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Honours, Awards and
Appointments |
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One
of the interesting aspects of membership of the ACF is that
individual and selfless contributions to the organisation
are, from time to time, recognised by the award of
promotions to senior positions, certificates of meritorious
service, long service medals and very occasionally other
national honours. This page is dedicated to those members of
Surrey ACF whose contributions to the service of youth have
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Lord Lieutenant's Awards
2007 |
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At
a ceremony held at Farnham TA Centre on Wednesday
14th November 2007 the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey,
Mrs Sarah Goad JP, presented a number of awards as
follows:
Cadet
Forces Medal (illustrated right)
Major
D Williams, Captain B Cooney MBE, Captain F
Chitty, SMI S Roots, SMI M Bull, SMI C Cooper, SMI
R Wilks, SSI M Jones, SSI J Fryers.
Clasp
to the Cadet Forces Medal
Major
T Hayter, SMI J Drapper
Lord
Lieutenant's Certificate of Meritorious
Service
Major
D Williams
Cadet
of the Year
Cadet
Under Officer S Jump
ACF
Certificates of Good Service
SMI
D Stacey, SMI S Peel
Also
awarded the Cadet Forces Medal earlier in the
year:
Captain
D Shipton, SMI B Woodley, SMI C Ridgers, SMI S
Beatens received their Cadet Forces Medals from
Brigadier Mike Wharmby (Secretary General of the
Army Cadet Force Association) at a ceremony held
at Annual Camp. |
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Beatens receives Cadet Forces Medal from Brigadier
Wharmby |
SMI
Woodley receives his Cadet Forces Medal |
SMI
Ridgers receives his Cadet Forces Medal |
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Appointment
of New Deputy Commandant |
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Lieutenant
Colonel John Ross TD completed his tenure as Deputy
Commandant of Surrey ACF shortly after Annual Camp last
year following nearly eight years of service with Surrey.
A selection board was held in late January 2007 from which
Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Wright TD was selected as
the new Deputy Commandant of Surrey ACF.
Lieutenant
Colonel Wright has now joined CHQ and will have his first
real experience of Surrey ACF at Annual Camp this
year although he has had a baptism of fire by agreeing,
two weeks ago, to stand in for Captain Rayner at "B"
Company during his absence on sick leave.
He
joins us from the Territorial Army where he commanded
"A" Company, 6/7 (now 3) PWRR in Farnham. He has
served in Northern Ireland attached to the Regular Army
and brings a wealth of command experience and military
contacts.
Lieutenant
Colonel Wright lives in Dorking and runs his own
successful business refitting office interiors.
Lieutenant
Colonel Ross has agreed that, although stepping down from
the Deputy Commandant role,
he will stay with Surrey ACF for the foreseeable
future, allowing greater flexibility within CHQ. He will
continue his involvement with the Battlefield Tour
programme and, with Lieutenant Colonel Wright, will work
on a progressive training programme for young officers
and potential officers with a view to ensuring that the
shortages that are currently experienced in Surrey ACF
are corrected and that Surrey's pass rate at the Cadet
Force Commissioning Board is improved.
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Lord Lieutenant's Awards
2006 |
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Cadet
Under Officer Kirsty McDermott was recognised for her
achievements in Surrey ACF by being nominated Cadet of the
Year and appointed as the Lord Lieutenant's Cadet in a
ceremony held at Redhill TAC presided over by Her
Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for Surrey, Mrs Sarah Goad JP.
Rewarded
with a Lord Lieutenant's Certificate of Meritorious
Service for their outstanding contribution to Surrey ACF
were RQMS Charlie Cooper of B Company and Captain Jim
Newbury, recently retired County Quartermaster.
Other
recipients of awards were Cadet RSM Chris Roper, Cadet
Colour Sgt Paul Adams and Major Alan Mulder who received
ACF Certificates of Good Service.
In
addition to a Certificate of Good Service, Major Mulder
also received the first clasp to the Cadet Forces Medal
which represented the completion of 18 years of ACF
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Major Nigel Nicholson
Awarded Second Bar To His Cadet Force Medal |
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At
a brief and informal ceremony recently the Commandant, Col
Andrew Blowers, presented Major Nigel Nicholson, Surrey
ACF's senior padre, with the second bar to his Cadet
Forces Medal. The Commandant drew attention to
the fact that this award recognises some 26 years of service
with the Army Cadet Force.
Major
Nigel Nicholson who, in his 'day job', is "The Reverend
Canon Nigel Nicholson" is the Rector of Cranleigh and a
Canon of Guildford Cathedral. He is also the Chairman of
Trustees for Surrey ACF's 'in-house' charity, SACFA, which
supports so many of the activities undertaken by Surrey
Cadets.
The
Commandant thanked Major Nicholson for his unfailing support
over the years which has encompassed a wide range of
pastoral activities particularly every year at the two week
Surrey ACF Annual Camp to which the Padre invariably takes
Bennett his black Labrador who has become a firm favourite
with many cadets." |
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Commandant Appoints New RSMI |
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Following
the retirement of RSMI Nigel Jackson, the Commandant has
appointed CSM Jo Wavell to be County RSMI with effect from
25 January 2006.
RSMI
Wavell is an ex-cadet who enlisted into Cheshire ACF in
1985 at the time that girls were first allowed to join.
She completed her four star APC and finished her cadet
service as a Colour Sergeant. On her 18th birthday she
became an Adult Instructor, completed her ITC at
Preston in 1989 and remained as an instructor with
Cheshire for two years until she joined the Regular Army in
1991. RSMI Wavell completed her basic training in
Guildford (badged as WRAC - Women's Royal Army Corps) and
subsequently transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport
and trained to be a Tank Transporter Driver - the first
woman to do so in the British Army - working with over 200
men! RSMI Wavell stayed in the RCT until 1996 when she was
discharged in the rank of Lance Corporal. On leaving the
army, she joined Hampshire Constabulary where she worked
for five years
in uniform covering the Farnborough area.
She has held the appointment of Drugs Intelligence Officer
for North East Hampshire and has recently been transferred
to the CID where she was appointed Detective in December
2005.
RSMI
Wavell joined Surrey ACF in 1999 and through her
commitment and enthusiasm has rapidly progressed through
the ranks for which she recently received a Lord
Lieutenant's Certificate of Meritorious Service. Her last
appointment was that of CSM of C Company.
Footnote:
Following her recent wedding RSMI Jo Wavell will
henceforth be known as RSMI Jo Brocklehurst.
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Lord Lieutenant's Awards
2005 |
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Cadet
Regimental-Sergeant-Major Paul Farr, aged 18, was
honoured recently by being appointed the Lord Lieutenant's
Cadet by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Mrs Sarah Goad, at
a ceremony at Farnham TA Centre. Cadet RSM Farr, a
sales advisor from Woking and who serves at Pirbright
Detachment was declared Cadet of the Year for his achievements
and dedication to the Army Cadet movement. Cadet RSM Farr
has been a member of the ACF for 5 years.
Also
awarded Lord Lieutenant's Certificates of Meritorious
Service for their contribution to the Army Cadet Force
were Sergeant Major Instructor Brian Woodley of Farnham
Detachment, Sergeant Major Instructor Jo Wavell of Surrey
ACF "C" Company HQ and Civilian Assistant Mick
Horan of County Headquarters.
The
award of a Lord Lieutenant's Certificate is a prized
honour in the ACF. Very few members are nominated and even
fewer are selected to receive the award that recognises
the recipient's commitment, dedication, achievements and
devotion to duty.
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Surrey
Cadets Support TA100 Army Benevolent Fund & BLESMA |
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In
support of the TA and working for the benefit of soldiers in need were
Surrey Army Cadets from Guildford, Merrow, Cranleigh and Haselmere
Detachments led by 2Lt Adrian Paice. A total of £2,671.97 was raised by
the cadets.
[More
about this here]
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Reigate
Cadets Support Marie Curie |
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On
29th March 2008 Reigate Detachment supported the Marie Curie Cancer Fund
by raising £350 at Burgh Hill ASDA Supermarket.
[More
about this here]
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Target
Rifle Course |
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During
the period from Friday 14 to Wednesday 19 March 2008, Surrey cadets
attended a Target Rifle Coaching Course held at the Surrey ACF Weekend
Training Centre at Farncombe and on ranges at Bisley and Stoney
Castle.
[More
about this here]
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Food
In The Field |
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During
the period of Easter Sunday and Monday cadets from Deepcut Detachment
assisted the Royal Logistics Corps Museum in their special
event " Food in the Field"
[More
about this here]
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Potential
Officers Under Pressure |
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Six
Potential Officer candidates from Surrey, Sussex and Kent
ACFs were put through the mill at Sussex ACF state of the
art Weekend Training Centre at Crowborough. The candidates
were put through their paces to determine whether they
were made of the right stuff to go forward to an Army
Officer Selection Board later in the year.
[More
about this here]
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Chobham
Detachment Help Army Benevolent Fund |
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On
a freezing cold March Saturday cadets from Chobham Detachment under the
Command of SSI Mat Pedwell spent four hours at Waitrose on Goldsworth
Park raising donations for the Army Benevolent Fund.
[More
about this here]
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Lord
Lieutenant's Cadet Poppy Appeal Competition |
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For
the second year running Walton Detachment snatch the Duke of Connaught's
Cup for the Detachment that raised the most money for the Royal British
Legion Poppy Appeal with a monster £6,660.92.
[More
about this here]
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Walton
Detachment Raises Funds for ABF |
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Walton
Detachment targeted the ASDA
Supermarket at Burghill, near Epson and raised over
£1,400
[More
about this here]
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Surrey
Orienteerers Run A Good Race |
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The
Surrey ACF Orienteering Team, has once again demonstrated its metal in
the National Cadet Orienteering Championships by winning
the Senior and Junior Boys team events and gaining
first place gold medals in the Senior and Junior Boys and
the Senior and Junior Girls events.
[More
about this here]
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here]
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Remembrance
Day Parades in Surrey |
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Throughout
Surrey and despite the damp and rainy day, Detachments of
Army Cadets have joined with the British Legion, other
cadet organisations and their local communities in remembering
those servicemen and women who gave their lives during the
two World Wars and other conflicts since.
[More
about this here]
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Tri-Service
Cooperation On The Cards |
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On
Wednesday 7th November 2007, a tri-service conference involving senior
staff from the Sea Cadet Corps, the Army Cadet Force and the Air
Training Corps was held at Surrey ACF weekend training centre. The
meeting arranged by ACF Commandant, Colonel Andrew Blowers, and presided
over by Brigadier Graeme Bartlett (Chairman of the Surrey Cadet
Committee)
[More
about this here]
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Octavia
Hill Honoured |
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On
Sunday the 12th August Cadets from Mytchett, Farnham and Pirbright
Detachments along with the Corps of Drums Detachment took part in the
unveiling of a blue plaque to commemorate the formation of the first
army cadet detachment by Miss Octavia Hill, the renowned Victorian
social reformer.
[More
about this here]
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Defiant
Cadets Jump Out Of Aeroplane |
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Ten
Surrey ACF cadets with three instructors took part in Exercise Defiant
Cadet 2 in July this year to learn how to parachute at the Joint
Services Parachute Centre at Bad Lippspringe in Germany – JSPC(L).
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Nijmegen
Team in Successful 100 Mile Stroll |
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Five
cadets and two instructors from Surrey ACF participated in the gruelling
annual Nijmegen Four Day marches in Holland.
[More
about this here] |
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Surrey
ACF Cadet Appointed The Master's Apprentice |
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Cadet
Drum Major Robert Sobey of the Corps of Drums Detachment
has been appointed as The Master's Apprentice for the
academic year 2007/08.
The
Worshipful Company of Coopers has been associated with
Strode's College at Egham since its founding in 1704 by
Henry Strode. Each year a student of Strode's
College is chosen by interview from the best students at
the college to be the Master's Apprentice.
[More
about this here]
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ABF Summer Charity Bazaar |
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On a blisteringly hot June
day, Surrey Army Cadets were out in force at Sandhurst -
aided by colleagues from Berkshire ACF - in support of
the Army Benevolent Fund's first Summer Charity Fair at
the Royal Military Academy.
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Queen's Royal Surreys |
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On Sunday 17th June 2007, cadets from
Guildford and Merrow Detachments participated in the Annual Service of
the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment at Guildford Cathedral. Under the
command of Under Officer Graham Croucher and SSI Alan Rutter the cadets
lined the cathedral steps and assisted as ushers at the church.
[More
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Queen's
Royal Surrey Regt - Sponsorship |
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At
the annual reception of the Queen's Royal Surrey
Regimental Association at Clandon Park on Monday 21st
May 2007, the Chairman, Colonel Tony Ward MBE, presented
Surrey ACF with cheques to the value of £2,400 as donations
from the QRS Regimental Trust and Territorial
Associations.
[More
about this here] |
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:: Surrey
ACF Music |
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For information about how you can learn to play
a musical instrument see:
www.sacfmusic.co.uk |
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Our Band and Corps of Drums is one
of the best in the country. Why don't you come along and give
it a try? |
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:: Not
From Surrey? |
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The Army Cadet Force has Detachments located
all around the UK. Check out the
National ACF Website to find
your nearest Detachment! [more] |
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