Staff, committee and cadets attended Tewkesbury School today for a service of remembrance led by our own Unit Chaplain, Roger Grey. Almost 1800 adults and students observed the silence followed by prayers.
Photo courtesy of Jack Boskett Photography
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A huge well done to EVERYONE for making the remembrance parade a fantastic success - you should all be very proud to be a Sea Cadet after your efforts today. As always we were very proud to be parading through Tewkesbury led by Lt Cdr Jason Kinghorn (RNR) and the Town Band together with many other organisations.
The mayor was also very impressed, and I'm delighted to say we were awarded the annual shield for the best division on parade! 
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Tewkesbury Unit Celebrate
Trafalgar 210
in Style!
With a Gala Mess Dinner held at the historic Gupshill Manor Hotel (the Manor was in the thick of the Battle of Tewkesbury in the Civil War).
The Dinner was attended by 70 guests including, unit staff, committee and partners, a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire; The Town Mayor of Tewkesbury and members of the Council, with Sea Cadet Staff not only from other units in the district, but as far away as Avon, Somerset & South Wales.
The real stars of the evening were of course the Cadets, who not only performed the duties of stewards superbly, but performed all the traditional duties of Piping VIP’s aboard; with drummers ‘Beating to Quarters’ and stewards ‘Parading the Beef ‘, escorted by Chief Steward A/C Sam Bailey, complete with Cutlass!! The Mess President; Lt Ron Matthews savoured the offering, and duly reported to the Commanding Officer Sub Lt Tristan Cooper that the beef was ‘fit for human consumption’!
During the meal short passages were read tracing the progress of the battle by members of unit staff. The VIP guest, Lieutenant Commander (SCC) Jay Bedow RNR; Area Recreation Officer proposed the toast to the Immortal Memory with an interesting and amusing speech appreciated by all.
The Occasion provided an ideal opportunity to present to Mr ‘Ted’ Keeper the Captain Sea Cadets award for long and meritorious service to the unit. ‘Ted’, an ex fleet air arm pilot (flying the famous Swordfish aircraft) has been an enthusiastic member of the unit committee for 35 years, and is loved and respected by all. The presentation was made by the Tewkesbury Unit Chairman, Mrs Sarah Griffiths to a standing ovation from all guests. At the end of the meal the battle was re-fought with vigorous exchanges of fire with party poppers and flying balloons!!
The Success of the evening was crowned by an addition to unit funds from a raffle and auction held at the end which will go towards the funding of a new engine for the units safety boat.
Cadets were lucky enough to re-enact the Battle of Trafalgar thanks to the Commodore at Tewkesbury Sailing Club, Mr Neil Cooke. To celebrate the 210th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar he kindly came to the Unit with a complete model set of the battle. Cadets had great fun positioning them all under Neil's guidance as you can see:
On Tuesday 13th October, 8 staff and cadets made their way to Staverton Airport to take part in the Emergency Services Exercise. This involved both staff and cadets acting as casualties as stipulated on a piece of card that was handed to each willing volunteer. These injuries ranged from broken limbs, concussion, bleeding and confusion to which our staff and cadets acted out with great enthusiasm. Some more than others, with our Admin Officer Debbie Bailey almost being arrested for wasting police officers time....... While being questioned, she continued to maintain that she wasn't part of the casualties at all but had merely been having a picnic at the airport. After further questioning and a slightly cross police officer by now, Admin finally showed him her card showing her to be 'confused'..... Needless to say he ushered her along quickly and moved onto the next eager casualty. I think our Admin Officer has missed her vocation in life and should be on the stage
Well done to all and a thank you to Colonel Mike Bennett for putting us forward and to the staff at Staverton Airport as this will benefit the unit with a well earned donation to unit funds.
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