Lt Free, resulting in an ‘Excellent’ grade. The CCF Cadets also met and were photographed with Si-
Cadets meet Simon Weston
mon Weston CBE after an excellent motivational presentation at St Wulphram’s Church, Grantham organised by U3A. The RAF CCF Section recently took part in the Easter Region RAF CCF competition for all CCF Schools who have an RAF Section at the Shuttleworth Collection HQ. We won the competition and are now the Eastern Area Team selected for the National Competi- tion in 2020.
I wish to thank all the CCF contingent officers, SSI and adults who deliver such a wonderful CCF experience for our cadets here at Grantham King’s School. The Queens New Year 2020 Honours list awarded a British Empire Medal to the Contin- gent Commander Lt Col Ray Ogg for his service to the CCF and DWP.
2 Squadron, Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force
2Squadron of Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force comprises seven Detachments located in South Lincolnshire. Five of the De- tachments, Grantham, Sleaford, Bourne, Stamford and Market Deeping wear “The Motto” of The Royal Lancers. “The Squad- ron”, as it is universally known within Lincolnshire Army Ca- det Force started the year with a combined training weekend at Beckingham in March where we trained alongside 3 Company of Lincolnshire ACF.
The month of April saw the Detachments participating in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and preparing for the May training weekend. During May, the Squadron experienced its first suc-
The Winning SSM Trophy Team from Bourne Detachment
cess of 2019 when the unit’s cadets were overall winners of the County Athletics Championship with many of the Squadron’s cadets being selected to represent the County at the Regional events. Once again, in May, the Squadron, along with 3 Com- pany travelled to Beckingham to undertake Army Proficiency Certificate Syllabus (APC) training in preparation for Annual Camp. The months of June and July saw the Squadron out on the patch “flying the flag” at the many fetes and galas being held in the towns and villages of South Lincolnshire. A party of ca- dets and adults from the Squadron also visited the Regiment at Catterick as part of the Regimental Weekend. In addition, Ser- geant Major (Instructor) Marc Paton, Detachment Commander
Cdt Squadron Sergeant Major Lola Slipper (Sleaford Detachment) receiving her promotion from Maj Paul Laycock (Squadron Leader 2 Squadron)
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