Emma Ellison selected as County Antrim Lord Lieutenant's Cadet

Cadet Colour Sergeant Emma Ellison

We would like to congratulate Year 13 pupil Emma Ellison who was selected as HM Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet for County Antrim.
Emma will attend a ceremony at HM The Queen’s official residence Hillsborough Castle in March where she will be presented with her certificate and badge of office by HM Lord Lieutenants of Northern Ireland.

To be a Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet, you must be of the highest calibre and be nominated firstly by your Detachment Commander and Company Commander, the process moves on then when a meeting is convened by RFCA and attended by HM Lord Lieutenants and they select the cadet after reading their citation.
Each County has a Lord Lieutenant as well as the two County Borough's Belfast and Londonderry. The cadets will accompany their respective Lord Lieutenants on official duties such as Remembrance Sunday and when members of the Royal Family come to Northern Ireland.

Lord Lieutenant Cadets are selected from members of the Cadet Forces (Sea Cadet Corps, Combined Cadet Force, Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps) so to be selected is a great honour for the cadets, their parents and adult staff.