News

19/06/2015

Sea Cadets will be getting a hands-on history lesson tomorrow when they will be taking part in the reenactment of the Waterloo Dispatch.

When Britain and its allies defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in June 1815, it took three days for the news to reach London. Now, 200 years later, cadets from Southern and London areas will be helping the re-enactment of a modern version of Wellington's message being carried by interpreters in period uniform, by traditional horse and carriage and ship from the battlefield in Belgium back to London.

Navy Board Cadet POC Charlie from Southern Area will be on shore to greet the dispatch when it arrives on British shores at Broadstairs, along with the Mayor of Broadstairs.

15/06/2015

Congratulations to Mrs Elizabeth Ann Chambers on being awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire), District Chair and Deputy Northern Area Chair, and former Chair of Middlesbrough Unit, for voluntary services to Sea Cadets.

Congratulations also to Mr Allan Frederick Jones on being awarded a BEM (Medal of the Order of the British Empire) for Honorary President of Edmonton Unit and former Chair of Edmonton, for services to Sea Cadets. 

12/06/2015

Last weekend, 100 cadets from North West Area took part in the International Merseyside River Festival. Cadets practised their displays in Physical Training, Semaphore and Field Gun for months in the lead up to the three day event, which attracts up to 200,000 visitors a year.

Despite the wind putting a stop to the Window Ladder display on Saturday, Tameside Unit cadets braved the heights on Sunday in glorious sunshine, impressing the crowds of spectators who gathered to watch.

A huge well done to all cadets and volunteers who worked so hard at this huge event!

10/06/2015

Josh Williamson, 12, is a finalist for the Guy Evans Young Hero of the Year Award at St John’s Ambulance First Aid Award Ceremony, for saving his 57-year-old father life when he suffered a heart attack in November 2014 when Josh was 11 years old. Josh says: ‘I was worried but I knew I had to do something quickly as Dad went into cardiac arrest. I'd had first-aid training at Sea Cadets a few months earlier so I had an idea what to do. I started CPR and dialled 999 at the same time.’

Please vote for Josh to win the Guy Evans Young Hero of the Year Award, here! (Deadline: Sunday 14 June)

05/06/2015

Congratulations to Wallasey Sea Cadets and HMS Astute for being offered the ‘Freedom of the Borough’. The award was accepted by Wirral Borough Council for the close links between the borough, the submarine and the Sea Cadet unit.

It means the crews and cadets would be granted the "right, privilege, honour and distinction" of marching through the streets of Wirral on all ceremonial occasions with drums beating, bands playing and colours flying.

Wallasey Sea Cadet Unit is the oldest on Merseyside and became affiliated to HMS Astute, which was the newest vessel at the time.