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Hounslow Youth on Parade
Over 70 cadets and adult instructors from the London Borough of Hounslow’s finest youth organisations paraded together on Sunday 13th March to bid farewell to Hounslow’s retiring Representative Deputy Lieutenant Paul Kennerley and to welcome London Fire Brigade cadets to the borough.
Paul has been Hounslow’s Representative Deputy Lieutenant (HM Queen’s representative in the borough) for the last three years and retires at the end of March. Accompanied by Mayor Councillor Bishnu Gurung, they inspected the large parade held at Cranford Community College.
Addressing the cadets and leaders, Paul Kennerley DL said:
“I want to thank you for giving me this marvellous send off, but its also the first opportunity we have had to welcome the London Fire Brigade Fire Cadets to the borough. Its great that they are the latest addition to uniformed youth organisations in our borough. A very warm welcome to you all.”
Mayor Councillor Bishnu Gurung presented Paul Kennerley DL with a shield in recognition of his long service to the Greater London Lieutenancy and recently, as Hounslow’s Representative Deputy Lieutenant. He said:
“It gives me great pleasure to make this presentation. I would like to say a big thank you to Paul for his support and to the many adult leaders without whom the uniformed youth organisations could not function for the benefit of our young people.”
Organisations represented under the YOU London banner (Youth Organisations in Uniform) were the Sea Cadet Corps, Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps, Volunteer Police Cadets, LFB Fire Cadets and St. John Ambulance.
Following the dismissal from the parade the cadets and their leaders retired for some well-earned refreshments.
