Record Scouts Gathering at St Albans

From the Hemel Hempstead Gazette

 20th June, 1914

Newspapers

St Albans

Hemel Hempstead

 

 

This news article records the annual country rally of the Boy Scouts in June 1914 - only weeks before the outbreak of war. Like other articles in the paper there is no hint of the storms ahead .

 

The rally was held in in Clarence Park, St Albans, wand the scouts were addressed by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

 

At the time there were 91 troops in the county with 2,263 members by 1913, compared with 934 members in 1909.

 
 
 
 
 

Sir Ernest Shackleton

 
  Clarence Park
 

 

 

Hon. Scoutmaster H. Salway

 

1st Boxmoor Troop

 

Thorpe Bay

 

 

 

Borough Engineer of Hemel Hempstead (W.R. Locke)

 

2nd Boxmoor (St John's) Troop

 

Kings Langley 1st, Markyate 1st, Caddington

 

Tring 1st Troop

 

1st Kings Langley Troop

 

Scoutmaster W. H. Green

Mr. Alfred Marnham

 

3rd Boxmoor Troop, District

Commissioner E. H. Lidderdale

 

2nd Boxmoor Troop

Scoutmaster Rev. E. G. Semple

 

Kensworth

 

District Scoutmaster W. H. Harris

 

 

 

Sir Ernest Shackleton

Lord Clarendon

   
 

Tempest Hicks Cup

1st Tring Troop

 

Comyns' Cup

4th St Albans

 

Sir Ernest Shackleton's Address

 

Boy Scout Uniform, 1914, Museum of St Albans

Boy Scout 1914

on display in the Keeping the Home Fires Burning exhibition at the Museum of St Albans between 13th June - 16th November 2014.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lord Clarendon's Vote of Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County Commissioner Mr P.W. Everett

Sir Ernest Scackleton

Lady Verulam

 

National Anthem

 

Lord Clarendon

Mr. F H. Lidderdale

 

Ladies' Committee - Lady Cooper, Mrs Ramsey Drake, Mrs Collings Wells, Mrs Lidderdale

 

 

     
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