Archive - Army Cadet Force - PAGE 10

Second Lieutenant Maria Walding, aged 33 years, is a member of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland’s (LNR) ACF and on a day-to-day basis works as a Bid Coordinator at Travis Perkins. Maria said: “In my civilian job my main role is to coordinate tenders and bids for million pound contracts for the supply of repairs and […]

Nick Clare, aged 42 years, joined the ACF around five years ago and has since progressed in this youth organisation to become an Officer meaning he leads, manages and inspires Cadets and adult volunteers as well as organising a range of activities. On a day to day basis, Nick is a Quality Engineer at Cummins […]

During the 24 hours they helped raise a staggering £2548.82 from both Poppy sales and sponsorship. The event took place on the 1st and 2nd  November 2013.

Lieutenant Alex Calver, is Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland (LNR) ACF’s Training Officer for B Squadron, who are based in Leicester. Alex’s Training Officer role means he has the responsibility to plan, organise and coordinate a range of cadet activities throughout the year from navigation lessons to paintballing and making sure transportation is in place. Alex […]

Adrian Dobb, aged 43 years, is a Detachment Commander at Derbyshire ACF’s A Company who are based in Buxton and helps to lead and organise a variety of cadet activities throughout the year from map reading to signals as well as having more specialist elements of his role such as Public Relations and looking after […]

East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) has been working closely with contractors,  John Martin Hoyes of Lincoln and Arch Lodge Construction Project Management Ltd, to complete the redevelopment works and is now delighted that the centre is officially open for use by the cadet organisations in Long Eaton. The centre, which is based […]

East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) has been working closely with contractors John Martin Hoyes of Lincoln to complete the redevelopment works and is now delighted to be officially opening the centre that will be used by the Army Cadet Force (ACF) and Air Training Corps (ATC) in Long Eaton for years to […]

The new Cadet Training facility has been developed to replace two cadet training huts that formerly existed on the site on Grange Park Station Road in Long Eaton. The former constructions were built in around 1970 and were extremely tired and not suitable for renovation. The new building includes a drill hall, office spaces, classrooms […]

Each year, the Lord-Lieutenant, Mr William Tucker, appoints three young people to serve alongside him as Lord- Lieutenant’s Cadets. When on duty, the cadets wear a distinctive badge of their appointment and assist the Lord-Lieutenant as required. During their appointment, which lasts for 12 months, each of the young people may be required to represent […]

The band will take part in a range of performances across the weekend and are all looking forward to flying to Malta ahead of the competition commencing. Ahead of the event all of the musicians worked hard to raise money to pay for their trip by running raffles, tombolas and market stalls as well as […]