East Anglia Reserve Forces & Cadets Association |

22-27 June 2020

Annual celebration of the Armed Forces community

Armed Forces Week celebrations move online this year, but there are still many ways people can show their appreciation fo the Armed Forces Community.
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Chairman's Report 2019-2020

All the highlights of 2019-20

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A promise by the nation

The Armed Forces Covenant

The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly.
The RFCA invites you to find out what this means in practice, and how it's changing the lives of people living and working in East Anglia.
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WELCOME TO THE ONLINE HOME OF

EAST ANGLIA RFCA

We are responsible for the well-being of the region’s Reserve Forces and Cadets, promoting the interests of the Armed Forces and building relationships with the local community and employers.
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Latest News

An Army Cadet in 1979 becomes Deputy Commandant of Suffolk ACF 40 years later

Lt Col Rob Simpkin is appointed Deputy Commandant of Suffolk Army Cadet Force (ACF), 40 years after first joining the Suffolk ACF as a boy. Rob joined the Ixworth Detachment in 1979. By […]

Reservist Private Lionetti with the Poppy Appeal collection boxes he retrieved from the thief

Reservist from Bedford chases down Poppy Appeal thief

A Bedford Army Reservist leapt into action to chase a thief who fled through the town clutching two Poppy Day charity collection boxes on Remembrance Sunday.Private Joseph Lionetti, 27, a member of […]

Bedfordshire Lord-Lieutenant's cadets zoom call

Seven new Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadets appointed in Bedfordshire

HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Helen Nellis, appointed seven cadets from uniformed youth organisations for 2020/2021 at a ceremony held virtually online.The Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadets are the finest of the many talented young people […]