Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force

The Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force (GMACF) is the county cadet force for Greater Manchester, which forms part of the wider Army Cadet Force, a youth organisation in the United Kingdom that offers learning and experiences around a military training theme. It is home to between 1400-1750 cadets and 200-230 adult volunteers in 45-47 detachments.

History In 1863, along with the formation of the Volunteer Force, the first government sanctioned cadet groups were allowed to be formed. These groups would mostly be formed in connection with existing volunteer companies and battalions. Following the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 which organised the former Volunteer Force into a coherent organisation, known as the Territorial Force (TF), the cadets were expanded. Each company consisted of no less than 30 cadets, and four of these companies formed a "Cadet Battalion", the predecessors to the modern "Cadet County".Westlake 1984, pp. 1–3

Unlike their modern successors, the first cadet battalions were administered by their local County Territorial Force Associations, and rarely ever came under an "army command". However, following changes to the organisation of the Cadets, in 1923 all cadet forces were taken under complete control of the County Associations.

The first mention of the modern Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force appears in the 19th November 1974 edition of the London Gazette.

Organisation The organisation of the Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force is as follows in 2021:

Detachment Location Area Postcode Company Affiliated RegimentRadcliffe ACFKnowles Street,RadcliffeM26 4DR1 MindenFUSILIERSCrumpsall ACF2A Middleton Road,CrumpsallM8 5DS1 MindenFUSILIERSBelle Vue ACFBelle Vue StBelle VueM12 5PWRALevenshulme ACFOsbourne RoadLevenshulmeM19 2DT3 SommeLANCSRusholme ACFNorman RoadRusholmeM14 5LH3 SommeR SIGNALSRochdale ACFNorman RoadRochdaleOL11 4HS1 MindenFUSILIERSHeywood ACFBamford Road,HeywoodOL10 4TF1 MindenFUSILIERSMiddleton ACFAshton LaneWince BrookM24 1BN1 MindenFUSILIERSBury ACFCastle Street,BuryBL9 0LB1 MindenFUSILIERSGMACF Corps of DrumsCastle Street,BuryBL9 0LBAllAllRamsbottom ACFSpenleach Lane HawkshawBL8 4JJ1 MindenFUSILIERSOldham ACFRifle StreetOldham OL1 3DN2 KohimaRTRStalybridge ACFOff 107 Wakefield RodStalybridgeSK15 1AD2 KohimaMERCIANManchester AcademyMoss Lane EastManchesterM14 4PX1 MindenAGC (SPS)Hyde ACF29 Commercial StreetHydeSK14 2JD3 SommeMERCIANRoyton ACFHillside AvenueRoytonOL2 6RE2 KohimaREMEStockport ACFGreek StStockportSK3 8AB3 SommeMERCIANCheadle Hulme ACFOak StCheadle HulmeSK8 5DR3 SommeMERCIANBredbury ACFGoyt Valley RdBredburySK6 2JU3 SommeMERCIANReddish ACFReddish RdReddishSK5 7JG3 SommeMERCIANSale ACFWalton RdSaleM33 4DR4 KoreaMERCIANFlixton ACFPennybridge LnFlixtonM41 5DX4 KoreaRLCStreford ACF Ruthen LaneKings Road (207 Field Hospital)StretfordM16 0LU4 KoreaFUSILIERSSalford ACFHaldane RdSalfordM50 2TR4 KoreaRLCClifton ACFManchester RdCliftonM27 6TA4 KoreaREMECollyhurst ACFManchester Communication AcademyHarpurheyM40 8NT1 MindenFUSILIERSTyldesley ACFFactory StTyldesleyM29 2GQ5 AnzioKRHWigan GREN GDSCanal StreetWiganWN6 7NQ5 AnzioGREN GDSWigan QOYCanal StreetWiganWN6 7NQ5 AnzioQOYHindley ACFLord StreetHindleyWN2 3EW5 AnzioKRHLeigh ACFLeigh RdLeighWN7 1QY5 AnzioKRHFailsworth ACFOldham RdFailsworthM35 0BH2 KohimaREBolton LANCSNelson StBoltonBL3 2AH5 AnzioLANCSBolton RANelson StBoltonBL3 2AH5 AnzioRAEccles ACFHampden GrovePatricroftM30 0QU4 KoreaRLCChadderton ACFNewman RC CollegeOldhamOL9 9QY4 KoreaRAMCGMACF County HQSpenleach LaneHawkshawBL8 4JJAllAllBroughton ACFGordon StBroughtonM7 1RZGREN GDS </onlyinclude>

ACF Mission The Army Cadet Force is a national, voluntary, uniformed youth organisation. It is sponsored by the British Army but not part of it and neither the cadets nor the adult volunteer leaders are subject to military call-up. They offer a broad range of challenging adventurous and educational activities, some of them on a military theme. Their aim is to inspire young people to achieve success in life and develop in them the qualities of a good citizen.

The ACF can be compared to their counterparts in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (USA), Hong Kong Adventure Corps, and Canadian Army Cadets, amongst others.

Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force

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