Top accolade for Rebecca

LURGAN teenager Rebecca Murnaghan has been honoured at a ceremony at Hillsborough Castle. The eighteen-year-old Lurgan College student who is currently preparing her for A levels scored a pre-exams boost when she was appointed to serve in the role of her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant Cadet for the County of Armagh for the coming year.

The role which is largely ceremonial will see Rebecca, who is an enthusiastic and accomplished Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major with the Lurgan open Detachment of the Army Cadet Force, attend Colonel The Lord Caledon on major civic occasions.

Lord Caledon who is Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for the County presented Rebecca with a certificate to mark her achievement. She will also be entitled to wear a special insignia on her uniform throughout this special year.

In the Citation which accompanies the Award of Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet status Rebecca is praised for a high level of commitment which has seen her rise rapidly through the Cadet ranks, achieving each level of the Army Cadet Proficiency Syllabus on the way.

She achieved excellent grades at both Junior and Senior Cadet Cadre courses and has represented her Company for the past three years in the Northern Ireland Military Skills Competition.

Rebecca has represented Northern Ireland at the Cadets’ National Hockey Championships and at the National First Aid Competition. She has completed the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award and is currently working towards the Gold.

As if all that, coupled with school work and an active social life, Rebecca has also managed to earn a BTEC Diploma in Public Services and is described as “an excellent role model for her fellow Cadets.”