The Regular Force Cadet Association

A Tribute to the Cadets of the early RF Cadet  Companies who came into the Army

when the RF Cadet School and Army Schools were stationed at Trentham Camp.

 

   In 1948 I became a Regular Force Cadet

   A choice that I will never regret

   We assembled in Trentham Camp

   And lived 32 to the hut in the cold and damp

   No hot water or ablutions

   A trough in the middle of the road was the solution

   At the Q store we were given heaps of kit

   No consideration that it did not fit

   Heaps of webbing and lots of brass

   To blanco and polish, What a pain in the ar—se

   All the staff were very nice

   As long as you followed their advice

   CB was a part of life

   And it was hard to stay out of strife

   Brian Boyd was our chief

   Jack Kearney saved us lots of grief

   Dick Stanley-Harris, Doc Schwaus and Dick Cairns

   Played a big part in making men of bairns

   Major McCullouch “The Screaming Skull” was to be feared

   Whereas George Clifton and his dog were often cheered

   Time dulls many of the memories of us who survive

   Thoughts of the good times of the past help us to revive.

 

              FORTES   FORTUNA   JUVAT

 

Resurrected and forwarded by Keith Stollery, Miles Company, 1948.