Camp 2008
Friday 8th August
Visitors Day arrives and at last the weather turns out to be extremely kind to us; nice and cloudy in the morning for the visitors to wander around the stands, and beautifully warm and sunny just in time for Commandant's Parade in the afternoon.
Our guests included:
| Lady Juliet Townsend LVO | HM Ld Lt of Northamptonshire |
| Jennifer, Lady Gretton JP | HM Ld Lt of Leicestershire |
| Dr Lawrence Howard JP, PhD | HM Ld Lt of Rutland |
| Brigadier J W Hurrell CBE DL | Chief Exec, EMids RFCA |
| Colonel TJ Ludlam OBE | Dep Chief Exec, EMids RFCA |
| Lt Col S Ahern | Comd ETS (Education Branch) |
| Maj GG Simpson | C/Man RFCA Leics Committee |
| Maj K Deakin | SO2 G7 Cadets |
| Maj S Harris | SO2 G7 TLC (Cadets Branch) |
| Maj I Fountaine | SO2 ES OP, s/Plan’s (REME) |
| Sir John Greenaway | C/Man RFCA NHants Committee |
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The Visitors are photographed here visiting, and in some cases participating in, the various activities and stands on display during the morning. As usual the cadets were eager to talk about and share their experiences at camp. |
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| After a well deserved lunch the cadets retired to their billets to prepare themselves for the afternoon Parade and it was obvious from their immaculate turnout that a lot of very hard work had gone into their preparation. Below is an assortment of photographs taken during the Inspection and Presentation,. For a complete list of the Awards and Presentation click here | |
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Major Andy Ball of B Squadron collecting the Efficiency Trophy, which is awarded each camp to the Company who is deemed to have been the most efficient by all the heada of sheds and the permanent staff. |
In–Pensioner Clifford Cassell BEM, who is the uncle of SSM Lee Ellis, and was a guest of the Sgts Mess, was presented with a Statuette by the Youngest Cadet at Camp this year. He joined the (home guard) Cadets at the magazine in Leicester in 1942, which then became the 1st (City of Leicester) ACF in 1942. He remained a cadet until 1944 and then joined the Royal Leicestershire Regiment at Ulverscroft Road before transferring to Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) on the day that Japan surrendered. Cliff became WO1 (RSM) 69 Lowland Transport Regiment (RCT) (Edinburgh) and retired in 1967. |
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"Three Generatons" |
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Following the Parade
the cadets were given time to pack their things and get ready for
the "End of Camp" Disco. |
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