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Huddersfield Sea Cadets took part in the Canal and Music Festival at Brighouse during the weekend of 20th/21st August 2016. The family-oriented event delivered not only canal activities, but also a street food and craft market, live music and a real ale festival.

The cadets took their new RS Quest sailboat - a 14’ 1” dinghy developed in conjunction with the Sea Cadets, and invited members of the public to name the boat by choosing a name from 100 ships that served at Jutland 100 years ago. The team set up a human fruit machine on their stall and challenged onlookers to try and match three of a kind. They put on a mini skipping display and enjoyed trying to out-skip each other and even got some brave passers-by to join in.

The cadets also got the chance to see the other stalls and tried their hand at rope making and sand art, creating amazing pictures out of different coloured sand.

Sea Cadets from Huddersfield took part in a war time festival when Meltham held their annual 1940s weekend. The Meltham Memories Wartime Weekend, now in its ninth year, commemorates everything from big band music and vehicles to military uniforms and fashions of the period.

The main procession got underway at 12:30 pm on Saturday, 2nd July 2016, with a military parade through the village – Meltham and Meltham Mills Brass Band led the parade, followed by Huddersfield & District Army Veterans, Huddersfield Sea Cadets, Army Cadets and Air Cadets, local school children, and a long line of vintage military vehicles.

Throughout the day there were stalls and entertainment in the village. Music and stalls took over Meltham CE Primary School, the fire station on Holmfirth Road and St Bartholomew's Church. There was a parade of vintage cars and World War II re-enactments in the school grounds where the cadets had set up their stall.

Holmfirth turned back the clock again at the weekend. Thousands flocked to the town’s second annual wartime event, which took place at the Sands Recreation Ground. Many took the opportunity to step back in time with women dressed to impress in their vintage clothes as scores of men donned military uniforms.

Songs from forces sweetheart Vera Lynn played alongside traditional music as people wandered past vintage displays and wartime vehicles. Visitors enjoyed sampling typical wartime foods and viewing memorabilia and household items from years gone by. Entertainment was provided by ‘George Formby’ as well as theatre performers who staged 1940s style music and dancing.

A highlight of the festivities was a fly-past from a Dakota plane to the tune of the First World War lament played on bagpipes.

A memorial garden commemorating the lives of lost servicemen and women has been opened in Moldgreen.

The Heritage Memorial Garden was created to honour those who have died in service, both in conflict and humanitarian situations, since the end of World War II.

Situated behind the Tolson Museum in Ravensknowle Park , it is designed to create a place of tranquillity and contemplation.

The garden has grassed areas and flower beds encircled by accessible pathways and traditional-style stone walls.  Its centre point is a sculpture of a pair of hands holding the world.  Other features include poppy-shaped stone seats and a timeline of major conflicts since 1945 set into the pathway.

Sea Cadets marched through Huddersfield to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The parade included 150 Sea Cadets from units across West Yorkshire.

They were led by the band of The Yorkshire Regiment.

Starting from New Street the cadets marched through the town centre, proudly displaying the Sea Cadet Colours. The parade took the route of Market Place, Kirkgate and Byram Street. Participants then made their way into St Peter’s Church where a special service was held.

Trafalgar Day celebrates the victory by the Royal Navy over the French and Spanish fleets on October 21, 1805.