Lord-Lieutenant Cadets

LORD-
LIEUTENANT CADETS

The Lord-Lieutenant can appoint cadets, through the Reserve Forces and Cadet Association (RFCA) to accompany them on official duties.

They provide an essential link between the armed forces and the local community, assist with recruiting within the cadet forces and assist the County's Reserve Forces and Cadets Association. The cadet is selected and appointed based on their outreach and participation within their squadron, detachment or unit, and is seen as one of the highest achievements in the Cadet Forces.

To be a Lord-Lieutenant Cadet, you must be of the highest calibre and be nominated firstly by your Detachment Commander and Company Commander, the process moves on then when a meeting is convened by RFCA and attended by HM's Lord-Lieutenants and they select the cadet after reading their citation.

Each County has a Lord-Lieutenant as well as the two County Borough's Belfast and Londonderry. The cadets will accompany their respective Lord-Lieutenants on official duties such as Remembrance Sunday and when members of the Royal Family come to Northern Ireland.

Lord-Lieutenant Cadets are selected from members of the Cadet Forces (Sea Cadet Corps, Combined Cadet Force, Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps) so to be selected it is a great honour for the cadets their parents and adult staff.

The current Lord-Lieutenant Cadets (2020/21) are:

Cadet Colour Sergeant Major Emma Ellison*
1st (NI) Bn Army Cadet Force, Larne
Arms/Corp Affiliation - Royal Irish Regiment

Cadet Sergeant Robert Allen*
1st (NI) Bn Army Cadet Force, Carrickfergus
Arms/Corp Affiliation - Royal Engineers

Cadet Staff Sergeant Ciara McKay
1st (NI) Bn Army Cadet Force, Antrim
Arms/Corp Affiliation - Royal Engineers

Cadet Corporal Ross Currie
2nd (NI) Bn Army Cadet Force, Moira
Arms/Corp Affiliation - Royal Military Police

* NB these cadets terms have been extended until Sept 2021, due to the disruptions caused by COIVD19.

The Lord-Lieutenant Cadet's Badge

Previous Lord-Lieutenant Cadets:
2019/20 - Cadet Sgt Catherine Hill (Air Training Corps) and Cadet Sgt Ellen Rae (Army Cadet Force)