C.C.F.
For the Centenary of Cadet Forces this year, General Inspections of contingents were suspended, each contingent being left to acknowledge the Centenary in its own way. A special Centenary Service was held in Chapel on 28th June, at which the four lessons were read by cadets from each of the Service Sections, and by the Head Master. After the Service a march past took place, at which the salute was taken by Mr. K. H. Rhodes, who joined the contingent, then the 0.T.C., as a Peterite in 1914, the year of its formation, and who commanded it from 1940 to 1945. In the second half of the morning the Fernie Cup and Recruit Cup drill competitions were held. Captain Dasent and Lieutenant Davies, both of the Yorkshire Brigade, joined Lieutenant Jeffs and Captain Gaastra as judges. The Grove won the Fernie Cup and School House the Recruit Cup. The contingent was fortunate in acquiring a bell from the famous battleship "Duke of York", in which Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser flew his flag in the action that sank the "Scharnhorst". The bell will hang in front of the naval mast. At the service for the dedication of the Memorial Hall, the sounding of the Last Post and Reveille by members of the Band was remarkably well done, and indeed very moving. Lieutenant Jeffs and three cadets, P.O. Smart, Sgt. C. J. Territt, and F/Sgt. M. W. Territt, represented the contingent at the Centenary Parade and March Past at Buckingham Palace, where the salute was taken by Her Majesty, who is the Captain-General of the C.C.F.
MAIN EVENTS 7TH
JUNE.
March past. The salute was taken by Commander E. G. Mason, R.N., the Naval Member of the Joint Cadet Executive. 14TH
JUNE.
Army Proficiency Test 49 passed out of 56. :
25TH JUNE. River Gala. Lieutenant Jeffs organised a very popular performance by a large number of cadets, involving assault boats, canoes, the dinghy, the whaler, and much black grease. 28TH JUNE. Centenary Service and Parade. Fernie Cup (see notes above). 23an JULY. Commemoration Guard and Band display. 43
