CCF Camp 2012 was held at Penally Camp in West Wales near Tenby. The cadets took part in a number…
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CCF Summer Camp
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CCF Easter Camp
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Something was wrong: very wrong. It wasn’t raining as we loaded the minibuses after assembly at the end of term…
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CCF Overnight Exercise
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For 24 hours over the weekend of March 2nd and 3rd, the intrepid forces of Cranleigh School CCF set forth…
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CCF Summer Camp – Warcop 2013
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Cranleigh School CCF was assigned to Warcop, in Cumbria, for its annual camp. Despite the long journey up the M6…
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Exercise March Hare
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CCF OVERNIGHT TRAINING Once again the indomitable force of the (fictitious) Horseshoe Company, Cranleigh Rifles were called upon to deal…
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CCF Easter Camp Adventures
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Twelve cadets and three members of staff left Cranleigh straight after the end of term assembly for the drive up…
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CCF Summer Camp Benefits From Fine Weather
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During the first full week of the summer holiday, 22 cadets spent a week at Penally, in South Wales, on…
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As War Broke Out Cranleighans Responded
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As the summer term of 1914 drifted to a close, it seemed pretty much as those that preceded it. The weather…
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CCF Overnight Exercise
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As usual Exercise March Hare was timetabled for the first weekend in March, when unpredictable weather adds a “certain something”…
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CCF Easter Camp
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The usual spring migration occurred at the close of the Lent term, with a bus load of cadets beating the…
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CCF Summer Camp
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One week after the end of term a platoon of Cranleigh’s finest attended 11 Brigade CCF Central Camp in East…
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Prestigious Army Scholarship for Ben
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Cranleigh School Combined Cadet Force were able to bask in the reflected glory of WO2 Ben Strickland, our CSM (Senior…
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CCF Overnight Exercise
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Operation Cold Start took place this weekend on Aldershot Military Training Area. A small, but select, band of enthusiastic cadets…
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CCF Overnight Activity
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On Saturday afternoon the CCF set off to Longmoor Military Training Area for Exercise Cold Start. This was a platoon…
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CCF Summer Camp 2017
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CCF Summer camp was blessed with almost a full week of sunshine. Seven elite members of the CCF deployed on…
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CCF on Parade Tiger 25
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Fourteen cadets from Cranleigh CCF took part in a parade to mark the 25th anniversary of the Princess of Wales’s…
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Harry Rises to Challenge of Aerospace Design
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Competitors in the RAF Schools Aerospace Challenge 2017 had to design a UAV transport aircraft for the RAF and this…
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CCF Crowborough Cadet Training Camp
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On Friday afternoon of week 7, 53 members of the Cranleigh School CCF deployed for a night at Crowborough cadet…
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CCF Easter Camp: Lake District
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On Saturday 24th March, 14 cadets travelled a long eight hours up to Lancashire to Halton Cadet Training Camp for the…
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CCF Mess Dinner
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The Senior Cadets and members of staff who are leaving were dined out of the contingent on last Wednesday evening.…
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CCF: Female STEM Careers Showcase
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On Thursday 24th May, 14 female cadets from the Lower Fifth attended a STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers showcase…
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CCF Summer Camp 2018
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During the summer holidays, 13 members of the CCF deployed to Nescliffe Army Camp to take part in 11 Brigade…
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Exercise Tiger Club
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As the School departed for Long Leave the CCF formed up at the Outdoor Ed centre and set off to…
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CCF Remembrance Week
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Remembrance is an important week for everyone, and having Cadets in the school adds a bit of reality to it…
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CCF AT Camp
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The aim of this years Adventure Training Camp was to ‘develop individual courage and leadership skills through controlled exposure to…
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CCF Summer Camp 2019
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On the 6th of July 19 members of the CCF travelled to St Martins Plain in Folkestone, Kent for a…
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CCF STEM Trip
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On Friday 27th September 12 Cadets from the CCF volunteered to attend a STEM careers fair at the Royal Military…
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Exercise Tiger Cub
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On the 23rd October the Contingent were deployed to Kent and took over a farm complex on an Army training…
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Everest Base Camp Training Trip
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In preparation for our trek to Everest Base Camp in March/April 2020, a group of us going on the trip,…
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CCF Remembrance Day Parade
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Over the last few weeks, Cranleigh Cadets have been sorting uniform and practising their drill in preparation for the Remembrance…
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CCF Kayaking Course
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Over long leave, CCF cadet William M. attended the kayaking 2* foundation course with the Cadet Centre for Adventurous Training,…
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CCF Shooting Day
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On the 12th January the CCF travelled to Christ’s Hospital, who kindly let us use their indoor 25m range. After…
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CCF Shooting Day Two
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On the 19th January 11 members travelled to use Christ’s Hospital’s indoor range. This was the second Sunday Cadets had…
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CCF 120th Anniversary and Biennial Inspection
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On Wednesday 11th March the CCF were inspected by Colonel Ian Adkins as part of the biennial inspection process. With…
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Fourth Form on Parade
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Cranleigh’s Combined Cadet Force gained 83 new recruits this term, making it the largest contingent at Cranleigh since sign-up has…
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Super Sharp Shooters
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Shooting popularity has been growing in recent years and we were all set for a summer of full-bore target shooting,…
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Target Sprint for CCF
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As part of the annual inter-Platoon competition, Cranleigh CCF enjoyed Target Sprint, a new challenge devised by British Shooting that’s…
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CCF Students Fall for Parachuting
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Cranleigh CCF enjoyed a special trip to Netheravon Airfield, The home of the Army Parachuting Association. Both nervous and keen,…
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Cranleigh Cadets Take a Shot
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Full bore shooting is firing 7.62mm bullets over long distances, using the Cadet Target Rifle with iron sights and no…
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First Parade and Promotions
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Wednesday 8th September saw the first parade of the school year for the CCF and the first time we have…
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