Meet Exeter School's new senior Army cadet

Exeter School’s senior Army cadet has relinquished the role to his successor as the exam season gets underway.

Upper Sixth pupil and Army scholar, Warrant Officer 1 Angus Creer, said he was sad to see his four years in the CCF end.

”I’ve really enjoyed it but am looking forward to what comes next”, he said. “I am going to Birmingham University to study International Relations, and after that I will join the army.”

WO1 Creer’s ancestor is an Exeter School alumnus whose name appears on the school’s war memorial. Robin Pratt, Angus’s great-great uncle, was killed in action aboard HMS Dunedin which sank in 1941 when he was 19 years old.

Fellow Army scholar Amanda Herring took on the role of senior Army cadet following a formal handing over of the senior cadets’ cane.

Lower Sixth Former Amanda said she was very excited to be given the opportunity to lead the Army section.

“There were several other very capable cadets who equally deserved the opportunity, so I am really pleased and looking forward to working with them to train the new recruits and current cadets in September,” she said.

Head of the Army Section, Major Nick Keyes, said the Army was lucky to get Angus and Amanda as they will make excellent officers.

“I’ve come to rely on Angus to anticipate what needs doing and quietly troubleshoot anything that needs attention. He is always calm, does everything with a smile and is just what the Army is looking for in an officer.

“Amanda was the outstanding candidate in a very strong crop of Senior NCOs on her course. She is a natural leader, highly respected by her contemporaries and, like Angus, she always leads with a good sense of humour.”

The role of senior Army cadet follows two and a half years of training in Exeter School’s Combined Cadet Force (CCF) and lasts one year.