Month: May 2018

The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, announced on 27th April 2018 that 26 schools across the country will create new cadet units under the Government’s Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP). Schools across the UK will benefit from the latest round of openings, including three in East Anglia, two in the East Midlands, four in Greater London, one in the North East, four in the North…

The event took place at 4 MERCIAN’s Army Reserve Centre in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, with 200 cadets attending from all over the North West. Units from as far away as Kendal braved the intense cold weather to make the journey down to compete. During the competition the cadets took part in a number of drill categories including the unarmed and armed drills, Colour party drill and…