Former Sea Cadets Captain, Captain Mark Windsor RN (Rtd), retired from his role as Director of Lifelong Learning in October.

During his eight years at Sea Cadets, half as Captain and half as Director of Lifelong Learning, Mark had a number of notable achievements, including the introduction of the Captain’s 50 Year Medal for volunteers who have served 50 years’ continuous service.

In 2012, Mark oversaw Sea Cadets’ participation in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee river pageant, in which 55 Trinity 500 boats flew the flags of each commonwealth nation while travelling down the River Thames in a diamond formation – quite an impressive sight! 

Mark was also instrumental in sourcing funds for the building of Corps flagship TS Royalist, organising campaigns such as Row the World which saw cadets, volunteers and staff up and down the country together row a total of 24,900 miles to raise the vital funds needed to help finance the ship.