New award created from piece of Churcher's College history

During this summer's lockdown, Old Churcherian and long-standing supporter of the school, Commander William (Bill) Evershed ('55), contacted the Headmaster to offer his old school blazer badge to the school archive.

As a reflection of Bill’s continued support and his service in the Royal Navy, the badge has been incorporated into the new ‘Commander Bill Evershed Award’, made by our very own DT department. This is to be an annual award that is presented to the Cadet Warrant Officer of the Royal Naval section of the Churcher’s College Combined Cadet Force each year, in recognition of the time and commitment they give to the CCF and the role model they provide for the lower ranks.

The first recipient, Cadet Warrant Officer Josiah Wilson was very proud to be presented with the award during a recent Tuesday afternoon’s CCF parade. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 regulations Bill was unable to present the award himself but Josiah is looking forward to the day he can thank Bill in person.

A huge thank you to Bill for this wonderful donation.