U.K.: ALMOST 500 OFFICER CADETS TAKE PART IN SOVEREIGN'S PARADE AT SANDHURST MILITARY ACADEMY.

Record ID: 230586

  • Title: U.K.: ALMOST 500 OFFICER CADETS TAKE PART IN SOVEREIGN'S PARADE AT SANDHURST MILITARY ACADEMY.
  • Date: 8th April 1977
  • Summary: 1. GV Cadets march across parade at Sandhurst, Surrey 0.10 2. GV Horse and adjutant march across parade ground 0.14 3. GVCadets, including Nigerians and Arabs, march across parade ground watched by crowd (2 shots) 0.24 4. GV Cadets lined up on parade ground watched by crowd (2 shots) 0.30 5. SV Cadet slow march watch by crowd (4 shots) 0.51 6. SV Sir Roland Gibb reviewing march past 0.54 7. GV Cadets led by horse and adjutant march pat reviewing stand (2 shots) 1.09 8. SV Three Nigerian cadets after parade 1.17 Initials OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd April 1977 13:00
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  • Location: SURREY, ENGLAND
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA10GC0NE0RUY4XHU9GJOSFHQ58
  • Story Text: INTRODUCTION: Almost 500 cadets took part in the Sovereign's Parade at the Sandhurst Military Academy in Surrey, England on Thursday (7 April). About 40 of those were from countries outside the United Kingdom.

    SYNOPSIS: Thursday's parade was the 63rd under the name of Sovereign's Parade. It was known as the Passing Out Parade until July, 1948, when the salute was taken by His late Majesty King George the Sixth. The parade's designed to emphasise that the senior officer cadets are parading at Sandhurst for the last time before receiving their Sovereign's commission.

    This year the cadets include men from numerous African countries, including Nigeria and Kenya, Australia, Canada and several Arab countries are also represented. Since 1947 cadets from 61 different countries have been trained at Sandhurst. All candidates now under-take a seven-month standard military course, at the end of which they're commissioned.

    The salute was taken on behalf of the Queen this year by General Sir Roland Gibbs, the Chief of the General Staff. Among the guests were the High Commissioners of Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi Oman, Qatar and Singapore. Sandhurst is Britain's top military training school for officer cadets. A number of heads of state outside the United Kingdom have been trained there.
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