Dundee Sea & Royal Marines Cadets - TS Duncan 113

It's never good when we have to say bye to a cadet. The silver lining is this time LCpl 'Mac' McGregor is leaving us to start An Apprenticeship as an Engineer up in Aberdeen with a company who deals with offshore work. We all wish you the best in your future Mac. It's been an absolute Honour and a privilege to know and work with you in your time in the Detachment. I'm sure memories like this one will stay with you through your life. Pop in for a wet anytime!

Ex Dundee Sea Cadet Gordon Brankin has crossed the bar.

Gordon peacefully passed away on Wednesday 26th June 2024 with his beloved wife Maureen ( nee Halliday) and devoted daughters Paula & Claire by his side. Formerly of Scottish Gas, Street Pastor, Companion of The Order of Malt, Dundee Sea Cadets along with many volunteer charity positions. Funeral to be held 9th July in St Columba Roman Catholic Church Bridge of Don Aberdeen at 11 am. All family and friends respectfully invited, family flowers only please.

Fair Winds and Following Seas shipmate......may your family find peace in the many, many treasured memories they shared with you at this sad time.

Looking for something to do today? Why not join us at The Douglas Festival!

Today we attended our Affiliated Church for Dundee's Armed Forces Day Service. Our band played as everyone arrived and it was a lovely afternoon catching up with friends of the unit and some veterans who served our country.

From our ship to every Veteran and Serving member of our armed forces, Thank You and we wish you the best on Armed Forces Day 2024!!

Happy Birthday to His Majesty the King!!

Busy Weekend for the ship.

We supported the Veterans Parade on Saturday and the Dog Show at Camperdown Park today and we had Royal Marines Cadets at Barry Buddon all weekend also!

Dot dot dot dash........ The code that rang out along the line back to Britain to let us know.....the beachhead was secure, Victory had been achieved...... It was at a great cost, and a cost we must never forget. There are many battles and operations throughout WW2 that stand out but DDay will always be the turning point when the Allies got them on the run and pushed them back eventually to surrender and the end of WW2 in Europe.

This concludes our D-day Follow through, one final thing left to say, To those who fought, to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and to those who lived through hell and remembered it every day until even now, 80 years on.....THANK YOU.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!

9 p.m.

Allied reinforcements from Britain arrive in Normandy. Ground troops link up with the paratroopers further inland and press on toward Caen.

The largest beach landing in history has taken place, things have mostly gone the way of the Allies and the beach head is secure....DDay is the pivotal turning point in the war. It's success eventually leads to the end of the war, the end of tyranny and genocide.....

We must never forget the sacrifice and the bravery of these young men on this the longest Day 80 years on.

2 p.m.-6 p.m.

Canada’s force of 14,000 troops takes Juno Beach and presses inland. British and American forces, including those at Omaha, take control of their beaches as well.

The Allies bring in tanks, tend to the wounded and clear away mines on the beaches. They also start pressuring German forces at Caen, a key city in the area.

Hi**er finally agrees to send reinforcements to Normandy rather than waiting for an assault at Calais.....however the delay will be their downfall!

12 p.m.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill informs U.K. Parliament that the invasion is underway and it’s going well.

“So far, the commanders who are engaged report that everything is proceeding according to plan. And what a plan!” Churchill says. “This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever taken place.”

After sleeping through the morning, Adolf Hi**er wakes up and learns of the attack. He remains convinced the landings are a decoy and that the real invasion will come at Calais. He refuses to reassign his army to defend Normandy........a stroke of luck for the Allies!!

11 a.m.

American troops turn the tide of battle at the Omaha landing point, with warships backing them up at sea.

9 a.m.

Eisenhower announces the invasion has begun in a communique to soldiers.
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months,” Eisenhower writes. “The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”

The Allied forces send a separate communique announcing the invasion to the media.

“Under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces, supported by strong air forces, began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern coast of France,” the brief communique says.

8 a.m.

American troops face heavy machine-gun fire on Omaha Beach, the most heavily fortified landing point of the invasion. Approximately 2,500 U.S. soldiers are killed on the beach in the bloodiest fight of the day.

7 a.m.

The Allies deploy amphibious tanks on the beaches of Normandy to support the ground troops and sweep for defensive mines.

6 a.m.

The sun rises, and the landing operation is fully underway. The Allied battleships stop firing as their landing boats approach the shore at 6:30 a.m., dubbed “H-Hour” for the designated moment of the invasion.

German forces pepper the landing boats with gunfire, killing scores of Allied troops before they can reach the beach.

The landing ships are tightly packed together, and they suffer heavy casualties under the German assault. Nevertheless, the Allies manage to land their troops, and the fight for the beaches begins.

5 a.m.

Allied battleships start firing on the N**i defences while the first landing ships head ashore.

German and Allied ships clash in the first skirmishes at sea.

2 a.m.-4 a.m.

The Allies continue to drop paratroopers into France, with more than 13,000 deployed by morning. An additional 4,000 troops fly in on gliders. Approximately 450 members of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion are among the paratrooper force. Some of the paratroopers die in crash-landings or drown in flooded fields.

The Germans notice the paratrooper invasion and begin to scramble a response, although they don’t yet fully grasp the scope of the invasion.

1 a.m.

The German navy detects Allied ships off Pas-de-Calais. The ships are part of the feint to distract from the Allies’ true target in Normandy.

Allied warships drop anchor off the coast of Normandy to wait for dawn and provide cover for the landing ships.

June 6 — 12 a.m.

Allied aircraft arrive in Normandy. Bombers start bombarding the coastline while personnel carriers fly inland to drop off squads of paratroopers. The paratroopers attack bridges and seize several key points to cut off the N**i supply lines.

Several paratrooper groups land on the beaches and begin chipping away at the heavily fortified coastal defences. Many others are scattered across the countryside, making them slow to get into position.

June 5 — 10 p.m.

Approximately 7,000 ships leave Britain under cover of darkness. The ships are loaded with Allied troops primarily from Britain, the United States and Canada.

The soldiers are split up to invade five landing points along the coast of northern France, each with its own code name. The U.S. Army is assigned to Utah and Omaha beaches, the British are tasked with taking Gold and Sword beaches and the Canadians draw Juno Beach.

5 June 1944

Very Early Morning:
The Allied commanders meet one final time to hear the weather forecast. The forecast is good, and D-Day will definitely take place on 6 June.

"OK, We'll Go!" General Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SCAEF) for Operation 'Overlord'

A few hours later:
Allied junior officers begin to open their sealed orders and find out the location of the landings.

Around 7,000 Ships and LC's were already in the channel or putting to sea, with well over 100,000 men and around 10,000 vehicles on board. And on land over 20,000 men sat ready on airfields to board planes and gliders to be air dropped in.......

IT WAS TIME....

It is important we never forget the sacrifice made to bring an end to war. D-Day.... the beginning of the end of WW2.

CANCELLED

Due to very low numbers confirmed (10) we have to cancel the Carboot. The PSA Chair will refund the PayPal payments today and email back to those who confirmed a pitch. Sorry for this but we feel it's better to cancel now than have sellers disappointed on the day of a poor turnout. Thanks to those who reached out.

TS Duncan deployed Landing Craft in a Northern and Southern direction this weekend with one going to HMS Caledonia with Cadets and Staff to support the Northern Area Band training weekend and Royal Marines Cadets, Staff and a couple of POs up to Gordon barracks for Core Drill and Pre Drill Leader assessment!

A beautiful but very hot weekend! BZ to everyone who made it happen and to those who got stuck in!

I think our lot might have enjoyed themselves......

Just another day as a Royal Marines Cadet......

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE🌲🎅🤶🧑‍🎄

£1 A NUMBER!

First number out wins top left
Second out wins top right
3rd out wins hamper.

PayPal to.. [email protected]. (family and friends)

Draw will take place at Christmas Divisions on the 19th December.

Thanks, Claire P&SA Chair.

Last week we saw our very own L/Cpl Saul representing our ship and the wider Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets - Yankee Company at the Highland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Annual Gold Awards Ceremony held at Scone Palace.

L/Cpl Saul was the duty drummer for the evening, giving the guests a five minute warning drum call to Dinner.
Finally marching whilst playing the Dinner Call L/Cpl Saul took a salute from Chief of Defence People, Vice Admiral Phil Halley CB MBE and was thanked by Brigadier Dodson.

BZ L/Cpl Saul