TS LEGION
St James Church Hall
St James Street
Wednesbury
West Midlands
WS10 7DY
UNIT NO 10
Parade Nights Monday and Wednesday 1900 – 2100
Officer Commanding: Sub Lt P Smith Navy Training Corps
E-mail: co.legion@navytrainingcorps.org
Contact number 07865433421 & 07977209391
Drakes 8 to 10 years
Dolphines 10 to 12 years
Naval Cadets 12 to 18 years
Marine Cadets 12 to 18 years
Nov 9th 2011:
Tonight TS legion held a belated bonfire the parents and the congregation from Saint Mark’s church came along to a most enjoyable evening.
Many thanks to the ladies who worked so hard on the hot food and drinks, also to the staff who worked to ensure that the evening went successfully. Well done and many thanks to TS Legion.
Helping with the Poppy Appeal – 13th&14th Nov 2011:
TS legion had a weekend camp at its Headquarters and collected for the Poppy Appeal on the Saturday and Paraded at the Remembrance Parade on the Sunday.
The Unit must be congratulated on its smartness and for supporting the Poppy Appeal in strength.
Click photo below to view others on the day.
On the evening of 15th February 2012: the Staff and cadets of TS Legion had their first open evening. It was attended by parents, families and visitors, and by Fr Kevin (Chaplain to TS Legion) and others from St James Church.
Visitors received a tour of TS Legion, and were shown many of the activities that the cadets are involved in during their training. These activities include drill, and class work appropriate to the age groups. There was also a raffle to raise money to support the activities of the cadets of TS Legion.
During the break parents were treated to tea, coffee and biscuits, and staff and cadets mingled with visitors. Many parents were interested to know about the different roles of the Navy and Marine cadets. Some would say that the differences can be summed up light heartedly by saying that Marine cadets get more mud on their uniforms and they get to crawl through cow pats on their weekends away!!! (and of course, the officer in charge of the Marines shouts louder on the parade ground!!!).
Colours at the end of the evening took place outside (a sign of milder weather creeping in perhaps!!!), with junior members of TS Legion taking on the roles of senior figures, and wearing appropriate naval caps of senior ranks for this special evening. Fr Kevin also presented certificates of achievement to three Dolphin cadets (age group 10-12 years). All cadets performed flawlessly on the evening. The standard of drill was brilliant, and all the cadets were a credit to the unit. Everyone pulled their weight, and put in 110% effort.
We hope that some of the younger members present at the open evening will join up as cadets and experience the fun and enjoyment of Navy and Marine cadet activities at TS Legion.
Fr Kevin (Chaplain to TS Legion) presented certificates to cadets of TS Legion.
Our thanks to all our visitors, we enjoyed having you come along to visit us, and we hope that you will come again in the not too distant future.
Fr Kevin Palmer
Some of the photos of the evening are below, click to enlarge view.
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| Cadets of TS Legion salute the visitors | TS Legion cadet Chloe at work in the classroom |
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| Cadets Harry (left) and Callum (right) taking on a senior ranking roles at colours on open evening at TS Legion | Cadet Joe receiving his certificate proudly looked on by his Grandmother. |
3rd class cook/steward weekend , 13-15th April 2012: – We had 15 cadets attended from TS Ark Royal, TS Revenge TS Legion and TS Ocean. All 15 cadets passed the course with flying colours, three of them with 100% marks. Click photo below to see the pics of the weekend.
Field Training Skills 20-22nd April 2012:
The weekend saw Navy Training Corps Marine Cadets practicing their Field Craft Skills at the Corps Training Area in Staffordshire.
Cadets and Staff from Malvern, Worcester and Wednesbury Detachments, along with a prospective new Detachment from Derbyshire all took part in various exercises.
Click to view pics of the weekend
TS Legion’s Calendar
n.b. It is the responsibility of the Unit, to keep this Calendar up-to-date
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For further details please complete the comments box below and a member of the Unit staff will respond to you. Thank you
A very good birthday party on the 4 April. Well done every one
Thanks for the Cadet of the month award, I really appreciate thanks