Army Cadets Parade At National Trafalgar Day Parade

For the first time in its history on Sunday 24 October the Army Cadet Force will join the Sea Cadet Corps in commemorating Nelson’s famous victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. In total some 500 young people, aged 12 to 18, from across all three cadet forces and from all over the UK will parade together on Trafalgar Square in central London to honour the 205th anniversary of Nelson’s historic victory in 1805 and celebrate 150 years of the cadet movement, the most successful voluntary youth movement ever.

As part of the Cadet150 celebrations, the Sea Cadets invited their colleagues from the Army and Air Cadets to join them for the highlight of their annual calendar.

The parade from the Mall to Trafalgar Square will be led by an 80-strong marching band of Sea Cadets. The 500 youngsters will then take part in a spectacular display of formal parading, bandsmanship and a traditional club and cutlass plus a spectacular window ladder display at a height of 35 feet over the Square. This annual event is an opportunity for them to showcase their skills and talent to dignitaries from all three Armed Forces and London’s spectators and tourists.

For this magnificent event the cadets will have only had three days to coordinate and practice beforehand. It is a testament to the hard work, dedication and passion these young people have invested throughout the year in their respective cadet activities.

Cadet150 is a year of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the UK’s cadet movement and has involved hundreds of events all over the country throughout 2010, all designed to promote the movement and encourage people of all ages to get involved. Her Majesty The Queen is Patron.

With origins dating back to 1860, the cadet movement is one of the oldest and most successful voluntary youth organisations in the world. A force to be reckoned with, today it numbers 131,000 young people led by 25,000 adult volunteers in well over 3,000 sites across the country.

The year of celebrations launched on February 17 when 26 cadet ambassadors had an audience at Buckingham Palace with HM The Queen, Patron of Cadet150, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel in Chief of the Army Cadet Force.

The main commemorative event for Cadet150 took place on 6 July when almost 2,000 cadets paraded down the Mall before His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, then joined friends, family and VIP guests in the grounds of Buckingham Palace for a garden party.

All three Armed Forces have helped the cadet movement celebrate its 150th anniversary. As well as the Festival of First Aid at RMAS Sandhurst, Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth hosted a special Cadet150 residential camp for 150 cadets working towards their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and a Cadet150 sports competition took place at RAF Cranwell.

Cadet150 expeditions have taken place to locations as diverse as Lesotho, the Himalayas, Nigeria, the Italian Dolomites, Peru, the USA and Kenya. Cadets are also planting 150,000 trees all over the country in partnership with the Woodland Trust.

The Cadet150 anniversary year will conclude with formal tributes during Remembrance weekend in November.

For further information please visit Cadet 150.

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