DIXIT
EDITION 39 7th Dec 2018
The weekly newsletter for the Holyport College family
D Company Eton College Combined Cadet Force Passing-Off Parade: 1515 Monday 3rd December 2018 On Monday 3rd December 2018, Holyport College cadets Katie Yung, Alice Calligaris, Zara Hawkins and Tabitha Clark made history by being the first female cadets in the passingoff parade at Eton College.
The introduction of females to CCF was approved by the old commanding officer Mike Wilcockson last year and we now have ten Holyport Cadets with 4 females joining Eton CCF. Major Jeremy Osborne was appointed Commanding Officer of the Eton College Combined Cadet Force at the start of September and has been working hard alongside Miss Loudoun and Miss Treacy to help integrate all the cadets into Eton CCF. A special thanks to Mr Walker for all his continued support over the last 3 years behind the scenes. On the day the parade was held at McCrum Yard, between the Jafar Hall and the Birley Language Schools. The parade marks the end of the basic training phase of the cadet syllabus during which they have learned drill, skill at arms, basic navigation and fieldcraft. Cadets swapped their jungle hats for the berets as part of the parade marking the transition. The short parade consisted of a demonstration of drill and an inspection and speech by the Llt Col James Gayner MBE- Commanding Officer of 7th Battalion The Rifles (@7RIFLES_CO).
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