GEORGIA WILLIAMS
By Cdt. E. Giles
On the 14th of June 2013 the funeral of
Cadet Corporal Georgia Williams was held
at All Saints church in Wellington, the
tragic death of the Corporal shocked many
people around the United Kingdom.
Georgia Williams was a lovely 17 year old
girl whom had been in the Air Training
Corps at a local squadron in the West
Mercian Wing. Many people turned up for
the funeral all dressed in bright colours,
while the large amount of cadets from all
over the wing came to show their respects
to the loss of the Corporal. As Cadets from
around the wing formed up outside the
church, 1130 (Telford and Wrekin)
Squadron boarded the entrance of the
church then proceeded to go into the
church to show their respects to their own
loving Cadet Corporal. Many Cadets were
very emotional at the funeral even though
the Corporal may not have been known to
everyone, she still remains part of the Air
Training Corps family and will be missed by
us all. Cadets, members of the public and
Georgia's friends and family left the church
extremely heartfelt and moved by the
funeral and we will all remember her and
miss her dearly. ?
Cadet Corporal
Georgia Williams
NATIONAL SERVICE RAF
ASSOCIATION PARADE
By Cdt. Z. Waterworth
In the beginning, we helped out with car
parking. This involved making sure that all
of the arriving vehicles were parked in an
appropriate place to enable other people to
arrive. To follow this, the veterans started
to get on parade. When the band started
playing it was breath-taking. The veterans
then stood on parade for around fifty
minutes. There were some amazing and
really fascinating stories being told; one of
the veterans started crying, it was heartbreaking - but to see all the veterans on
parade, made it up. When Air Chief
Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton and Group
Captain Adam Sansom arrived, the
veterans looked stunned. After the parade
we all marched away and fell out. The
veterans looked happy to have been on
parade again after all this time. We all had
a great day. ?
NEWPORT CARNIVAL
By Cdt. E. Eccleston
It was a crisp summer’s morning – the
crowds
gathered
in
their
masses,
dominating the sidewalks. The cadets of
Cosford Squadron rounded the corner with
glistening instruments in their hands. The
crowds erupted in joyous cheers and
received them with open arms. At the end
of the parade, all cadets patted themselves
on the back, as they had done the
squadron proud. I personally felt proud to
be part of such an event and indeed to be
part of Cosford Squadron. ?
By Cdt. L. Dean
On the 8th of June 2013, Cosford air
cadets provided a band for Newport’s
celebration carnival which is held every
year.
The cadets all met in Newport at 11am and
the band was formed up to practice, while
the rest of the floats, dancers and
entertainers prepared themselves they
were treated to a sneak preview of what
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the band could do. All were very impressed
with the standard of play.
Everyone came dressed to impress; and I
can say we did impress! All ready with the
instruments we set to lead the parade
through the ecstatic streets o