Issue 87 - NWRFCA - Northwest Reserve Forces & Cadets Association
Issue 87 - NWRFCA - Northwest Reserve Forces & Cadets Association
Issue 87 - NWRFCA - Northwest Reserve Forces & Cadets Association
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4 lancs<br />
Centre stage for 4 Lancs<br />
“For you the war is over!“ Volunteer Kgn<br />
John Ditchfield ‘captures SS German<br />
Grenadier, alias Al Graham from Liverpool.<br />
Each year the Woodvale Rally<br />
draws larger crowds with an<br />
estimated 30,000 attending.<br />
RAF Woodvale is ‘taken over ‘ for<br />
two days with an array of 12 foot<br />
wing span flying models, a huge<br />
array of vintage military vehicles,<br />
model train and boat displays and<br />
a host of other attractions.<br />
At the centre of the show were<br />
4 LANCS with their recruiting<br />
display, mainly of foreign weapons.<br />
The Sea <strong>Cadets</strong> also supported<br />
the show and both they and<br />
4 LANCS took part in the<br />
daily parade along with the<br />
Liverpool and Manchester Pals<br />
Re-enactment Society. The<br />
volunteers assisted them with<br />
their fund raising towards<br />
their target of £50,000 for a<br />
memorial at Liverpool Lime<br />
Street Station in 2014 - the<br />
centenary of the Liverpool<br />
Pals leaving for the Somme<br />
battlefield.<br />
Cpl Dave Givens trying<br />
to recruit Miss United<br />
Nations Abi Bridgeman<br />
For further information on joining 4 LANCS call 01772 260654<br />
or visit www.armyjobs.mod.uk. The unit meet Tuesday<br />
evenings between 19.30 and 21.30.<br />
Volunteers and Sea <strong>Cadets</strong> in the parade.<br />
www.nwrfca.org.uk the VOLUNTEER 19