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9 Junior Cadets from Ruislip were at the Sea Cadets' London Area Boating Station on the Welsh Harp reservoir in Wembley on 24 April practising their boating skills. Regrettably, the weather was overcast (as can be seen from the picture). For some this was a new experience which they greatly enjoyed. The Boating Season for Bluejackets and Royal Marine Cadets will start on 22 May.

PO Ian Harris stood down as Commanding Officer of Ruislip Sea Cadets just after Easter having taken over in November,  2015. Ian will be returning to the Unit later in the year following paternity leave.

The picture shows him receiving his 6-year good conduct stripes recently from Carl Leaver, Deputy District Officer Western District.

PO Adam Tripp has now taken over as Officer-in-Charge

Four of the Unit's Royal Marine Cadets spent the Easter week-end on a training camp organized by X-Ray Company near Thetford in Norfolk. Cadets enjoyed many activities including being out in the field for much of the time.

The RMCs left Ruislip in the minibus on Thursday evening returning home in the late afternoon of Easter Monday. The detachment's lance-corporal was at Lima Company's event at Longmoor over the following week-end.

Sea Cadets and Royal Marine Cadets  enjoyed a non-uniform Pizza and Film Night at TS Pelican on Monday, 10 April. Much pizza was devoured and the film was the comedy "Nine Lives" released in August, 2016.

Junior Cadets had an Easter Egg Hunt in the Unit's grounds.

 75 years old this year, Ruislip Unit began in 1942 following Warships Week. But until recently the exact date and location of our inauguration had been lost. Researches in the archives of the local newspaper  now reveal the first muster took place at 7pm on Thursday, 16 July, 1942 in the Manor Senior School, Ruislip. In 1977 the school became Bishop Ramsey Lower School, but the site is now a housing estate.

Ruislip-Northwood Sea Cadet Unit had  100 sea cadets by the end of 1942 and approaching 150 a year later. The first CO was Lieut HL Vincent, RNVR, the first chairman was the Headmaster of Manor Senior School, Mr WG Davies and the first president local Uxbridge MP Col JJ Llewellin,  Minister of Food in Winston Churchill's war-time government.