Antrim Lieutenancy
Lord-Lieutenant Cadets
The Lord-Lieutenant can appoint cadets, through the Reserve Forces and Cadet Association (RFCA) to accompany them on official duties.
They provide an essential link between the armed forces and the local community, assist with recruiting within the cadet forces and assist the County’s Reserve Forces and Cadets Association. The cadet is selected and appointed based on their outreach and participation within their squadron, detachment or unit, and is seen as one of the highest achievements in the Cadet Forces.
Lord-Lieutenant Cadet 2019/20, Cadet Sergeant Catherine Hill, with her mother and HRH the Earl of Wessex, KG, during his recent trip to County Antrim in October 2019 (image: NIO)
How to be a Lord-Lieutenant Cadet?
To be a Lord-Lieutenant 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’s 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 it is a great honour for the cadets their parents and adult staff.
The current Lord-Lieutenant Cadets (2023/24) are:
Cadet Sergeant Major Kate Addison
Lisnagarvey High School CCF, The Rifles
Cadet Corporal Taylor Ashe
Cullybackey Detachment, 1st NI Battalion ACF, Irish Guards
Cadet Corporal Logan Beckett
Whitehouse Detachment, 1st NI Battalion ACF, Royal Irish
Previous Lord-Lieutenant Cadets:
- 2023/24 – Cadet Staff Sgt Kaitlyn Beggs, 1st (NI) Bn ACF, Cadet Corporal Faith Steen, 1st (NI) Bn ACF and Cadet Company Sgt Major Aimee Milevsky, 2nd (NI) Bn ACF
- 2022/23 – Ordinary Cadet Adam Barr Sea Cadet Corps TS Ulster and Cadet Sgt Rhys Millar, Air Training Corps 1919 (Newtownabbey) Squadron
- 2021/22 – Cadet Company Sgt Major Ciara McKay, 1st (NI) Bn ACF and Cadet Cpl Ross Currie 2nd (NI) Bn ACF
- 2020/21 – Cadet Sgt Robert Allen, 1st (NI) Bn ACF and Cadet Sgt Major Emma Ellison, 1st (NI) Bn ACF
- 2019/20 – Cadet Sgt Catherine Hill (Air Training Corps) and Cadet Sgt Ellen Rae, 1st (NI) Bn, ACF
History of Lieutenancy
The office of Lord-Lieutenant is of military origin and can be said to date back to the reign of Henry VIII…
Roles and responsibilities
The Lord-Lieutenant is His Majesty’s personal representative for the County. Their primary duty is to…
Uniform, Badges and Etiquette
The Lord-Lieutenant wears a dark blue No. 1 dress that was established in 1950. It is similar to that of a Major-General…