NAVY NEWS, MAY 2008 43
Buxton
celebrate
– after
60 years
BUXTON cadets are celebrating
the award of the first burgee in
their unit’s 60-year history.
The award of a burgee officially
recognises the high standards
achieved by the unit in all aspects
of its work, and the dedication
and enthusiasm of its staff and
cadets.
Or, as Buxton themselves put it:
“this establishes the Buxton unit
in the Sea Cadet Corps equivalent
of the Premier Division.”
Following the visit by members
of Buxton to HMS Bulwark in
Liverpool, cadets have now been
invited to sail with the assault ship
from Liverpool to Devonport this
month.
And just to make sure everybody
is busy, preparations were well
under way, as Navy News went to
● Former RMVCC cadet Will
press, for the start of the sailing
Charters, as featured in last
season.
month’s edition
Any youngsters between the
ages of ten and 18 who would
like to join the unit and become
involved in adventurous activities
Former
with a nautical twist, gaining
Royal Yachting Association
sailing qualifications, contact the cadet
Commanding Officer, Lt Bruce
Luckman, on 01298 780092.
Lt Luckman would also like to
hear from adult volunteers who
hits the
● Hot heads: Biggleswade cadets look happy after their fi refi ghting training – even those whose hard hats appear to be well alight. The
would like to become instructors
cadets from TS Duchess attended the Continuation Unit Team Training (CUTT) course at HMS Raleigh, visiting HMS Montrose, undertaking
for the unit.
fi re-fi ghting training, swimming, playing sports, practising drill and learning about damage control and sea survival
headlines
Unit ‘devastated’
A FORMER Lympstone RMVCC
cadet has hit the headlines for his
actions during a tour of duty in
Afghanistan.
Mne Will Charters was the man
who plucked two wounded girls to
safety following a Taleban rocket
attack at Sangin, as featured in last
by death of Eve
month’s edition of Navy News.
The young marine’s base had
been targeted as a reprisal for a
40 Commando patrol, but the
explosives had missed, falling
among Afghan civilians.
The girls’ uncle had gone to
the gate of Bravo Company’s base
THE Sea Cadet Corps
dormitory for the night, Eve was RNR, said: “Eve Anderson had
has paid tribute to Eve
found to be seriously unwell. not been with us very long but she
in Sangin, and Will ignored the
was a very, very good cadet.
dangers to fetch both girls in to
Anderson, of the Dundee
She was known to have an
asthma inhaler, and had taken her
“She was a bright and bubbly
the camp’s sick bay.
unit, who died during a
prescribed medication.
girl who got involved in everything
Having been stabilised, the
training weekend.
● Haydn Clarke (left) and Michael Godley with Lord Kinnock An ambulance was called
that was going on and was popular
girls were flown by Chinook to
Eve (14) was attending immediately, and the volunteer
with the other cadets.
the main field hospital at Camp
Parliamentary privilege
the Fife and Tayside District Sea Cadet staff – who are first-aid
“She was at a training camp for
Bastion.
drill training weekend at RM trained – gave cardio-pulmonary
a drill competition. Drill is not
One girl lost an arm while the
everybody’s cup of tea but she
other was treated for serious head
Condor near Arbroath. resuscitation (CPR) prior to its
really wanted to do it.
injuries.
MARCH saw a unique event in the life of the Sea Cadet Corps when the
Shortly after 11pm on Saturday arrival, but Eve died at the scene.
“We are all devastated – it is so,
Will wanted to be a Royal Marine
organisation was granted the rare and prestigious opportunity of holding
March 8, around 20 minutes after The Commanding Officer of
so sad.”
from an early age, and joined the
a week-long exhibition in the Houses of Parliament.
the cadets had retired to their
Dundee unit, Lt Cdr Bill Wylie
A message on the unit’s website
RMVCC at ten, transferring into
One Sunday a group of cadets states: “Our thoughts and prayers
the Corps proper at 16.
and adults from all over the UK are with Eve’s family and we, like
A staff member of the
arrived in London and settled into them, take great comfort from
Lympstone unit commented:
their accommodation on board the messages of support from the
“We may take them young and
HMS Belfast. Sea Cadet family throughout the
not be the biggest of units, but
If you had told them then the United Kingdom.”
we can turn out excellent Royal
stories they would be recounting Social network site Bebo has
Marines!”
by the end of the week, they also carried messages of support
The unit, along with Will’s
wouldn’t have believed you… from Eve’s friends.
parents, were also reported to be
Southern Area Navy Board Mike Cornish, chief executive of
“justifiably proud of him.”
Cadet Lisa Froment was taken for a the Marine Society & Sea Cadets,
personal tour and drink by her local the Corps’ parent charity, said: “It
MP, Sandra Gidley from Romsey, is clear that our adult volunteers Kettering’s
while Marine Cadet Declan Archer all acquitted themselves with
was told: “Gee, you sure look sharp great professionalism under very
in that uniform,” by an American
difficult circumstances. big day
girl outside a nightclub.
“Our thoughts and deepest
Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet Haydn
sympathies are with Eve’s family ARRANGEMENTS are being
Clarke had the great privilege
and friends in the Sea Cadet made for the presentation of the
of sitting in the public gallery
Corps at this time.” prestigious Indefatigable Cup to
for Prime Minister’s Questions the Kettering unit in June.
and the Budget, while Michael
● EIGHT cadets from
Godley, from Folkestone unit,
Huyton with Roby and
led an impromptu drill display
the City of Liverpool units
for some visiting A-level students,
used their communications
Aerospace from the inside
The trophy, along with a sum
of money, is awarded annually to
the Sea Cadet unit which, in the
eyes of the Corps headquarters
before both cadets were treated to
training to unusual effect
A GOSPORT cadet took the the construction of his toolbox. manager, Lt Andy Stancliffe.
in London, has made the most
some sage advice on universities
when they were invited to
chance to see the military aerospace This required instruction in Adam, who is 15, has been
progress over the past year.
and careers from Lord Kinnock. appear on the Paul O’Grady
industry from the inside when he using industrial machines for a member of TS Hornet since
The cup, formerly known
Prize memento of the week was Show to teach the star how
a Sea Cadet folder signed by the to sign in semaphore. The
undertook work experience with cutting, bending, welding and January 2003, when he joined as a
as the Navy League Challenge
leaders of all three main parties. cadets signed the name of
the Service Modifications section riveting sheet metal. junior cadet.
Swimming Trophy, is a large silver
The cadets and staff were able the show before teaching
of DARA (Defence Aviation The final stages of the work Adam’s specialisation is
trophy bearing an enamelled
to speak to dozens of members Paul and his guests to sign
Repair Agency) Fleetlands. experience saw Adam in the communications and tactical
portrait of Nelson.
It was formerly competed for
of both Houses, as well as school the word ‘stop’. Inevitably
AC Adam Kellie spent the electrical workshops where his communications.
in an annual boat race on the
parties and other visitors.
the demonstration ended
first few days of the period in skills were tested in the production He is currently waiting to take
Mersey between the Indefatigable
They came away encouraged at
in chaos with an infl ated
the Drawing Office, where he of aircraft looms from wiring his board to attain the rate of
and the Lancashire and National
how many MPs already support
lifejacket and water pistols.
learned the fundamentals of diagrams. leading cadet – and his plan was
Sea Training Home.
their local units and understand
After the live show, Paul
CAD – computer-aided design His lunchtimes were spent to achieve that just about the same
It was won and given to
the organisation’s funding
joined the cadets in the
– and created the drawings for an playing volleyball and football time as Navy News was published
Indefatigable in 1938 by the Navy
arrangements, but were also
Green Room (above) to chat
aluminium toolbox. with the section’s junior rates. this month.
League.
able to brief them on some of
– including reminiscences of
For the next six days Adam At the end of his time at As for the future, not surprisingly The presentation to TS Pytchley
the other challenges facing the
his time as a Marine Cadet
spent was in the sheet metal and Fleetlands, Adam was presented the Royal Navy features large in will take place on Tuesday June
organisation. mechanical workshops, working on with his toolbox by the repair Adam’s plans… 17.
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