Canterbury Cadets lead the Prayers on Remembrance Day

On Remembrance Sunday the honour of leading the congregation in prayers at Canterbury Cathedral fell to three Air Cadets from 312 (City of Canterbury) Sqn, (Cadet Benjamin Goodfellow 14, Cpl Robyn Allen 17 & Sgt Lewis Osborne 15).

The three cadets took it in turn to stand in front of the large congregation present to celebrate not only Remembrance but also the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The ages of the cadets were quite poignant as they reflected the ages of some of the lads that had fought in the First World War especially as the youngest to die had only been 14.

Sgt Osborne who also led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer said afterwards “It was a surreal experience, having the entire Cathedral full as a congregation for our prayers, I feel honoured to represent the Squadron and the Corps”

Cpl Allen said “It was an honour to be able to represent 312 (City of Canterbury) Air Cadets by reading a prayer in the Cathedral to remember the fallen, we will remember them.”

Cadet Goodfellow mentioned “It was absolutely fantastic to represent the Squadron and the ATC by reading at the Remembrance service in the Cathedral. It was quite nerve-racking stepping up in front of all those people, but I feel that it went well”

Many of the dignitaries said how well they had done, Reverend Clifford Goble (Kent Wing Chaplain) congratulated them on pulling off the nerve racking task they had performed. Their Squadron CO, Flt Lt Jim Eldridge said that he was immensely proud of the three cadets for doing such a brilliant job in front of such a large congregation.