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Commanding Officer
Captain (SCC) Peter Agnew Royal Marines Reserve
Commandng Officer Woking Sea Cadets
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Woking Sea Cadets Mission Statement
The staff and management committee of Woking Sea Cadets are committed to providing the cadets with the highest standard of training delivered within a safe and fun environment. To this end Staff will attend a minimum amount of parade nights and training to ensure that they can provide this training to the cadets and that the unit will provide them with necessary training.
Peter Agnew
Captain (SCC) Royal Marines Reserve
Commanding Officer
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Unit Staff
Commanding Officer - Capt(SCC)P Agnew RMR
First Lieutenant - Lt (SCC) K S Milligan AInstLM RNR
Executve Senior Rate - CPO(SCC)B James
Detachement Commander - Sgt(SCC) N Allen
Training Officer -
Logistics Officer - UA L Jones
OiC Junior Section - TI(SCC) S Collins
PO(SCC) N Thom
Sgt(SCC) A Allen
ASgt(SCC) R Flaherty
ACI (SCC) A Stevens
ACI (SCC) J Gallaghr
PCI (SCC) B Stokes
PCI (SCC) M Jones
UA S Menzies
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WOKING MARINE CADET SECTION
Marine Cadets are young men and women (13 -18 years) who enjoy a challenge, both physically and mentally. The training and ethos of the Royal Marines provides the template for the Marine Cadet syllabus.
The training includes learning many of the skills needed by a Royal Marine Commando to operate as a ‘Sea Soldier’, which include:
• camouflage and concealment
• Map reading
• marksmanship
• ceremonial drill
• Weapon handling
• boat skills
• tactics
• communications
The ethos encourages similar values to those of the Royal Marines in young people:
• Adaptability and Professionalism
• Cheerfulness and Humour
• Consideration of others
• Courage and Determination
• Humility
• Teamwork and Unity
Marine Cadet Detachments (MCD’s) are an integral part of the top Sea Cadet units that have decided and are capable of providing, the wider range of opportunities that Marine Cadets enjoy. Each Marine Cadet Detachment has dedicated staff and ‘barracks’ accommodation within the parent unit.
Woking MCD are under the command of Sgt (SCC) N Allen.
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Woking MCD is part of Zulu Company which is under the command of Major (SCC)G Guppy RMR and 3 Troop who are commanded by Captain (SCC) J Juniper RMR
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Unit Parents & Supporters Association
The Unit also has a Parents and Supporters Association, who support the Unit Committee in many different ways from driving the minibus, to cleaning the unit and its grounds and many more things in between.
The P&SA are formed of people who give as much time as they can spare to help the Unit in it's aim of developing young people into responsible and helpful members of the community.
As serious as that sounds, P&SA members involve themselves in such roles as making tea and coffee at events, running the cadet nutty (sweets) bar, and minor decorating around the HQ Building.
If you have a skill or just some time to spare, we can use it in ways you could never have imagined before and give you the satisfaction of helping our young people.
Are PS&A is very small at the moment and we are looking for members. So if you can spare a small amount of time, please come a speak to Captain (SCC) Peter Agnew RMR the unit Commanding Officer.
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What Does It Cost to be a Sea Cadet
Enrolment
There is no enrolment fee as such. But you will need to provide some items of clothing:
Sea Cadets: £30.00 non-refundable deposit. We will issue the cadet with two uniforms and replace these with new uniforms as required throughout the cadet's service. Cadets will need to provide their own boots and shoes.
Junior Sea Cadets: £10.00 non- refundable deposit (if the cadet progresses to the senior section this will be taken off the £30 deposit) and the cadets will be issued with a sweatshirt and beret with badge, cadets will need to provide white shirt, black shoes, black/grey trousers.
Subscriptions
Junior Sea Cadets: 1 parade night per week @ £2.00
Sea Cadet: 2 parade nights per week @ £2.00 per parade night.
Subscriptions paid by Direct Debit Please.
Camps
Camps are normally inexpensive, but do vary from location to location. A rough guide is shown below. The cost of camps includes transport, accommodation and food.
Unit / District / Area Weekend: £10
Middle Hill caping weekends: £10
Unit / District / Area Week: £50
National Week (on RN Base): £60
Week on T.S. Royalist: £240 (but this can normally be halved through sponsorship)
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HMS DIANTHUS
BUILDERS: Robb Shipbuilders at Leith (near Edinburgh)
LENGTH: 205 feet
ENGINE: 2750 horsepower (steam)
SPEED: 16 knots at 185 RPM
ENDURANCE: up to 4000 nautical miles
SHIP'S COMPLIMENT: typically 90 crew
FULL BUILD COST PRICE: £49,800
LAUNCH: 9th July 1940
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New Unit
Woking has had its plans for a new unit approved, and the funding agreed, we hope the new unit will be completed within the next 3 years.
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Affiliated Ship
The unit has no affiliated ship at present, its last ship was the LPD HMS FEARLESS L10. FEARLESS was commissioned in 1965 and along with her sister ship HMS INTREPID she had a proud service including service in the Falklands War in 1982. FEARLESS was commanded by the unit President Commodore J R Fanshawe CBE RN from Dec 1996 to August 1998. FEARLESS was decommissioned in 2002 and was laid up next to her sister INTREPID in Portsmouth harbour before finally be sent to the scrap yards (both of them) in 2008. The unit has another link with these ships as Lt Milligan served in INTREPID from 1988 to 1990.
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HMS FEARLESS as seen from the bridge of HM Yacht BRITANNIA, whilst on the way to Hong Kong in 1997.
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