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Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:00
The cadets had invited over 100 guests and had even arranged fake snow, festive decorations and food for the November 11 celebration, but sadly Angela was too ill to attend and died in the evening.
Angela was diagnosed with cancer just four weeks before she died, but insisted on attending the Remembrance parade two days before her death.
Her 17-year-old son James, a sea cadet for seven years, said: "Mum managed to go to the Remembrance Parade and she really wanted to go to the party and kept trying to get out of bed to get ready. But sadly, she wasn't well enough."
Now, Tamworth Sea Cadets, who are regarded among the best units in the UK, have vowed to make Angela's final wish come true.
* Read this moving story in the November 20 edition of the Tamworth Herald - available now.
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