Wharfedale Cadets Pay Tribute on Remembrance Sunday

On Sunday 14th November 2010, Cadets and Staff took part in a number of events in the local area to pay tribute to the many men and women who lost their lives during the two World Wars and subsequent conflict.

Early on Sunday morning a small team of cadets led by Warrant Officer David Wood and including two trumpeters, Cadet Sergeant Tom Smith and Cadet Corporal Rhys Leighton, walked the short distance from 1224 Sqn HQ to Ilkley Cemetery to visit some War Graves dating from the Second World War. Here the cadets played the Last Post and held their own 2 minutes silence.

Following this the cadets then travelled to Addingham for their first parade of the day including a full church service at St. Peters Church in which the trumpeters again played the Last Post in the church before the band formed up and led the parade from the church to the Addingham War Memorial playing some of the bands most well known songs including '1224', the Squadrons own march which was dedicated to Flt Lt David Stead, a former 1224 cadet who was killed when the Hercules he was piloting was shot down over Iraq in 2005.

Following the Addingham parade the cadets went to the British Legion club for some well earned food courtesy of WO Pratt.

The 1224 band at Addingham

The second and final parade of the day took place in Ilkley. The band formed up in Ilkley Car Park and let the way up Brook Street followed by the remaining cadets who aren't in the band.
The parade then went along The Grove before arriving at the Cenotaph.
There followed a service attended by a number of dignitaries including the Deputy Lord Lieutenant for West Yorkshire Mr Roger Whitaker - a guest at 1224s annual presentation evening in February.
During the service the music for the hymns was provided by the musicians of the Squadrons band.

The parade was the last for Cadet Warrant Officer Ben Bridge who will leave the Corps at the end of November after 5 years of dedicated service to the Squadron.

You can see footage from the Ilkley parade on the Squadrons YouTube channel -

http://www.youtube.com/user/1224Wharfedale