C.C.F

1960 is the Centenary year of the cadet movement in schools, and St. Peter's is one of the comparatively few schools to have started a corps in that year.

Nation-wide celebration of the Centenary is intended, and every Contingent has been asked to provide a page, hand-written on vellum, giving a brief outline of its history, for inclusion in a book which is to be presented to Her Majstey, as Captain-General of the Combined Cadet Force. A photograph of our page is shown opposite. On a date to be announced, a parade will be held in London, at which it is hoped every Contingent will be represented.

The Royal Artillery Detachment has now gained new life, with the gun housed in its newly decorated shed.

Civil Defence Training has started, with invaluable local help, and on the last parade day the C.D. Detachment watched a demonstration at the Easingwold Civil Defence School.

A shooting eight defeated the local Territorials in a close match at the Stonebow range.

On Tuesday, 10th November, Major M. R. Wade, Brigade Major at Headquarters, 150th (York) Infantry Brigade, gave a talk on the Territorial Army. This was followed by a march past at which Major Wade took the salute.

R.N. SECTION

This term P.O. Ibberson, C. D., was appointed P.O. i/c R.N. Section, with Ldg. Sea. Smart second in command. Ldg. Sea. Franklin became Boat Rating, Ldg. Sea. Hawkins Stores Rating and Ldg. Sea. Bagnall Yeoman of Signals.

The term has been spent mainly in training for the Naval Proficiency Exam, in which eight passed out of a total of sixteen. Of those who failed five were not very far below the pass mark.

Towards the end of term a large consignment of new uniforms arrived, mainly as a result of the combined efforts of Mr. Power and Hawkins. It is hoped that these will contribute to increased smartness in the Section.

R.A.F. SECTION

Sgt. D. L. Brown became N.C.O. in charge, Flt./Sgt. J. M. Lord having moved to the N.C.O. Cadre, in charge.

Advanced Proficiency training started for a small number of Proficient cadets, the remainder joining either the Cadre or the Civil Defence Detachment.

The new entrants are attached to the Army Section to train for the Test in the summer.

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C.C.F. CRUISE-15th-30th August

Five members of St. Peter's School R.N. Section went on the cruise, and embarked at 15.00 hrs. from Newcastle Quay, aboard H.M.S. Northumbria, a coastal minesweeper affiliated to Tyne Division R.N.R.

It soon became apparent that this cruise was not going to be quite the pleasure trip that its predecessors are reputed to have been.

We reached Dundee at 16.30 hrs. the following day, after spending the night anchored off Seahouses. At Dundee we were joined by four other minesweepers, H.M.S. Bossington, St. David, Venturer and Mersey, who took part, along with Northumbria, in minesweeping exercises in the Firth of Forth, returning to Dundee each night except one.

At 13.30 hrs on Friday, 21st August, Northumbria, together with Venturer and St. David, sailed for Odense, in Denmark (Mersey followed later and Bossington returned to Portsmouth).

The journey to Denmark was more or less uneventful except when one cadet (who shall remain nameless) nearly caused a collision with some fishing vessels while steering for the first time.

On reaching Odense Fjord we had to anchor for 2 hours in order to take on a pilot to guide us along the narrow twisting channel between the sandbanks, and through the canal leading to Odense which is about 3 miles inland. We tied up in Odense at 20.30 hrs. on the Sunday evening and although our arrival caused quite a stir the local inhabitants did not appear very friendly.

First impressions of Odense were not too encouraging, but when one got to know one's way about the visit seemed more worthwhile. A trip round the brewery was arranged, a football match against the army was played, and won 4-0, and a four was got up to row against the local rowing club. As three Peterites were in the IV and one in the soccer team, the School was well represented in this field of activity. One evening free entry to the Tivoli, a zoo, fun fair and open air music hall all in one, was enjoyed by most cadets.

On Thursday, 27th, Northumbria left Odense alone (the other ships having sailed a day earlier) and sailed for Kid, anchoring in the early morning off the German coast. We reached Kid at 14.30 hrs. and entered the canal along with a large assortment of other ships. The trip through the canal was perhaps the most eventful part of the whole cruise, as the emergency lights went on and the pilot informed us that we would have to tie up to a pile near the side of the canal. This we eventually did, thanks to an officer and rating who swam to the pile with a rope, after one headrope had been snapped.

The following morning, Saturday, we left the canal via the Elbe and although we had been lucky with the weather so far, our luck was to go no further. The crossing to England was far too rough for anyone's comfort. We did, however, eventually reach Newcastle over 2 hours late, somewhat the worse for our experience. C. W. Gough.

A CENTENARY NOTE

In September, 1859, there was formed the "1st West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers", which has a continuous history and is now the 5th Bn. The West Yorkshire Regt., T.A. In the following year, as recorded in "The History of St. Peter's, York", a cadet corps was raised in the School, and became part of the volunteer movement.

Further details of this unfortunately short-lived cadet corps (the O.T.C., which is now the C.C.F., was not founded till 1914) have now been found in the Colliergate Drill Hall, and we are indebted to Major H. A. V. Spencer for permission to make use of them.

The School provided No. 4 Company, to which the band was attached, of the Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers. The Commanding Officer of the Bn. was Lt.-Col. Briggs, who lived at 18 Bootham, and the School company was commanded by a master, F. M. Scargill, whose father was a General.

The Volunteers had to pay for their uniforms, which were grey, with a forage cap, the sum of £4 14s. Od., and a subscription each year of 10s. Od. Each bought his own rifle, a Short Lee Enfield, at a cost of £4 10s. Od. from Horsleys, a shop which has closed only within the last two or three years. How many of the St. Peter's boys were thus equipped is apparently not known. There was a miniature range where the Science Block now stands, but the main Volunteer range was up to 1,000 yards on Bootham Stray, where a stop butt was set up with iron-plated huts for the markers. The Corps rules said that any Volunteer discharging his weapon out of turn, or accidentally, or who pointed it loaded or unloaded at another person should be fined 5s. Od. The task of the Volunteers was to operate in a harassing role as sharp shooters against invaders, and the emphasis was consequently much on shooting.

An interesting little incident occurred in 1861, when there was a vacancy for Ensign, the two candidates being Mr. Henry Anderson of No. 1 Company and Mr. John Leeman of No. 4 Company (St. Peter's). Leeman was aged 16 and had already paid £25 for his uniform as an Ensign in the School Company. An argument raised in his favour was that the School Company might be regarded as the nursery school for officers and N.C.Os. Evidently Leeman was successful, for he was transferred as Ensign to No. 3 Company. But all was not lost for Anderson, as No. 5 Company was raised in 1862 and he went straight from private to lieutenant in that, and to captain two months later.

The list of the Peterites sworn in at the original founding is given below. The use of two different names for the School is odd. L.C.Le T.