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Reserve Forces & Cadets Association
Northern Ireland


Latest Cadet and Reservist news from around the region.

News Desk
If you have any news you would like featured please contact RFCA Northern Ireland on 02890 665024 or email ni-info[AT]rfca[DOT]org[DOT]uk.

EAST BELFAST CADETS HONOUR LOCAL WORLD WAR I HERO

01 January 2018

Cadets from Campbell College Combined Cadet Force chose 2nd Lieutenant Robert Wallace McConnell as their local WWI hero and were moved and inspired by his story.

PORTADOWN CADETS REMEMBER LOCAL WWI HERO LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY SHILLINGTON CATHER

30 December 2017

A challenge to find out more about the history of World War I by researching stories of ‘local heroes’ has connected Portadown cadets, brother and sister Ryan and Charlotte-Ann Hanlon, with memories of a special Portadown local hero.

BANGOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL "OLD BOY" AND LOCAL HERO OF WWI INSPIRES CURRENT PUPILS

28 December 2017

Students from Bangor Grammar School chose as the subject of their "Local Heroes" research project an ‘old boy’ whose father was once principal of their school.

REMEMBERING OUR LOCAL HEROES - SAPPER JAMES NICKELL

23 December 2017

The 38 (Irish) Brigade Local heroes Competition proved something of a labour of love for Joseph Nickell, a Cadet Sergeant with Donaghadee Army Cadet Force detachment as, joined by his friend, Cadet Corporal Dylan Murphy, he uncovered the story of a relative who died in the Great War.

WORLD WAR ONE HERO INSPIRES FOYLE CADETS

21 December 2017

Cadet Leading Hand Jack McQuillen (16), Cadet Corporal David Donnell (15) and Cadet Petty Officer Hanna Keys (17), all enthusiastic members of the College Combined Cadet Force, chose to research the story of Corporal David Donaghy who fought with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, known popularly as ‘the Derrys’.