Altitude
2497 COSFORD SQUADRON
Cannock Chase
Cosford vs. The Dragon
Cosford Cadets have once again provided sterling support for local community events. Cpls Hemming & Frost
together with Cadets Hall & Pagett donned medieval
tabards on the 21st April, in order to assist the valiant St.
George slay an evil dragon, and in so doing rescue a
damsel in distress.
On Saturday 29th April, a group of Cosford Cadets visited Cannock Chase where they practised skills they had learned in the classroom.
Starting at the Glacial Boulder, they navigated
using maps and compass’ to various trig points
on the Chase before stopping for a picnic lunch
at the Stepping Stones. In total, the Cadets
navigated around 14 kilometres of woodland,
hills and across streams, thus experiencing the
various aspects of topography shown on their
Dauntless in their duty the four cadets provided the musical accompaniment for our very English hero as he set
about his grizzly task in Newport High Street. Faultlessly
the four played on, fearlessly fought St. George, until the
fire-breathing foe was no more. An amazing result for
England, and St. George did pretty well too!
maps.
Cadet of the Month – April
Congratulations to Cadet Davidson on achieving
Cadet of the Month. He was chosen by the NCO
team for showing consistent improvement in uniform standards over a number of inspections.
Well
done!!
Page 3
Please feel free to give feedback to [email protected]