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were in the GNTC (Girls Nautical Training Corps) and instructors with the Junior section when it was first formed. His son was also a sea cadet and eventually an instructor and Pam was Secretary of the Parents and Friends Association as it was called then
before becoming Admin Officer when Roy became Commanding Officer. When Roy became District Officer Pam was invited to join the Unit Management Team as Secretary which she did until 2019.
Roy was a very experienced, well-liked and respected Sea Cadet Officer within the Corps and he will be sadly missed by all that knew and served with him.
Editor’s note: I will particularly miss Roy’s contribu- tion to RFCA. As already mentioned above Roy was
a long standing member of the Joint Service Cadet Committee and the Yorkshire Cadet Trust; and gave great service, not only to represent the interests of the Sea Cadets, but also to help any other unit where he could. This could not be better illustrated by his immediate offer of help when I organised the first Himalaya expedition I was tasked with in 2007. His assistance, knowledge, willingness to do anything and above all, his sense of humour, meant that I had a right hand man to lean on at any time and someone I could rely on implicitly. Not only that but he was a gentleman of the old school and if he said he was going to be at a location or do something, he was and it was completed. I did wonder on the odd occasion tabbing up hills whether we were both going to make it there and back, but I can honestly say I never had any doubts that we would both succeed. As a gesture of the affection Roy generated across the board, but particularly on the Tri Service Cadet expeditions,
the Honorary Colonel of HSY ACF agreed with the nomination for an Honorary Colonel’s Certificate of Service to Roy and it gave me great delight to see it presented in 2012 in recognition of his work supporting the cadets of all three services.
I know he will be sadly missed by his many friends across the Joint Services Cadet Committee and all three Cadet Forces in Yorkshire.
Roy was
a very experienced, well-liked and respected Sea Cadet Officer within the Corps and he will be sadly missed by all that knew and served with him
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Sheffield Royal
Marines Cadet
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appointment
Sheffield Royal Marines Cadet Corporal Naomi Thornton is celebrating after being appointed The First Sea Lord’s Cadet for Eastern Area Sea Cadets.
Cpl Thornton joined the Sea Cadets at 10 years old joining the junior section. Since then, she really has
taken full advantage of every opportunity offered to cadets in their organisation, she has travelled the lengths of the UK on courses. Not stopping there, she went to the USA on an International Exchange programme, meeting senior officers in the US Navy.
Her continued loyalty and support of her unit have been inspiring, her list of successes are quite substantial. She is qualified on the water and in the air, earning her Gold wings last year and being invited back to assist the aviation training team this year (sadly COVID stopped that) She also represented the unit within the District, Area and Nationally in equal measure. She was also requested by the Normandy Veterans (Sheffield) to be their official Standard Bearer at all civic events; a role she is very proud to undertake.
This role of First Sea Lord’s Cadet is hard fought for and the Royal Navy only appoints six of the best cadets in the country to represent the organisation at key national events in the coming year. This in an organisation full of so many inspiring young people.
Her new duties will include meeting with the head of the Royal Navy (First Sea Lord), and the Navy Board (the Royal Navy’s senior management board), taking part in one of their meetings, and to discuss youth issues with Navy Command.