08/06/2026
Commemorating 110 years since the Battle of the Somme.
Yesterday afternoon, cadets from our Unit took part in the District’s remembrance parade through Belfast, concluding with a service at St Anne’s Cathedral to mark the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
The ceremony centred on eight volumes representing the 49,000 Irishmen who fell during the Great War. One name from each book was read aloud, a symbolic act acknowledging the scale of their sacrifice.
Our cadets carried these volumes with dignity alongside the Army Cadets, in the presence of His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, the Deputy First Minister, and the Lord Mayor of Belfast.
We extend our sincere thanks to every cadet and CFAV who supported this important act of remembrance.