MILITARY cadets from across the county are to parade in front of His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, Mr Edward Harley CBE CStJ, the King’s personal representative in the county, today (Saturday) to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

The parade will take place at 5pm on Castle Green and is open to the public.

Three hundred Cadets from the Sea, Army and Royal Air Force Cadets and the Combined Cadet Forces of Hereford Cathedral and Lucton Schools are due to be on parade.

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This is thought to be the first time that the Cadet Forces from Herefordshire have paraded together and all of the cadets are keen to take part to show their commitment to the King who is the Commander in Chief of the Military Forces of the country.

The parade will be preceded, at 4.10pm by a flypast of a Hurricane aircraft of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight followed by a musical Sunset Ceremony played by the RAF Cosford Volunteer Band.

The Sunset Ceremony is now purely symbolic and steeped in history and traditionally marks the lowering of the flag and the end of the soldiers' day.

The parade will mark the start of Armed Forces Week in the county, which will also feature Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum Open day – Suvla Barracks tomorrow (Sunday); AF Flag Raising in High Town and the market towns at 11am on Monday, and a talk by Scott Booth – Laguna's Spitfire – at The Courtyard at 7pm.

Throughout the week there will be an exhibition from the Hinton Veterans' Art Group at The Courtyard, and on Saturday, June 24 the SSAFA stadium on Widemarsh Common will be the venue for matches between Herefordshire FA and Army FA.

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