Rochdale Sea Cadets celebrate national Trafalgar Day

Rochdale Sea Cadets took part in a parade in London recently (Sunday 24 October). They joined forces with 500 young people from across all three cadet forces to honour the 205th anniversary of Nelson’s historic victory and celebrate 150 years of the cadet movement.

Sea Cadets led the traditional blue jacket parade from the Mall to Trafalgar Square, with a marching band, and this year, for the first time, the Army and Air cadets. They paraded in front of senior representatives from the Royal Navy and the Government

As the highlight of the Sea Cadet calendar cadets aged 12 to 18 took part in a spectacular show of formal parading, including marching band, a traditional club and cutlass display plus a window ladder display 35 feet in the air. National Trafalgar Day was an opportunity for them to showcase their skills and talent to dignitaries from the Royal Navy and to London’s spectators and tourists.

Sea Cadets is one of Britain’s largest maritime youth charities open to young people aged between 10 and 18. Supporting 14,000 young people, across 400 UK Units, it offers a range of nautical adventure activities all with a naval theme and aims to challenge young people to help them grow in confidence.