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Record Scouts Gathering at St Albans From the Hemel Hempstead Gazette 20th June, 1914 |
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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. |
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Sir Ernest Shackleton |
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Hon. Scoutmaster H. Salway |
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1st Boxmoor Troop |
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Thorpe Bay |
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Borough Engineer of Hemel Hempstead (W.R. Locke) |
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2nd Boxmoor (St John's) Troop |
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Kings Langley 1st, Markyate 1st, Caddington |
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Tring 1st Troop |
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1st Kings Langley Troop |
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Scoutmaster W. H. Green Mr. Alfred Marnham |
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3rd Boxmoor Troop, District Commissioner E. H. Lidderdale |
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2nd Boxmoor Troop Scoutmaster Rev. E. G. Semple |
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District Scoutmaster W. H. Harris |
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Sir Ernest Shackleton Lord Clarendon |
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Tempest Hicks Cup 1st Tring Troop |
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Comyns' Cup 4th St Albans |
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Sir Ernest Shackleton's Address |
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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. |
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Lord Clarendon's Vote of Thanks |
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County Commissioner Mr P.W. Everett Sir Ernest Scackleton Lady Verulam |
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National Anthem |
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Lord Clarendon Mr. F H. Lidderdale |
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Ladies' Committee - Lady Cooper, Mrs Ramsey Drake, Mrs Collings Wells, Mrs Lidderdale |
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