St George’s Day Award Recipients 2010

AND THE AWARD

GOES TO…scouts.org.uk

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 1 10/03/2010 15:31

2 23 April 2010

L eading entrepreneurs such as Richard Branson

and Peter Cruddas have attributed their

accomplishments to the early skills they learned

as a Scout – sometimes even going so far as to

say that they may not have had their success were it not

for Scouting. Such plaudits demonstrate just how

important it is to recognise the significant achievements of

this year’s St George’s Day Awards recipients.

Every adult who gives their time to Scouting supports

the development of young people in one way or another.

However it is also nice to take time to appreciate those

that go the extra mile to make a real difference to the lives

of so many.

Bear and I very much look forward to meeting as many

of you as possible at Windsor in April and to the very

special lunch for this year’s recipients of the Silver Wolf,

who will be invited to join me for Founder’s Day next year.

I recently attended a dinner with over 100 Explorer

Scouts at which I asked what it was that made Scouting

so important for them. Without exception, they said ‘our

leader’.

And it is not only the young people that have been

influenced. Many adults have been similarly supported

and motivated, so congratulations and a big ‘thank you’

on behalf of all of us.

We endeavour to ensure that all recipients are listed. If you do not see your name listed, please contact the Awards Department at Gilwell Park. Call 020 8433 7193 or email lynda.gray@scouts.org.uk

Believers. Leaders.

Achievers.Each year, we take this

opportunity to recognise exceptional people whose

extraordinary dedication and commitment

to young people and Scouting has been marked with

a St George’s Day Award.

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 2 10/03/2010 15:31

3St George’s Day

David John Ainsley, District Chairman, District Secretary (Acting), District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Gillingham, KentJohn Frederick Barker, County Executive Member, County Public Relations Officer, County Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, StaffordshireDoris May Brothwell, District Badge Secretary, Walton And Weybridge, SurreyJohn Wesley Burton, Group Scout Leader, 50th Belfast, Assistant District Commissioner, West Belfast, BelfastMary Winifred Butler, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Banstead, Appointments Secretary, District Secretary (Acting), Banstead, SurreyMargaret Bye, County Training Manager, Central YorkshirePeter Alan Candlin, District Treasurer, Glendon, NorthamptonshireJohn Joseph Canning, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 73rd Greenock and District, Greenock and District, West – ScotlandJohn Coleman JP LLB, District President, District Scout Fellowship Member, Birkenhead, MerseysideHugh Davies, District Chairman, Altrincham And District, Gt. Manchester WestJohn Leonard Dickinson, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Clitheroe and District, East LancashireStephen Ronald Douglas, Deputy District Commissioner, Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, District Nights Away Adviser, Ealing & Hanwell, Gt. London Middlesex WestIan Walker Dow, District Member, Aberdeen, Regional Commissioner-Scotland, North East -ScotlandRobert Victor Leonard Ellis, County Appointments Chairman, Deputy County Chairman, CornwallPeter Evans, Assistant District Commissioner, District Appointments Secretary, Royal Forest, EssexBarbara Jill Fielder, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Richmond upon Thames, Gt. London South West

Alan Fishwick, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chorley, County Member, West LancashireThomas Frew, County Vice President, West LancashireRobert William Thomas Hamblin, District Administrator, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Chelmsford and District, EssexDr Colin Victor Harman, County Secretary, County Scouter, County/Area Appointment Certifcate Recipient, Central YorkshireSir Robert Hastie CBE RD JP HML, Area Vice President, Glamorgan WestRobert James Hazle, District Scout Fellowship Member, North Leeds, Central YorkshireGordon David Henshall MBE, Deputy County Commissioner, EssexPamela Ivy Hickman, Group Supporter, 30th Reigate, District Scout Fellowship Member, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Reigate, Assistant County Commissioner, County Child Protection Officer, SurreyKelvin Ronald Holford, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 8th Dartford (Holy Trinity), Dartford, County Commissioner, County/Area Appointment Certifcate Recipient, KentRichard Stephen Holley, Group Scout Leader, 1st Walton (Viking) Sea Scouts, Walton And Weybridge, SurreyMichael Arthur Richard Hopgood, Assistant District Commissioner, Training Adviser, District Nights Away Adviser, District Adviser, Appointments Sub Committee Member, Walton And Weybridge, SurreyIvor Joseph Hughes, formerly County Training Manager, formerly County Commissioner, County Appointments Chairman, County Scout Leader, CumbriaMichael Leslie Jackson, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Holbeach & Spalding, LincolnshirePeter Nugent Jay, District President, West Herts, HertfordshireTheresa Cameron Jeffrey, Training Adviser, District Nights Away Adviser, Croydon, Deputy County Chairman, Gt. London South West

‘In recognition of services to Scouting of the most exceptional nature’

The Silver Wolf Award was introduced

by Lord Baden-Powell and remains

The Scout Association’s highest

award for service to Scouting.

The Silver Wolf is the unrestricted

gift of the Chief Scout and is only

awarded ‘for service of an exceptional

nature.’ It is not normally awarded

until at least a Silver Acorn has been

gained. In practice, this means that

it is seldom awarded for less than

30 years’ service, although this

is not always the case.

Silver Wolf

Betty and Guy ‘Stan’ Stansbury – Silver WolfThis incredible duo have been involved in Scouting for a combined total of 115 years. They even met at a County Scout conference. Looking back on their long and distinguished service, Betty says that Scouting is ‘a way of life for us’. These pioneers were involved in the formation of the Misbourne mixed unit of Senior Scouts and Guides in 1964 – an association which continues to this day. Among other highlights she mentions the ‘Saga 65 mixed expedition to Norway run by the Scout and Guide Graduate Association in 1965 when Stan led the Bucks contingent and the Misbourne Unit’s first expedition to the Canadian Rockies Alberta in 1989 – our 17th annual trip abroad.’

i.SCOUT because… it has given us so many wonderful friendships along the way, what would we do without it?

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 3 10/03/2010 15:32

4 23 April 2010

Alan David King, District Chairman, Leatherhead, SurreyJudith Kitchener, Deputy County Commissioner, Local Training Manager, SurreyFrank Edgar Kitchener, District Commissioner, Haslemere And District, SurreyPhilip Stanley Knight, Group Chairman, 8th Squirrels Heath Harold Wood, District Chairman, Squirrels Heath, County Scout Fellowship Member, Gt. London North EastPaul Henry Leeper, Scout Leader (Acting), Group Contact, 2nd Romford, Romford, Gt. London North EastJohn ‘Jack’ Leishman, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Appointments Secretary, Ayrshire East, South West – ScotlandAgnes McDonald Lyle MBE (posthumous), Group Chairman, 8th Roxburghshire (Hawick), Borders, South East - ScotlandJacqueline Carol Martin, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Dunmow, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Training Adviser, Hatfield Forest, EssexJohn Neville Martin, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Fernhurst, Haslemere And District, SurreyFrank McHugh, Group Scout Leader, 33rd Ayrshire (Dalmellington), Ayrshire East, South West - ScotlandIain McNeil, Group Skills Instructor, 29th Glasgow (1st Newlands), South Western, Regional Assessor-Scotland, Clyde – ScotlandRobert Kayes McSherry, Regional Vice President Scotland, South West - ScotlandBrenda Meadows, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Paddington (The Hawks), District Vice President, City of Westminster, Gt. London Middlesex WestJohn Midgley, County Administrator, County Vice-President, DorsetJohn Howard Mizen, Area Executive Member, Area Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Glamorgan WestDiana New, Group Contact, 3rd Paddington (The Hawks), District Secretary, City of Westminster, Gt. London Middlesex WestChristopher Arthur Odling, Area Vice President, Pembrokeshire

Iain Robert Wilson Park, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Strathcalder, Clyde – ScotlandHoward Francis Parker, Group Treasurer, 1st Redhill, Central Notts, NottinghamshireDavid John Pattison, Group Scout Leader, 3rd Carshalton (Methodist), Sutton, Gt. London South WestPauline Pattison, Beaver Scout Leader, 3rd Carshalton (Methodist), Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Sutton, Gt. London South WestCyril George Payne, District Scout Fellowship Member, Deep Sea Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, District Scout Fellowship Member, Torfaen, GwentPeter Richard Pocknell, District Member, Training Adviser, Croydon, Gt. London South WestFrances Ann Pollard, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Vale of Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireGeoffrey Raymond Preston, County Adviser For Mountain Activities, County Assessor for Hillwalking, Trainer, Gt. London North EastAlan John Pyle, District Supporter, Squirrels Heath, County Scout Fellowship Member, Gt. London North EastGeoffrey Barry Rhodes, Assistant Group Scout Leader, District Scout Leader, 8th/14th Epsom 1st Barnabas and St. Joseph’s, Epsom and Ewell, Surrey, UK Technical Adviser (Flying), HeadquartersClarice Novello Ridge, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Chingford, Gt. London North EastRichard Gareth Roberts, County Member, BirminghamFrederick Paul Russell, District Scout Fellowship Member, Network Russia, Headquarters, County Scout Fellowship Member, Gt. London Middlesex WestSydney Smith, District Vice President, Keighley, West YorkshireFrederick Alfred George Sodeau, Appointments Secretary, District Appointments Certificate Recipient, Evesham, Hereford & Worcester

Michael Howard Spreckley, Group Scout Leader, 1st Marple Scouts, Goyt, Gt. Manchester EastNorman Guy Stansbury, Group Chairman, 1st Prestwood, Chiltern North, County Adviser For Mountain Activities, BuckinghamshireBetty Stansbury, Group Secretary, 1st Prestwood, Chiltern North, County Skills Instructor, BuckinghamshireGrace ‘Gaye’ Hall Stevenson, Appointments Secretary, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Goyt, Gt. Manchester EastRay Steward, County Vice President, County Safety Co-Ordinator, County Appointments Chairman, NorfolkLaurence Frank Tickner, District Treasurer, International Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireHugh ‘Sandy’ Alexander Walls, Group Scout Leader, 29th Glasgow (1st Newlands),District Adviser, Training Adviser, District Nights Away Adviser, South Western, Regional Assessor Scotland, Clyde – ScotlandGraham Douglas Warnes, Group Associate Member, 1st Tolworth (St Matthew’s), Royal Kingston, Gt. London South WestTrevor John Wayman, District Vice President, District Scout Fellowship Member, Glendon, NorthamptonshireGraham Wood, TSA Council-Elected Member, Headquarters, District Scout Fellowship Member, Taunton Deane, SomersetBryan James Young, Assistant County Commissioner, Hampshire

Lesley Bordoli – Bar to the Silver AcornThe Group Scout Leader for the 1st Ruthin Scout Group has overseen a period of strong growth, including the launch of two new sections. She took on the additional role of District Commissioner in 2007 and has been successfully pulling the District together for numerous activities every year since. Lesley returned to her calling as a Group Scout Leader recently but, even then, has been prepared to help out when required – not least when she stepped forward to support the Explorer Scout section after it lost its leader. Area Commissioner David Jones says she displays ‘continued, positive thinking for the development of Scouting in the Vale of Clwyd District.’i.SCOUT because… of the knowledge that I am helping to form the citizens of the future, the kick I get from helping others and the smile on a young person’s face when they’ve achieved something.

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 4 10/03/2010 15:32

5St George’s Day

Christine Gwen Alexander, Appointments Secretary, District Administrator, Epsom and Ewell, SurreyLawrence Ashworth, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, St Francis, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Blackburn, East LancashireWilliam James Askew, Group Supporter, 64th Birmingham, Tame Valley BirminghamKeith Bagshaw (posthumous), District Scout Fellowship Member, High Peak, DerbyshireJames Benson, Assistant District Commissioner, Appointments Secretary, York Minster, North YorkshireDavid John Bixby, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), District Scout Fellowship Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Wimbledon and Wandle, Gt. London South WestLesley Margaret Bordoli, Group Scout Leader, 1st Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd (Denbighshire), ClwydJohn Colin Buckton, District Supporter, Driffield, Humberside Jane Doris Carter, Deputy County Training Manager, CambridgeshireIan Chappell, formerly County Commissioner, County Scouter, Central YorkshireJennifer Ann Chetwynd, Headquarters Volunteer, Headquarters, District Commissioner(Acting), Central Norfolk, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Deputy County Commissioner, County Training Manager, NorfolkDuncan Fraser Chisholm, Group Scout Leader, 21st Inverness (Lochardil), District Scout Fellowship Member, Inverness, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandBernard Dennis Clark, District Scout Fellowship Member, Brownsea Island, Headquarters, Deputy District Commissioner, City of Portsmouth, Hampshire

Nigel Alistair Raeburn Cole, District Scout Fellowship Member, Kandersteg Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, Area Scout Fellowship Member, formerly Area Commissioner, CarmarthenshireSheila Mary Grace Cole BA(Hons), Cub Scout Leader, 7th Tonbridge (Eden Valley), Appointments Secretary, Assistant District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Tonbridge, KentMichael Cooley, County Training Administrator, NottinghamshireValerie Cooper, Beaver Scout Leader, 16th High Wycombe (All Saints), High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireDavid Colin Cooper, formerly District Commissioner, Reigate, SurreyMalcolm Craggs, District Appointments Chairman, Driffield, HumbersideGraham ‘Fred’ David Crane, Group Chairman, 1st Hoveton & Wroxham, District Scout Fellowship Member, North East Norfolk, County Scouter, NorfolkMichael Rowan Culmer, Appointments Secretary, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, High Wycombe, BuckinghamshirePhilip George Grant Currie, District Commissioner (Acting), Godalming, Deputy County Commissioner, SurreyCarolyn Anne Darbyshire, District Commissioner, Chandlers Ford, HampshireJohn Rowallan Davies, Group Scout Leader, 1st Hindley (All Saints), Wigan and District, Gt.Manchester WestPatricia Alice Day, District Scout Fellowship Member, Northampton, NorthamptonshireMichael James Day, District Scout Fellowship Member, Northampton, NorthamptonshireJanice Ann Dear, County Commissioner, EssexRobert Denson, District Scout Leader, Wolverhampton North, West MerciaJohn Edward Dohoo TD, Assistant County Commissioner International, County Skills Instructor,Surrey, District Scout Fellowship Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Fellowship, UK Technical Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, UK-Africa Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, Deputy County Commissioner, HampshireJohn Philip Duley, District Commissioner (Acting), Ouse Valley, Training Adviser, County Commissioner, BedfordshireSusan Dunn, Appointments Secretary, Stockton Thornaby and District, District Commissioner (Acting), Redcar and Eston, County Commissioner, ClevelandMichael Frank Edwards, District Scout Fellowship Member, Truro, CornwallChristine Florence Ellen Emerson, Beaver Scout Leader, 63rd Reading (St Michael’s), District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireAlan John Faulkner, Group Scout Leader, 51st Gloucester (Lonsdale Methodist), District Scout Fellowship Member, Gloucester, GloucestershireIan Leslie Fisher, District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Torbay Borough, DevonDorothy Doreen Fitton, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 32nd Birmingham (Methodist

Church Perry Hall), Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser, Tame Valley Birmingham, Local Training Manager, BirminghamErnest John Fitton, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 32nd Birmingham (Methodist Church Perry Hall), District Secretary, Tame Valley Birmingham, Birmingham Kenneth Brian Flack, District Chairman, Training Adviser, Ilford East, Trainer, Gt. London North EastMargaret Fleetwood, Group Supporter, Group Scout Fellowship Member, 58th Doncaster (Bessacarr), Doncaster Danum, South YorkshirePeter Ford, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chingford, Local Training Manager, Trainer, Gt. London North EastMolly Eileen Fowler MBE, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 21st High Wycombe (Totteridge Baptist), High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireDavid Warwick Goldsmith, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Stroud And Tetbury, GloucestershireMichael Edward Goom, Group Scout Leader, 63rd Reading (St Michaels), Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireTrevor John Gough, County Training Administrator, County Scouter, Training Adviser, BedfordshireJohn Greenwood, County Treasurer, West YorkshireArthur George Grime, Group Scout Leader, Whitehall-Darwen, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, Darwen, East LancashireMargaret Elizabeth Hall, District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireFrank Arthur Hallett, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Ross and Sutherland, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandChristopher Bentley Halliday MBE, Deputy County Commissioner, County Training Manager, County Nights Away Adviser, CambridgeshireSusan Beatrice Hamilton, Group Scout Leader, 8th Squirrels Heath Harold Wood, Assistant District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Squirrels Heath, Local Training Manager, Gt. London North EastDavid Godfrey Willson Hart, Training Adviser, District Commissioner (Acting), Charterhouse, Explorer Scout Leader, Caludon, County Commissioner, City Of CoventryKenneth Ince, Group Scout Leader, 1st Golborne (St. Thomas), Wigan and District, Gt.Manchester WestKeith Martin Jamieson, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Broughton, Assistant District Commissioner (Group Support), Preston And District, County Member, West LancashireRichard Wilfred Jarvis, Scout Sectional Assistant, 1st Bicester, District Skills Instructor, Bicester, OxfordshireDavid John Johnson, County Scout Fellowship Member, StaffordshireAnthony Thomas Kendall, Group Scout Leader, 12th/74th Leicester Scouts and Guides, Leicester North East, County Adviser, LeicestershireJoyce Kendrick, Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester West

‘In recognition of further specially distinguished service’The Bar to the Silver Acorn can only

be awarded after a Silver Acorn

has been gained and a further five

years of similarly distinguished service

has been completed.

Bar to the Silver Acorn

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 5 10/03/2010 15:32

6 23 April 2010

Thelma Kettle, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 169th Birmingham West (1st Quinton), Rea Valley, BirminghamDavid Maxwell Kettle J.P. C.Eng. F.I.E.T., Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District President, Rea Valley, BirminghamKelvin John King, Scout Leader, 7th Swindon (Abbey Meads), Swindon North, Assistant County Commissioner (International), Training Adviser, WiltshireHilary Anne Kirk, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 10th Perthshire (Perth Academy), Assistant District Commissioner (Adult Training), Perth And Kinross, East – ScotlandElizabeth Ann Knaggs, Group Supporter, 2nd Driffield (Church of England), Driffield, HumbersidePauline Anne Lees, Group Scout Leader, 220th Birmingham (St Agnes), District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, Training Adviser, Cole Valley South, BirminghamMichael Eric Robert Lewis, Group Scout Leader, 1st Rhiwbina, Afon, Training Adviser, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganRobert Edward Lyon, Group Contact, 2nd Wickford, Billericay & Wickford, Essex, TSA Council - Ex-Officio Member, Regional Commissioner, East of England, HeadquartersDavid William MacDonald, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Training Adviser, District Nights Away Adviser, Ross and Sutherland, Regional Adviser International-Scotland, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandWilliam Alexander Gordon MacKenzie, Appointments Secretary, Ross and Sutherland, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandHilda Jean Major B.Ed., Group Scout Leader, Derryloran, District Commissioner, Mid Ulster, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), County Child Protection Officer, County LondonderryElsie Russell Marshall, District Supporter, Ormskirk And District, West LancashireEric Alfred Martin, District Treasurer, North Hull, HumbersideTarquin James May, County Commissioner, OxfordshireChristine Mary McKechnie, Group Scout Leader, 3rd Wednesfield (St Gregory), Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Wolverhampton North, West MerciaLynn Mary Milner, Scout Leader, Group Contact, East Sheen, Richmond Upon Thames, Gt. London South West Paula Anne Mobbs, Appointments Secretary, Eastern Norwich, NorfolkJohn Frederick Moody, Group Scout Leader, 113th Birmingham West (1st Ariel), District Scout Leader, Rea Valley, BirminghamBrian Clement Moore, District Scout Fellowship Member, Woking, County Training Manager, SurreyJoyce Mottershead, District Scout Fellowship Member, Tameside, Gt. Manchester EastPeter Mower, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 32nd Ipswich, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Wolsey, Training Adviser, Suffolk

Peter Rice Muxworthy JP FCA, District Treasurer, Glamorgan West, Area Treasurer, Glamorgan WestWilliam Keith Naylor, County Secretary, County Scout Fellowship Member, TSA Council Nominated Rep, South YorkshireDonald Henry Newing, District Supporter, Belper, DerbyshireKay Elizabeth Newland, Group Scout Leader, 9th Leicester (Westleigh), Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Leicester South East, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), LeicestershirePaul George Newsham, District Administrator, Belper, DerbyshireJoan Mary Norman, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Eye, Stowmarket, SuffolkLynn O’Dell, District Badge Secretary, Isle of Anglesey, Snowdonia And AngleseyJohn William Pain, District Chairman, Training Adviser, Northern Norwich County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, County Scout Fellowship Member, NorfolkBrian Anthony Pearson, Group Scout Leader, 195th Birmingham (St Johns Longbridge), ReaValley, BirminghamDavid William Pinney BSc DipEd, Appointments Secretary, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, Long Eaton And District, DerbyshireBrian Leonard Pinto, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Woking, SurreyColin Plaxton, Deputy District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, York Minster, North YorkshireJeffrey Alan Pollard, Group Scout Leader, 1st Wingrave, Vale of Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireDavid Antony Poppleton, Head of Regional Development Service, HeadquartersJacqueline Ann Porter, Group Scout Leader, 191st Birmingham (Phoenix Scout Group), Rea Valley, BirminghamDavid John Porter, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 191st Birmingham (Phoenix Scout Group), Rea Valley, BirminghamHilda Mary Powell, District Badge Secretary, Ormskirk And District, West LancashirePatricia Joyce Pullinger, Local Training Manager, BuckinghamshireBrian James John Richards, Group President, 1st Coventry Allesley Village, District Media Development Manager, Bablake, County Vice President, City Of CoventryArthur Brian Riley, Assistant Scout Leader, 17th Fairfield (West Derby St Marys), District Scout Fellowship Member, Fairfield And District, MerseysideLesley Keir Roberts, District Scout Fellowship Member, Brownsea Island, HeadquartersStephen Gwyn Robinson, Group Contact, 8th Reigate-Royal Alexandra and Albert School, District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Reigate, SurreyMartyn Stafford Rose, County Administrator, HampshireColin Edward Russell, Group Scout Leader, 10th Salisbury (Brown Street), Salisbury & South Wilts, Wiltshire

Henry Archibald Savill, District Scout Fellowship Member, Richmond Upon Thames, Gt. London South WestRobert James Scott, Deputy District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Skills Instructor, Banbury, Training Adviser, OxfordshireBrenda Maureen Setterfield, Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Walton And Weybridge, SurreyAnn Margaret Shannon, District Scout Fellowship Member, UK-Africa Scout Fellowship Member, Headquarters, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Huntingdon (All Saints), Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Deputy District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, York Minster, North YorkshireThomas Shirley, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Potters Bar And District, HertfordshireAnn Simms, Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), Ormskirk And District, West LancashirePeter John Stevenson, District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Sheffield Sheaf, South YorkshireGeoffrey David Stroud, Group Scout Leader, 65th Aberdeen (Milltimber), Aberdeen, North East – ScotlandStewart Charles Swan, Scout Leader, 7th Blackpool, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Training Adviser, Blackpool and District, West LancashireJoan Swan, Group Scout Leader, 7th Blackpool, Assistant District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Blackpool and District, West LancashireMaureen Taylor, District Badge Secretary, Sutton, Gt. London South WestLawrence Teague, Assistant Scout Leader, 53rd Coventry (Berkswell), District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, Bablake, Training Adviser, City Of CoventryGordon Thompson, District Chairman, Fairfield And District, MerseysideDerek William Thorogood, County Supporter, NorfolkVivien Booth Tipler, District Commissioner, Goyt, Gt. Manchester EastGordon David Weston, Regional Commissioner, South West, TSA Council-Ex Officio Member, HeadquartersMarilyn Janice Whitehead BSc PGCE, Deputy District Commissioner, Willesden, Gt. London Middlesex WestCicely Doris Whitmore, Group Contact, 4th Ipswich (All Hallows), District Scout Fellowship Member, Orwell, SuffolkDonald George Williams, Group Treasurer, 69th Reading 1st Caversham Heights, District Badge Secretary, Reading Central, Royal BerkshireKeith Willitt, District Scout Fellowship Member, Reading Central, Royal BerkshireSamuel Wilson, Cub Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Muckamore, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Antrim And District, County AntrimIan Wolkoff, Group Scout Leader, 63rd Aberdeen (1st Cove Bay), Aberdeen, Assistant Regional Commissioner (Adult Training), North East – ScotlandRoy Woolcock, District Scout Fellowship Member, Truro, Cornwall

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 6 10/03/2010 15:32

7St George’s Day

Paul Anthony Abel, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Martham, East Norfolk, NorfolkMaureen Anne Adams, Cub Scout Leader, Chesil Scout Group, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Weymouth And Portland, Training Adviser, DorsetVivienne Ruth Adams, Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Hawkinge (Folkestone), District Scout Fellowship Member, Folkestone And Hythe, KentJohn Anthony Addington, Group President, 3rd Washington (Donwell), Houghton-le-spring & District, DurhamIan David Aitken, County Scouter, Royal BerkshireHelen Alderman SRN.NON.CPT, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 9th Bingley (St Luke’s, Morton), Aire Valley, West Yorkshire

John Ogilvie Allan, Cub Scout Leader, 64th Leith, Leith, South East – ScotlandDavid Anthony Allen, District Chairman, Tame Valley Birmingham, BirminghamStanley Allsop, District Scout Fellowship Member, Grantham, LincolnshireGeoffrey Robert Amass, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), District Scout Fellowship Member, District Commissioner (Acting), Erith & Crayford, Gt. London South EastChristopher Ronald Appleby, District Adviser, Sittingbourne And Milton, Training Adviser, KentJacqualine Dawn Archard, Group Scout Leader, 1st Great Horkesley, District Scout Fellowship Member, Colchester North, County Scout Fellowship Member, EssexNeal Michael Armiger, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Seaton Delaval, Appointment Sub Committee Member, District Executive Member, Blyth Valley, Training Adviser, NorthumberlandTimothy Arscott, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 7th Banstead, Banstead, SurreyBeverley Ann Atkinson, Assistant Group Scout Leader, Telstar (Luxembourg), Training Adviser, Belux, British Scouts Western EuropePauline Ann Atkinson, Deputy District Commissioner, Barnet Borough, Gt. London NorthPamela May Ayrton, Assistant District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Appointment Secretary, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, Malling, Local Training Manager, KentJohn Arthur Bailey, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Bolton Le Sands, Lonsdale, West LancashireDennis Bainbridge, County Assessor, Central YorkshireStewart Donald Ballentine, Group Supporter, 4th Ewell (Nonsuch), District Executive Member, Epsom And Ewell, SurreyDerek William Bampkin, Assistant District Commissioner, Membership Enquires, Training Adviser, Northampton, NorthamptonshireGillian Kathleen Bandy, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 73rd Reading (Park), Reading Central, Royal BerkshirePaul James Bandy, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Reading Central, Royal Berkshire

Robin David Banham, District Scout Fellowship Member, North West Norfolk, NorfolkDavid Barclay, TSA Council-Nominated Representative, Headquarters, Assistant County Commissioner (Development), WarwickshireSusan Anne Barden, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Hook, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Royal Kingston, Gt. London South WestAnne Josephine Barnes, District Commissioner, District Supporter, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, St Albans, Explorer Scout Leader, Elstree and District, Training Adviser, HertfordshireGeoffrey Thomas Barnes, District Commissioner, Loddon, Royal BerkshireJohn Barnes, Assistant Scout Leader, 37th Bournemouth (R.C.), Bournemouth Avon, DorsetAlison Barnett, Cub Scout Leader, 19th Bromley (Methodist), Bromley, Gt. London South EastValerie Ann Baron, Group Scout Leader, Highfield Congregational, Darwen, East LancashireDavid Graham Barwick, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Bingley, District Secretary (Acting), Aire Valley, West YorkshireJune Bastion, County Scout Fellowship Member, JerseyDoug Bateman, Group Supporter, 17th St Albans (Abbey), St Albans, HertfordshireJean Bateman, Group Supporter, 17th St Albans (Abbey), St Albans, HertfordshireWilliam Harrison Beecroft, District Commissioner, Appointments Secretary, Ellesmere, County Adviser For Mountain Activities, Gt. Manchester WestGraham John Bell, Group Scout Leader, 1st Bougival Yvelines (International), France, British Scouts Western EuropeJean Mary Bentley, Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Bowland Waddington, District Scout Fellowship Member, Clitheroe and District, East LancashireMargaret Jean Bird, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, City of Nottingham,NottinghamshireJacqueline Kay Bisset, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Dunbar, East Lothian, South East – ScotlandRoyston Ellie Bisson, Island Scout Fellowship Member, JerseyReginald Paul Block, Group Scout Leader, 1st Southwold, Waveney Valley, SuffolkDavid John Bloomfield, District Scout Fellowship Member, Queens Scout Working Party, National HeadquartersChristopher John Boardman, Group Scout Leader, 1st Bingley, Aire Valley, West YorkshireSimon Terence Bonney, Trainer, CornwallJoan Bowbanks, Area Scouter, Glamorgan WestDiana Margaret Bowes, District President, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Banstead, SurreyNorman Peter Bowling, Cub Scout Leader, 239th Manchester (St Andrews), Stockport, Gt.Manchester East

‘In recognition of specially distinguished service’

The Silver Acorn was first introduced

as a St George’s Day Award in 1933.

It is not normally awarded until after

at least the Award for Merit has been

gained and a further five years’

service has been completed.

It is therefore seldom awarded

for less than 20 years’ service.

Silver Acorn

Paul Turner – Silver AcornSince being awarded the Medal of Merit in 2003, Paul has worked tirelessly both for his Group, the 1st Roxteth, and for Harrow and Wealdstone District. He encourages a wide range of activities in the UK and abroad. ‘I passed through the Movement as my parents were involved,’ he recalls. ‘Father was a Group Scout Leader and Mother was District Badge Secretary. I’ve always enjoyed helping people out, not just in Scouting.’ As member of the Borough Scout Committee he organises a publicity trailer at events to develop Scouting in the Borough. i.SCOUT because… I love meeting people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and seeing Members enjoying passing through the Movement and develop into responsible young adults.

stgeorges_FINAL.indd 7 12/03/2010 16:18

8 23 April 2010

Margaret Joan Bradshaw, Assistant District Commissioner, Burton Upon Trent, StaffordshireRoger Edgar Brett, Trainer, EssexAlan Paul Brewer, Group Supporter, 3rd Teddington (Christchurch), Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), Richmond-upon-Thames, Gt. London South WestChristine Jean Bristow, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, York Ebor, North YorkshireAvril Jean Broadley, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Royal BerkshireJohn Brooker, Group Sectional Assistant, Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Royal BerkshireDerek Brown, Scout Leader, 4th Bowdon, Altrincham And District, Gt. Manchester WestAnne Elizabeth Brown, Executive PA to the Chief Scout and Chief Executive, HeadquartersWilliam Brown, Group Sectional Assistant, 5th Tynemouth (Methodist Memorial), Appointments Sub Committee Member, Tynemouth, Training Adviser, County Supporter, NorthumberlandPatricia Margaret Brown, District Badge Secretary, Tynemouth, NorthumberlandVeronica Brown, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Woking, SurreyTerence Alan Buck, Group Scout Leader, 1st Great and Little Plumstead, Eastern Norwich, NorfolkHilary Rose Buckle, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Executive Member, East Norfolk, NorfolkBrian Frank Buggins, Group Scout Leader, 14th Canterbury, Training Adviser, Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, KentKeith John Bunyon, District Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Tonbridge, KentMaurice Richard Burch, District Scout Fellowship Member, Salisbury & South Wilts, WiltshireVivienne Burrows, Deputy County Commissioner, Training Adviser, County Executive Member, KentMargaret Jean Burton, Group Supporter, 50th Belfast, West Belfast, BelfastAnthony David Burton, Group Scout Leader, 1st Overton-on-Dee, Wrexham and District, ClwydAmanda Peggie Burton, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Hythe, Folkestone and Hythe, KentJane Calderwood, Appointments Secretary, Kyle and Carrick, Regional Adviser, Child Protection-Scotland, South West – Scotland

Robert Canham, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Hove Edge, Brighouse, West YorkshireBrian Jeffrey Capstick, Group Scout Leader, 7th Cramlington, Blyth Valley, NorthumberlandDilys Audrey Cardy, Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Pembroke (Sea Scouts), Pembrokeshire District, PembrokeshireMichael Carruthers, District Commissioner, Ayrshire East, South West – ScotlandMichael Richard John Caton, Group Scout Leader, 1st Gainford, Teesdale, DurhamJennifer Caulfield, Assistant Scout Leader, Group Contact, Kingston Special Needs Group, Directly Administered-Humberside, Training Adviser, HumbersideTimothy Luke Caulfield, District Supporter, Directly Administered-Humberside, HumbersidePaul Chambers, Scout Leader, 1st Berkhamsted, West Herts, Training Adviser, HertfordshireGraham Chandler, Assistant County Commissioner, EssexEric Chapman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Network Russia, Headquarters, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Bradford South, West YorkshireJonathan Dickson Child, Explorer Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Treasurer, Bromsgrove, Hereford & WorcesterMartin James Clark, District Commissioner, Ouse Valley, BedfordshireNigel William Clark, District Treasurer, East Herts, County Treasurer, HertfordshireAnn Sheila Clark, Group Sectional Assistant, 1st Brantham, District Badge Secretary, Wolsey, SuffolkIain Robert Clarke, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Explorer Scout Leader, Reivers, CumbriaJohn Edward Clarke, Group Scout Leader, 1st Belton, East Norfolk, NorfolkColin Anthony Clarke, Group Scout Leader, 45th Norwich (St Cuthbert’s), Eastern Norwich, NorfolkAndrew Cole, District Commissioner, Assistant District Commissioner (Activities), District Scout Fellowship Member, Local Training Manager, West Chiltern, BuckinghamshireRobert William Cole, District Secretary (Acting), Appointments Secretary, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, Sale and District, County Appointments Secretary, County Executive Member, County/Area Appointment Certifcate Recipient, Gt. Manchester West

Joycelyn Isabel Collie, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 18th Tynemouth, District Executive Member, Tynemouth, NorthumberlandJudith Margaret Collins, District Commissioner, Hasting Rye And District, Training Adviser, East SussexKathleen Ann Coltman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Leicester North East, Local Training Manager, LeicestershireChristine McLay Comrie, Appointments Secretary, Perth & Kinross, East – ScotlandAndrew Stephen Connellan, Assistant County Commissioner (Scouts), Gt. Manchester WestPhyllis Mercy Margaret Couchman, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Hythe, Folkestone and Hythe, KentMichael Richard Cowling, District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, County Executive Member, Royal BerkshireAnna May Cox, District Nights Away Adviser, North East Wiltshire, Training Adviser, Local Training Manager, WiltshireGeraldine Coyle, Group Scout Leader, 12th Clydebank (St Josephs Fairley), Dunbartonshire, West – ScotlandStephen Cree, County Executive Member, Assistant County Commissioner (Explorer Scouts), Assistant County Commissioner (Scouts), County Scout Network Commissioner, Trainer, Training Adviser, NottinghamshireOlive Crocker, Group Scout Fellowship Member, 58th Doncaster (Bessacarr), Doncaster Danum, South YorkshireAnthony Richard Cryer, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Gordano, AvonMervyn William Cull, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 14th Tonbridge, Training Adviser, Tonbridge, KentKatie Benson Curbishley, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Ladybrook Valley, Gt. Manchester EastBarbara Jean Cutting, formerly Group Scout Leader, 1st Stowmarket, Group Supporter, 1st & 3rd Stowmarket (Phoenix), Stowmarket, SuffolkJacqueline Daphne Daniels, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, Cromwell, Deputy County Commissioner, CambridgeshireGeoffrey Mansel Davies, District Treasurer, Afon, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganChristine Anne Davies, Cub Scout Leader, 13th Cardiff (St Pauls), Cardiff East and South, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganAlan Leslie Davies, Group Scout Leader, 13th Cardiff (St Pauls), Cardiff East and South, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganMargaret Davies, Assistant District Commissioner, District Executive Member, Wigan and District, Deputy County Training Manager, Gt. Manchester WestRhys Philip Edward Davies BA (Hons) DMS C.Q.S.W., District Commissioner, Chislehurst, County Executive Member, Deputy County Commissioner, Gt. London South East

Jean Major – Bar to the Silver AcornSince becoming a warranted leader with Derryloran in 1975, Jean has given tremendous service to Scouting in various capacities. She moved seamlessly from Assistant Cub Scout Leader through to Assistant County Commissioner Cubs without losing her enthusiasm for the section. When appointed District Commissioner for Mid-Ulster in 2003 she accepted providing she retain some of her responsibilities as Assistant County Commissioner Cubs. Indeed it is debatable whether the Cub Scout section in Northern Ireland has ever had such a champion.

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 8 10/03/2010 15:33

9St George’s Day

St George’s Day Awards

Stephen Mark Dawson, District Scout Fellowship Member, East Grinstead, Deputy County Commissioner, West SussexRussell George Day, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chelmsford and District, EssexMichael Dean, District Appointments Chairman, District Supporter, High Peak, DerbyshireColleen Erina Degg, Group Chairman, 8th Stoke on Trent & Newcastle St John the Apostle, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Three Towns, StaffordshireJohn Degg, Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), Three Towns, StaffordshireLawrence Anthony Denton, Group Chairman, 15th Airedale (St Oswald’s), Shire Oak (Leeds), Central YorkshireNicholas Hugh Devine, Group Scout Leader, 14th Wallington (St Patrick’s C of E), Sutton, Gt. London South WestJohn Christopher Dickinson, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Ryde Admiral Calthorpes Own, East Wight, Local Training Manager, Isle Of WightPatricia May Dicks, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 6th Penarth Trinity Methodist, District Scout Fellowship Member, Penarth And District, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganMichael James Dilley, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Baldock, Letchworth And Baldock, HertfordshirePaul William Dixon, Assistant Scout Leader, 46th Scarborough (Westborough), Scarborough and District, North YorkshireStephen Derek Docking, Assistant Scout Leader, 4th Epping, Training Adviser, Royal Forest, EssexJean Douglas, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Seghill, Blythe Valley, NorthumberlandNorman Dray, District Chairman, Ingleborough, North YorkshireIan Alexander Duncan, Group Skills Instructor, 29th Glasgow (1st Newlands), South Western, Clyde – ScotlandCaroline Anne Dyer, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Richmond upon Thames, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Gt. London South WestRichard Nicholson Eager, County Adviser For Water Activities, West SussexRoyston Earle Edgington, District Scout Fellowship Member, Blackwater Valley, HampshireJohn Athole Edwards, Scout Leader, 1st Stebbing, District Skills Instructor, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Hatfield Forest, EssexGerhard Berg Eilertsen, District Skills Instructor, Dockland Scout Project, Gt. London North, Scout Leader, 1st Bicester, Bicester, OxfordshireMark Daniel Elliott, Assistant County Commissioner (Explorer Scouts), Royal BerkshireGarth Patrick Ellis, County Scout Fellowship Member, NottinghamshireMargaret Mary Evely, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Scout Fellowship Secretary, Stroud And Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Martyn Douglas Everitt, Scout Leader, 1st Crowborough, Ashdown, East SussexPaul Kieran Fahey, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Loddon, Royal BerkshireDavid John Fairclough, District Scout Leader, Itchen North, HampshireJames Iain Farquharson-Welsh, District Scout Fellowship Member, Network Russia, Headquarters, District Commissioner, Leeds Templars, Central YorkshireJohn Haydn Farr, District Chairman, Waveney Valley, SuffolkFinella Therese Fentiman, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Acton (Our Lady of Lourdes), Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestDr Colin Edward Firth, Assistant Scout Leader, 44th Fife (St Leonard’s Church), Dunfermline, East - ScotlandColin Richard Fisher, Scout Leader, 1st Beetley, District Scout Leader, Central Norfolk, NorfolkJennifer Fothergill, Beaver Scout Leader, Group Contact, 34th Bradford South (Gt Horton Methodist Church), Bradford South, Assistant County Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), West YorkshireJohn Franklin, Group Treasurer, 27th Enfield (Alma Road), Enfield, Gt. London NorthGraham Michael Peter Franklin, District Beaver Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Chingford, Gt. London North EastVivienne Dorothy Frisby, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Stoneleigh (St John’s), Epsom And Ewell, SurreyMichael John Frost, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, District Nights Away Adviser, Sheffield Hallam, Assistant County Commissioner (Programme), South YorkshireJohn Henry Fryer-Kelsey, Scout Sectional Assistant, 1st Willesborough, District Scout Fellowship Member, Ashford, KentRoger William Gale, Scout Leader, 1st Deeping St James, Stamford And Bourne, LincolnshireAnna Angela Gemmell, Group Treasurer, 186th Glasgow (St Gabriel’s), South Western, Clyde - ScotlandMargaret Gibbins, Appointments Secretary, Glamorgan West, Area Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Glamorgan West

Patricia Joyce Gibson, Beaver Scout Sectional Assistant, 28th Glasgow Griffnock, Training Adviser, Eastwood, Clyde – ScotlandAllan George Hamilton Gibson, District Treasurer, Eastwood, Clyde – ScotlandJonathan Vane Gill, Group Scout Leader, 1st Herford-British, Germany, British Scouts Western EuropeWendy May Gill, Cub Scout Leader, 28th Huddersfield (Kirkburton All Hallows), Training Adviser, Huddersfield South East, West YorkshireBrian Gordon, Group Scout Leader, Cullompton, Tiverton, DevonLoretta Marjorie Graham, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Killyman, Dungannon, County TyroneLindsay Grant, District Secretary, Kyle and Carrick, South West – ScotlandSylvia Gray, District Executive Member, Doncaster Danum, South YorkshireWilliam Michael Green, Assistant District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, York Ebor, North YorkshirePatricia Anne Green, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Swindon Ridgeway, WiltshireJulian William Greenfield, Group Scout Leader, 1st Norwich (Capt. Bower’s Own), Southern Norwich, NorfolkJoanne Lesley Gregory, Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Llangollen, Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Training Adviser, Llangollen And District, ClwydPauline Anne Gregory MCIH, County Training Manager, Training Adviser, Gt. London Middlesex WestRaymond Grenfell, Cub Scout Leader, Crickhowell and Llangattock, District Badge Secretary, Glanusk, BrecknockClive Leslie Gritten JP, Headquarters Volunteer, Headquarters, Group Supporter, 1st Hoveton and Wroxham, District Nights Away Adviser, North East Norfolk, County Adviser For Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, County Assessor, County Scouter, County Adviser, NorfolkKenneth Wilfred Gunthorpe (posthumous), District President, Dronfield, DerbyshireSusan Lois Haddrill, District Commissioner, Ingleborough, Local Training Administrator, North Yorkshire

Alvin Walker – Silver AcornThe 1st Donaghadee Sea Scouts will celebrate their centenary this year and it is therefore appropriate that this milestone is marked with an award to Alvin Walker. Throughout his 40-year association with the Group he has held the posts of Cub Leader, Scout Leader, Venture Scout Leader and Group Scout Leader – on one occasion, all at the same time. He is a constant source of encouragement to Scouts attending local, national and international events. A great believer in building bridges Alvin has forged a healthy partnership with the local sailing club and made links with Troops in Texas and the Republic of Ireland. i.SCOUT because... nothing compares to introducing young people to camping, canoeing and sailing. Being able to help our Scouts develop skills in these activities is very rewarding. I still enjoy all that Scouting has to offer.

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 9 10/03/2010 15:33

10 23 April 2010

Paul Victor Hadley, Scout Leader, Dewsbury West (St Saviours), Heavy Woollen, West YorkshireChristine Jeanette Hall, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st & 2nd Brigg, East Glanford, HumbersideJohn Wilfred Hall, District Secretary, Tamworth, StaffordshireStuart John Hall, Assistant Scout Leader, Churchdown, Gloucester, GloucestershireJillian Rosemary Hallas, Beaver Scout Leader, 27th Cambridge, Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Cambridge, CambridgeshireJean Carol Hamblin, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chelmsford And District, EssexGraeme Morris Hamilton, UK Adviser (Cub Scouts), Headquarters, Group Scout Leader, 113th Glasgow (Burnside), South East, Clyde – ScotlandShirley Margaret Hammond, Group Scout Leader, 21st Maidenhead (1st Cox Green), District Scout Fellowship Member, Maidenhead, Royal BerkshireJoseph Anthony Hancock, Explorer Scout Leader, Potteries North, StaffordshirePeter Anthony Hankin, Group Treasurer, 3rd Hitchin (Walsworth Road Baptist), District Treasurer, Hitchin And District, HertfordshireCarl Damian Hankinson, County Commissioner, West LancashireStephen Hardcastle, County Assessor, County Skills Instructor, North YorkshireSylvia Ann Harle, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, Blyth Valley, NorthumberlandRobert William Harle, District Executive Member, Blyth Valley, NorthumberlandGerald Fredrick Harman, Group Scout Leader, 1st Gorleston, East Norfolk, NorfolkVictor James George Harmsworth, District Scout Fellowship Member, Rugby, WarwickshireStephen Barry Harris, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Godmanchester, Training Adviser, Hinchingbrooke, CambridgeshireJohn Harrison, Appointments Secretary, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, Chingford, Gt. London North EastWilliam Edward Hartley, Group Supporter, 32nd Bromley, Bromley, Gt. London South EastMollie Christine Hartley, Group Scout Leader, Trinity Methodist (Hull), North Hull, HumbersideAndrew Roger Harvey, District Scout Fellowship Member, Cabot, AvonRussell John Harvey, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 24th Ipswich, Wolsey, SuffolkVera Louise Hathaway, District Scout Fellowship Member, South East Berkshire, Royal BerkshireDavid Samuel Hawkins, Group Chairman, 1st Ripley (Butterley), Ripley And Heanor, DerbyshireStephen Hayes, District Commissioner, Urmston And District, Gt. Manchester WestMichael John Hayward, Training Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, Waltham Forest South, Assessor for Scout Shows, Gt. London North East

Lilian Henderson OBE, District President, Blackpool And District, West LancashireFrank Julian Heritage, District Scout Fellowship Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Fellowship, Headquarters, District Commissioner, Odiham,Training Adviser, HampshireSimon Hickling, District Commissioner, Northallerton, North YorkshireKeith John Hicks, Group Chairman, 1st Sibfords, District Nights Away Adviser, District Executive Member, Training Adviser, Banbury, Training Adviser, OxfordshireNigel Hills, District Explorer Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chelmsford and District, County Scout Network Leader, EssexMichael John Hills, Group Scout Leader, 1st Herne Bay, Deputy District Commissioner, Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, KentIan Roderick Hines, Group Scout Leader, 1st Tring, West Herts, Training Adviser, HertfordshirePamela Jane Hinks, District Appointments Chairman, Stockport, Gt. Manchester EastKenneth Barry Hinton, formerly Area Commissioner, Mid Glamorgan, Deputy Chief Commissioner Wales, WalesHelen Shirley Hobbs, Group Treasurer, 26th Bristol (North Cote), District Secretary, Cabot, Deputy County Chairman, AvonStuart John Hogge, Group Member, 3rd Kingsbury, District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner, Stanmore and District, County Training Manager, Training Adviser, Gt. London Middlesex WestDavid John Holdsworth, District Adviser For Water Activities, District Scout Fellowship Member, Hemel Hempstead, HertfordshireAndrew Edward Hollebon, Group Public Relations Officer, 2nd Aldershot, District Adviser, Blackwater Valley, HampshireMarie Holt, County Scout Fellowship Member, StaffordshireElizabeth Ann Homer-Clarke, Assistant District Commissioner, Taunton Deane, SomersetMalcolm Charles Hooley, Group Scout Leader, Colmworth (52nd Beds), Ouse Valley, BedfordshireDesmond Harry Hosken, District Chairman, Penwith and Isles of Scilly, CornwallPhilip John Houghton BEng (Hons), Scout Leader,1st Heathcote (Warwick Gates), Leamington, Assistant County Commissioner (Scouts), WarwickshireGwendoline Mary Hudson, formerly Assistant District Commissioner (Group Support), Deputy District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Chelmsford And District, EssexRichard Charles Hudson, Group Scout Leader, 1st Eight Ash Green, Colchester North, Local Training Manager, EssexMargaret Wardop Hume, Group President, Group Executive Member, 21st Ayrshire, Kilmarnock, District Badge Secretary, Ayrshire East, South West – ScotlandWilliam Joseph Humphrey, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 48th Belfast, West Belfast, Belfast

John Hunt, Assistant Scout Leader, 4th Bowdon, Altrincham And District, Gt. Manchester WestClifford Frank William Hunter, Group Scout Leader, 1st Maldon (All Saints), District Scout Fellowship Member, Maldon and East Essex, EssexJames Godfrey Hunter, District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Potteries North, StaffordshireDavid William Huxley, District Chairman, District Executive Member, City of Nottingham, NottinghamshireCharles Frederick Ingle, District Treasurer, Huddersfield North, West YorkshirePatrick John Ingram, District Scout Fellowship Member, Haltemprice, County Scout Fellowship Member, HumbersideRobert Iain Kirkpatrick Irvine, Appointments Secretary, Kelvin Valley, Clyde – ScotlandElizabeth Ann Jackson, District Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, Holbeach & Spalding, LincolnshireBryan John Lewis James, Scout Leader, Glasbury and Tregoyd, Radnor, Area Secretary, Area Appointment Certificate Recipient, BrecknockHarvey Francis Jeal, County Scout Fellowship Member, Lincolnshire, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 12th Nene, Nene, CambridgeshirePeter Jeffrey, Training Adviser, District Appointments Chairman, Croydon, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Gt. London South WestIan Johnson, Group Contact, 1st Newton Aycliffe, Group Contact, 1st Clifton Scout Group, District Commissioner, District Media Development Manager, Bishop Auckland, Trainer, Training Adviser, DurhamJames Mavin Johnson, Group Chairman, 5th Tynemouth (Methodist Memorial), Tynemouth, NorthumberlandDr Richard Verity Johnson, Assistant Scout Leader, 11th Halifax St Hilda’s Church, Halifax, West YorkshireNicholas Ronald Jones, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Training Adviser, Royal Forest, EssexBeryl Jones, Group President, 1st West Kirby, West Wirral, MerseysideFrancis John William Jones, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Deputy Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Banstead, SurreyValerie Jean Jones, formerly Assistant District Commissioner (Special Needs), Reigate, SurreyPhilip William Jones, formerly Assistant District Commissioner, Reigate, SurreyHarry Jones JP, Group Chairman, 1st Claygate, District Chairman, Esher, SurreyPatrick Joyce, District Chairman, District Supporter, Chislehurst, Gt. London South EastDarrin Richard Keeble, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st West Bergholt, Colchester North, EssexPeter Keightley, Group Treasurer, 21st Bristol (Gladstone), District Treasurer, Bristol South, Avon

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 10 10/03/2010 15:33

11St George’s Day

St George’s Day Awards

Carol Keith, Cub Scout Leader, 40th Glasgow (Stepps), Kelvin Valley, Clyde – ScotlandDavid Alan Kennedy, County Safety Co-ordinator, SurreyPaul Thomas Ketteridge CEng MICE MIHT, Group Contact, 1st Great Horwood, District Commissioner, District Appointment Certificate Recipient, Buckingham And Winslow, BuckinghamshireSusan Kirsopp, Group Scout Leader, 15th Tynemouth (Percy St John), Tynemouth, NorthumberlandGeorge Henry Knight, District Scout Fellowship Member, Kandersteg Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, Assistant Scout Leader, 10th Widnes (Hough Green) C of E, Widnes, CheshireCathleen Joan Knight, Explorer Scout Leader, Training Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chelmsford And District, Local Training Manager, Trainer, EssexJanet Lakin, Cub Scout Leader, 1st North Wallington, Sutton, Gt. London South WestAlan Victor Lane, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Worcester, County Executive Member, Hereford & WorcesterAndrew Paul Lanham, Centre Manager Gilwell Park, HeadquartersCarol Ann Lawrie, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 9th Aberdeen, Aberdeen, North East - ScotlandRonald Lawson, Group Supporter, Portobello Methodist East Hull, East Hull, HumbersideJacqueline Ann Lee, Group Scout Leader, Leyland St Mary’s, Deputy District Commissioner, South Ribble, West LancashireDavid Alan Leeming, Group Treasurer, 14th East Leeds (Crossgate Methodist), District Treasurer, Leeds Templars, Central YorkshireIan Hemsley Lewis, District Scout Fellowship Member, Eastbourne And District, East SussexAnne Elizabeth Lewis, Assistant District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Charnwood, County Adviser For Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, County Scouter, Trainer, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, LeicestershireFrank Lewis, Group Scout Leader, 89th Stoke on Trent & Newcastle Sea Scout Group, Three Towns, StaffordshireMarjorie Lindley, District Secretary, Leeds Templars, Central YorkshireRobert John Lindon, Assistant District Commissioner (Development), Leeds Templars, Central YorkshireDavid John Ling, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), District Scout Fellowship Member, Dorchester, DorsetWinifred June Lockwood, District Secretary, Appointments Secretary, Halifax, West YorkshireMichael Terence Long, District Skills Instructor, Cabot, AvonJonathan David Long, Group Scout Leader, 1st Cheam, Sutton, Gt. London South WestPhillip Stephen Lowde, Group Scout Leader, 9th Bradford North, Bradford North, West Yorkshire

Geoffrey Norman Loyns, Cub Scout Leader, 5th Neath (Bryncoch), Glamorgan West, Glamorgan WestIan Douglas MacArthur, Group Sectional Assistant, 1st Bramhall, Ladybrook Valley, Gt. Manchester EastJohn William MacDonald, Cub Scout Leader, 11th Inverness (Croy), District Cub Scout Leader, Inverness, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandAlastair Neil MacDonald, Scout Leader, 9th Aberdeen, Aberdeen, North East – ScotlandDavid MacPherson, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Sheffield Sheaf, South YorkshireDavid William Maddock, Group Secretary, 1st Irthlingborough, Nene Valley, NorthamptonshireDavid Raymond Manning Bed (Hons) Dip RSA, County Adviser Scout Fellowship, County Nights Away Adviser, CornwallRebecca Martin, District Badge Secretary, Maidstone West, Deputy Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), KentLindsay Ann Mason, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, North East Wiltshire, WiltshirePeter Maw, District President, Driffield, HumbersideJennifer Margaret McCarron, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Rotherfield, Ashdown, East Sussex, Group Scout Leader, 9th Carshalton (Bishop Andrews), Sutton, Gt. London South WestRobert John McCullough, Camp Warden, Crawfordsburn, Northern IrelandGordon Paterson McEwan, Group Scout Leader, 4th Clackmannan (1st Alva),Clackmannanshire, Forth – ScotlandIan Richard McIlroy, Group Scout Leader, 3rd Chandlers Ford (U.R.C), Training Adviser, Chandlers Ford, HampshireJoyce McIntyre, Beaver Scout Leader, 77th Ayrshire (1st Dailly), Kyle and Carrick, South West - ScotlandJohn Alexander McKee, District Scout Fellowship Member, Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), Newtownards, County DownAndrew Aird McKee, District Chairman, North Ayrshire and Arran, South West Scotland

Dorothy Jane McKinney, Regional Commissioner - Scotland, Regional Scout Fellowship Member, South East – ScotlandRonald Alan Meachem, Assistant Scout Leader, 97th Stoke on Trent & Newcastle (Rode Heath), District Scout Leader, District Adviser For Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Potteries North, StaffordshireRichard Medcalf (posthumous), Group Scout Leader, 5th Dartford, Dartford, KentMargaret Medler, Headquarters Volunteer, Headquarters, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser, Tendring, Local Training Manager, County Explorer Scout Leader, EssexIan Melhuish, District Cub Scout Leader, Epsom And Ewell, SurreyRosemary Alison Messing, Cub Scout Leader, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Newchurch, East Wight, Training Adviser, Isle Of WightRichard Francis Micklefield, District Scout Fellowship Member, Brownsea Island, Headquarters, Training Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), East Dorset, DorsetColin Malcolm Miles, Group Scout Leader, 1st Rayne, District Scout Fellowship Member, Braintree, EssexMaureen Nellie Milton, District Scout Fellowship Member, Christchurch And District, DorsetRoger Anthony Milton, District Adviser For Bands, District Scout Fellowship Member, Christchurch And District, DorsetMarie Ritchie Milton, Cub Scout Leader, 63rd Aberdeen (1st Cove Bay), Aberdeen, North East - ScotlandNicholas James Mitchell, District Explorer Scout Leader, Cabot, AvonProfessor Geoffrey Robert Mitchell, Deputy County Commissioner, County Executive Member, Royal BerkshireMonica Mary Moore, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chandlers Ford, HampshireJohn Frederick Moores, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Cromwell, CambridgeshireMary Morrison, Beaver Scout Leader, 48th Belfast, Deputy District Commissioner, West Belfast, Belfast

Helen Hobbs – Silver AcornA chance request to help out as a Treasurer was the beginning of a 25-year adventure for Helen Hobbs – which shows no sign of ending. She continues to look after the finances of one of the largest and most successful Groups in the country – the 26th Bristol (Northcote). Helen assisted in the management and financing of a £50,000 rebuilding project to transform their Scout building for the next generation. She also took the time to train herself to revamp and run the Group website. Not surprisingly for an outdoor enthusiast she mentions a ‘fantastic’ trip to Kandersteg with 50 Scouts as a particular highlight.

i.SCOUT because… of the expression you see on Scouts’ faces when they have done something adventurous, and knowing you have contributed to making that happen.

stgeorges_FINAL.indd 11 12/03/2010 16:19

12 23 April 2010

Marilyn Nancarrow, District Scout Fellowship Member, City of Portsmouth, HampshireGerald Russell Necklen, District Supporter, Grantham, LincolnshireGillian Edith Nelson, Cub Scout Leader, 29th Rugby (St Peters & St Johns), Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Rugby, WarwickshireGeoffrey Arthur Nicholls, Assistant Scout Leader, 6th/17th Cambridge, Cambridge Crafts Hill, CambridgeshirePaul Edwin Nichols, Cub Scout Leader, 27th Woolwich (Wesley Hall), Woolwich, Gt. London SouthMaureen Janet Nicholson, Appointments Secretary, Stevenage, HertfordshireMargaret Mary North, Group Scout Leader, 1st Fairfield, Stockton Thornaby And District, ClevelandSusan Jane Nuttall, County Training Manager, Gt. Manchester NorthMona O’Connor, District Member, Ilkeston, DerbyshireJames Bernard O’Flaherty, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Tameside South, Gt. Manchester EastIris May Owen, Cub Scout Leader, 6th Penarth Trinity Methodist, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Penarth and District, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganDavid Fraser Owen, Group Scout Leader, 7th Hereford (Tupsley), Training Adviser, South Marches, Hereford & WorcesterBarry George Palmer, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Pinkneys Green, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, Maidenhead, Royal BerkshireThomas Parsonage, Group Scout Leader, 1st Hanmer, Wrexham and District, ClwydJames Buchanan Patterson, District Explorer Scout Leader, Eastwood, Clyde – ScotlandWilliam Harrison Pattison, District Scout Fellowship Member, South Tyneside, DurhamPauline Peace, District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Tamworth, StaffordshireJames Derek Penny, District Member, Croydon, County Adviser, Gt. London South WestJoan Sandra Petchey, Scout Leader, Group Scout Fellowship Member, Thameside Sea Scout Group, Thurrock, EssexJeffery Sydney Phillips, Group Scout Leader, 4th Hitchin (St Ippolyts Church), Hitchin And District, HertfordshireAnn Phillips, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 4th Hitchin (St Ippolyts Church), Training Adviser, Hitchin And District, HertfordshireStanley Philpott, Group Scout Leader, 48th Belfast, West Belfast, BelfastDiana Susan Pinto, Assistant District Commissioner (Group Support), Woking, SurreyIan Maxwell Pirie, Group Supporter, 1st Drumoak, Training Adviser, Deeside, North East - ScotlandPatricia Plant, District Badge Secretary, Goyt, Gt. Manchester EastDavid William Plant, District Commissioner, Stone and District, StaffordshireJoan Margaret Pleasance, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 25th Doncaster (Conisbrough), Doncaster Danum, South Yorkshire

Graeme Popay, County Secretary, County/Area Appointment Certifcate Recipient, County Scouter, Trainer, DurhamWilhelmina Stephanie Potter, Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Newtownards (St Marks) Newtownards, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), County DownGerald Lewis James Powell, Scout Leader, Group Contact, Hove Edge, Brighouse, West YorkshireAndrew John Price, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 5th Woodley, Loddon, Royal BerkshireBonnie Purchon MBE, District Commissioner, Scarborough And District, North YorkshireEdna Frances Catherine Quirk, District Badge Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Fylde, West LancashireStephen Rawlins, Group Scout Leader, 1st Shottery, Stratford Upon Avon, County Executive Member, WarwickshireColin Robert Read, Group Scout Leader, 25th Carlisle, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Reivers, CumbriaDarren Reed, District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, Romsey, Training Adviser, HampshireMichael James Reeves, District Scout Fellowship Member, Epsom And Ewell, SurreyDavid Robert Reid, District Cub Scout Leader, West Wirral, MerseysideDavid Andrew Reid, Group Scout Leader, 11th Leith (Broughton St Marys), Leith, South East - ScotlandYvonne Carole Remnant, District Commissioner, Andover, HampshireMichael John Anthony Rhodes, District Secretary, Warrington East, CheshirePhilip George Ricketts, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon North, WiltshireElizabeth Robb, Beaver Scout Leader, 30th Belfast (Gilnahirk Prestbyterian), East Belfast, BelfastPhilip Alan Roberts, formerly Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Alton Manor, District Member, Belper, DerbyshireAstrid Suhr Roberts, Training Adviser, British Groups Abroad, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 9th Sydenham, Lewisham Manor, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Gt. London SouthDavid Churchill Roberts, District Scout Fellowship Member, Brownsea Island,HeadquartersJohn David Robertson, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Dunfermline, East – ScotlandNorman Robinson, Group Scout Leader, Group Contact, 8th Tynemouth (Wallsend St John’s), Tynemouth, Training Adviser, NorthumberlandJanice Elaine Robinson, Assistant District Commissioner (General Duties), District Scout Fellowship Member, Reigate, Local Training Administrator, SurreySusan Trina Robinson-Smith, Group Scout Leader, 49th Northampton, Training Adviser, Northampton, District Nights Away Adviser, Grafton, NorthamptonshireDavid Robson, Group Chairman, Central Brighouse, Brighouse, West Yorkshire

Patricia Maureen Rusher, Assistant District Commissioner (Nights Away), Training Adviser, South Marches, Hereford & WorcesterClarice Sale, County Scout Fellowship Member, StaffordshireDawson Lawrence Saxton, District Commissioner, Beauvale, Training Adviser, NottinghamshireJessica Ruth Sayers, Group Scout Leader, 1st Walton on the Hill, Banstead, SurreyLeonard Thomas Scott, District Adviser For Bands, District Scout Fellowship Member, Blackwater Valley, HampshireChristopher John Searle, District Commissioner (Acting), Mid Herts, Deputy County Commissioner, County Training Manager, HertfordshirePeter James Seddon, Group Scout Leader, 7th Hornchurch (Methodist), Hornchurch, Deputy County Commissioner, Gt. London North EastEstella June Segar, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), District Nights Away Adviser, Appointments Sub Committee Member, West Somerset, Training Adviser, SomersetAnn Seward, District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, West Herts, Training Adviser, HertfordshireAlan Richard, Seymour District Commissioner, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, Training Adviser, District Nights Away Adviser, District Executive Member, Gosport, HampshirePamela Laura Sharpe, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chelmsford And District, EssexIan Shenton, District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireJohn Charles Shepherd, Group Treasurer, Sundon Park, Icknield (Luton), BedfordshireSimon Andrew Shute, Group Chairman, 22nd Wimbledon (Holy Cross), Wimbledon and Wandle, Gt. London South WestPatricia Shuttleworth, Cub Scout Leader, 236th Birmingham (St Johns Perry Bar), Tame Valley Birmingham, BirminghamJohn Sillitoe, Group Chairman, 1st Sleights, Whitby and District, North YorkshireBarbara Joyce Sims, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Willingdon, Appointments Secretary, District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Eastbourne And District, East SussexRoy Skelly, County Scout Fellowship Member, Gt. London Middlesex WestMatthew Philip Slade-Pedrick, District Commissioner, Leighton-Linslade, BedfordshireValerie Smaller, District Scout Fellowship Member, East Glanford, HumbersideJohn Anthony Smith, District Chairman, Kingswood, AvonCallum Blackwood Smith, Regional Commissioner - Scotland, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandChristopher John Smith, Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), Stowmarket, SuffolkRobert Russell Smith, District Chairman, Huddersfield South East, West Yorkshire

stgeorges_FINAL.indd 12 12/03/2010 16:19

13St George’s Day

St George’s Day Awards

Roger Smithson, Group Skills Instructor, 2nd New Forest North (Stanley’s Own), New Forest North, HampshireNeil Spencer CBE, Group Scout Leader, 1st Holmer Green, Assistant District Commissioner, Chiltern North, BuckinghamshireElizabeth Anne Spruce, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 4th Clackmannan (1st Alva), Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Clackmannanshire, Forth – ScotlandValerie Hazel Spyve, Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), Local Training Manager, Newark and District, NottinghamshireVeronica Jane Stafford, Appointments Secretary, Southern Norwich, NorfolkDavid George Stamp, Scout Leader, 1st Broughton, East Glanford, HumbersidePaul Justin Stennett, County Chairman, EssexRex William Stevens, District Scout Fellowship Member, Aylesbury, Assistant County Commissioner (Relationships), Assistant County Commissioner (Special Needs), BuckinghamshireLeslie Alan Stone, County Scout Fellowship Member, Gt. London Middlesex WestHoward Stone, County Scout Fellowship Member, Gt. London Middlesex WestDr Ian James Stott, Scout Leader, 1st Clanfield,Training Adviser, Waterlooville, District Commissioner, Havant, HampshireDavid Martyn Strike, Assistant Scout Leader, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 31st/9th Ipswich (Britannia), Orwell, SuffolkAnthony Strong, Scout Leader, 49th Halifax Heath URC, Halifax, West YorkshireDouglas John Sykes, District Scout Fellowship Member, East Cleveland, ClevelandGeorge Edward Sykes, District Scout Fellowship Member, Ladybrook Valley, Gt. Manchester EastRichard John Talbot, Group Scout Leader, 1st Ardleigh, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Colchester North, EssexMark Taylor, Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd Cramlington, Blyth Valley, NorthumberlandRichard Edward Thorpe, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Loughborough (Parish Church), Loughborough, LeicestershireMargaret Ann Tilford, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Reigate, SurreyDavid Stewart Torrance, District Commissioner, Deeside, North East – ScotlandRobert Henry Trueman, Group Scout Leader, 1st Bradwell, East Norfolk, NorfolkRonald Ernest Trumpeter, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, Training Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, East Grinstead, West SussexKenneth David Tucker, Group Chairman, 1st Wotton-under-Edge, Cotswold Vale, GloucestershireHilary Margaret Tulett, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 16th Canterbury (St Thomas’s), Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, Local Training Manager, County Child Protection Co-ordinator, KentCharles Rodger Turnbull, Assistant Scout Leader, 8th Roxburghshire (Hawick), Borders, South East – ScotlandDavid Turner, Assistant District Commissioner, Wansdyke, Avon

Paul Bernard Turner, Group Scout Leader, 1st Roxeth, Assistant District Commissioner (Activities), District Scout Fellowship Member, Harrow & Wealdstone, Gt. London Middlesex WestRoger Frederick Turner, Assistant Scout Leader, 16th Hendon (St Mary Magdalen), Barnet Borough, Local Training Manager, Gt. London NorthJenifer Turner, Appointments Secretary, Sutton, Gt. London South WestDavid George Turner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Stamford And Bourne, LincolnshireMargaret Ann Underwood, County Adviser For Air Activities, Humberside, UK Technical Adviser, Headquarters, County Scout Fellowship Member, LincolnshireLionel Varney, Group Treasurer, 1st Fetcham, Leatherhead, SurreyRichard John Veal, Scout Leader, 1st Chorleywood (8th Rickmansworth & Chorleywood), Rickmansworth & Chorleywood, HertfordshireDavid Michael Karl Veitch, Group Scout Leader, Chadwell-St-Mary, Thurrock, EssexDavid Viney, Deputy District Commissioner, South Craven, North YorkshireRichard Neil Wade, Assistant County Commissioner (Development), County Training Manager, South YorkshireMichael Denis Wakeling, Assistant County Commissioner (Development), West SussexKeith Walker, Group Scout Leader, Eastcombe, District Scout Fellowship Member, Stroud And Tetbury, GloucestershireGeorge Alvin Walker MBE, Scout Leader, 1st Donaghadee, Newtownards, County DownEileen Gladys Walter, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Executive Member, East Surrey, SurreyThomas Rhodri Murray Walters, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Afon, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganDavid Owen Ward, Assistant District Commissioner, Christchurch And District, DorsetCarol Anne Ward, District Scout Fellowship Member, Christchurch And District, DorsetGillian Kathleen Wareham, Group Sectional Assistant, Sundon Park, Icknield(Luton), BedfordshirePenelope Susan Phyllis Weedon, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Godshill Rookley, East Wight, Isle Of WightElizabeth Pauline Welch, Group Scout Leader, 8th Colchester, Colchester North, EssexEdward Arthur Weller, District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, Ruislip Eastcote Northwood, Gt. London Middlesex WestBrian Egerton Whalebone, District Scout Leader, Wimbleon and Wandle, Gt. London South WestMichele Ann Louise Wheeler, Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Rickmansworth & Chorleywood Croxley Green, Rickmansworth And Chorleywood, HertfordshireGeoffrey William Whitehead, District Supporter, Epsom And Ewell, Surrey

Dennis Roy Whitlam, Group Scout Leader, 44th Nottingham, City of Nottingham, NottinghamshireNeil Andrew Wicks, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 2nd Llandaff, Afon, Cardiff & Vale Of GlamorganGraham Wiggins, District Executive Member, Potteries North, StaffordshireSusan Jennifer Wilde, District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chelmsford And District, EssexSandra Claire Wilkinson, Cub Scout Leader, Whitehall-Darwen, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Appointments Sub Committee Member, Darwen, East LancashireHoward Michael Williams, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Swansea Valley (Oak), Ystradgynlais, Assistant Area Commissioner (Cub Scouts), BrecknockNenna Doreen Williams, Group Scout Leader, 1st Cynon Valley (St Fagan’s), Rhondda Cynon Taf, Mid GlamorganKathleen Anne Williamson, Cub Scout Leader, 44th Fife (St Leonard’s Church), Dunfermline, East – ScotlandPatricia Ann Wilmore, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 84th Coventry (St Annes), Charterhouse, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, City Of CoventryBarrie Wilson, Group Scout Leader, 1st Hirst, Wansbeck, NorthumberlandValerie Jean Wilson, District Commissioner, Stafford, StaffordshireDawn Wines, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Ilminster, South Somerset, SomersetAnne Wood, District Scout Fellowship Member, Deep Sea Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, District Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Gosport, HampshireSusan Jayne Wragg, Cub Scout Leader, 270th Sheffield (Intake), Group Contact, 233rd Sheffield (URC Darnall), Sheffield Norfolk, County Adviser, South YorkshireFrederick John Wrath, Group Chairman, 14th Gainsborough, Gainsborough, LincolnshireAndrew Wray, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Chandlers Ford (Brickfield Lane), Chandlers Ford, HampshireJustine Rose Wright, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 17th Chelmsford Salvation Army, Assistant District Commissioner, Chelmsford And District, EssexSherry Ann Wright, Cub Scout Leader, 11th Chelmsford (St Lukes), Chelmsford And District, EssexIan Charles Albert Wright, Scout Leader, 11th Finchley - St Barnabas North Finchley, Barnet Borough, Gt. London NorthDavid Wright, Group Scout Leader, 1st Shipston On Stour, District Scout Leader, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Stratford upon Avon, WarwickshireBrian Albert Yearley, Group Scout Fellowship Member, 4th Worcester Park (Cheam Common), Sutton, Gt. London South WestLeslie Stanley Yeldham, District Scout Fellowship Member, Christchurch And District, Dorset

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 13 10/03/2010 15:33

14 23 April 2010

Bar to the Award for Merit‘In recognition of further outstanding service’ (Headquarters and County/Area appointments only)

This particular award is given after the Award for Merit has been gained and a further five years’ outstanding service completed.

David William Bramston, County Commissioner, WarwickshireDean John Milton, Regional Commissioner - Greater London, TSA Council-Ex-Officio Member, Headquarters

Good Service AwardsApplications for Good Service can

be submitted at any time of the year

and if approved, the Chief Scout’s

Commendation for Good Service,

Award for Merit and its Bar are

awarded usually within six weeks

of application being received.

Applications for the Silver Wolf, Silver

Acorn and its Bar are usually

considered for inclusion in the

St George’s Day Awards list, although

they can be requested ‘out of season’

given exceptional circumstances.

Nominations that are made by

Headquarters for members of staff

or some County/Area Appointments

for their service to Scouting occur

once a year within the St George’s

Day Awards.

Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service‘In recognition of good service’ (Headquarters and County/Area appointments only)

This award is given in respect of not less than five years’ good service, which stands out. It is the Chief Scout’s recognition of the very real contribution made to the Association by the individual concerned.

James Boyle, TSA Council - Nominated Youth Representative, Norfolk, Board Trustee, HeadquartersPhilip Neal Harnby, Local Training Manager, Durham, District Explorer Scouts Commissioner, Tynemouth, Northumberland, Board Trustee, Member of Development Grants Board, HeadquartersGeorgia Minnerup, Account Handler, Lancing, HeadquartersDr Philip William Power, District Scout Fellowship Member, Hayes and Harlington, Assistant County Commissioner (Activities), County Executive Member, Gt. London Middlesex West, Board Trustee, District Scout Fellowship Member, Queen’s Scout Working Party, Kandersteg Scout Fellowship, Headquarters

For a complete list of award recipients throughout the year, please visitwww.scouts.org.uk/awards

Awarded by the Chief Scout for Gallantry, Meritorious Conduct andThe Cornwell Scout Badge in 2009

The Cornwell Scout BadgeThis rare award is made to Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and members of the Scout Network in respect of great heroism or pre-eminently high character and devotion to duty coupled with great courage and endurance.

Isaac Robert Neville Turner, Cub Scout, 3rd Ashton, Sale and District, Greater Manchester WestGeorge Weller (deceased), Explorer Scout, Farnham, Surrey

Award for Merit‘In recognition of outstanding service’ (Headquarters and County/Area appointments only)

The Award for Merit is given for ‘outstanding service’ of not less than 12 years, but exceptionally after ten years.

Gareth James Williams, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Wales

stgeorges_FINAL.indd 14 10/03/2010 17:55

15St George’s Day

St George’s Day Awards

Gallantry AwardsAwards for gallantry are made by the Chief Scout for acts which would normally include an element of personal risk. There are three levels of award – The Bronze Cross, The Silver Cross and The Gilt Cross. In 2009 The Bronze Cross, the highest award of the Association for gallantry, granted for special heroism or action in the face of extraordinary risk, was not awarded.

The Silver CrossThe Silver Cross is awarded for gallantry in circumstances of considerable risk.

Damian Coles, Scout, 5th Stevenage Air Scouts, Stevenage, HertfordshirePeter Cowe, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 2nd Chester Le Street (St. Mary and St. Cuthbert’s), Chester Le Street, DurhamDavid Holt, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 5th Sefton East (1st Lydiate St. Thomas), Network Member, Sefton East, MerseysideAndrew Hunt, Explorer Scout, Deal Walmer and Sandwich, KentStephen Michael Keenan, Explorer Scout, Pegasus Explorer Scout Unit, Jersey

The Gilt CrossThe Gilt Cross is awarded for gallantry in circumstances of moderate risk.

Christopher James Dolby, District Chairman, Melton Mowbray, LeicestershireMark Samuel Rosevear, County Scout Fellowship Member/County Website Manager, CornwallAndrew John Thompson, Assistant District Commissioner (Activities), Melton Mowbray, LeicestershireHannah Walker, Explorer Scout, Sheppey Aviator Explorers, Isle of Sheppey, Kent

Meritorious Conduct AwardsAwards for meritorious conduct are made by the Chief Scout for conduct involving a high degree of courage, endurance, initiative or devotion to duty, often under suffering, without necessarily involving any element of risk. There are two levels of award – The Medal for Meritorious Conduct and The Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious Conduct.

Megan Barr, Explorer Scout, 1st Ipplepen, Teignbridge, DevonSharon Louise Boccaccini, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Sonning Common, South Chiltern, OxfordshirePatricia Mary Elizabeth Campbell, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 52nd Ayrshire (1st Saltcoats) North Ayrshire and Arran, Assistant Regional Commissioner Explorers and Scout Network, South West Region – ScotlandDerek Clifford, Assistant Scout Leader, Telstar (Luxembourg), Belux, British Scouts Western EuropeHarry Crowther, Cub Scout, 8th Mirfield (St Mary’s), Heavy Woollen, West YorkshirePeter Anthony David Draper, formerly Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st South Ascot, South East Berkshire, Service Crew Member, Paccar Chalfont Heights, Greater London Middlesex WestBen Findlay, Scout, 52nd Ayrshire (1st Saltcoats), North Ayrshire and Arran, South West Region – ScotlandKirstie Greenslade, Explorer Scout, Ramillies Sea Explorer Unit,Thanet, KentElizabeth Hall, Explorer Scout, 113th Nottingham (Wollaton Grange), City of Nottingham, NottinghamshireCharlie Hockley, Cub Scout, 1st Christchurch (Town), Christchurch and District, DorsetRichard Anthony Humphreys, District Member, Penwith & Isles of Scilly, CornwallJames Johnson, Scout, 1st Oman, Oman, British Groups AbroadLiam Joy, Scout, 8th Alton, Rotherfield, HampshireBrandon Kemble, Explorer Scout, 1st Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, DevonJoseph Kerrison, Scout, 1st Heague (St Luke’s), Belper, DerbyshireSteven Kerrison, Explorer Scout, 1st Heague (St Luke’s), Belper, DerbyshireThomas Kingsland, Cub Scout, 3rd Orpington the Pathfinders, Orpington, Greater London South EastRobert Marsh, Scout, 5th North Watford (1st Langlebury), Watford North, HertfordshireStephen Marshall, Cub Scout, 1st Rodings, Hatfield Forest, EssexAdam Gwyn Price, Explorer Scout – Young Leader, 44th Brighton (All Saints) Patcham, Brighton, East SussexLinda Robinson, Group Scout Leader, 1st Old Buckenham, Southern Norfolk, NorfolkJenny Salmon, Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Hanwell (St Mary’s), Ealing and Hanwell, Greater London Middlesex WestKerena Smith, Cub Scout, 14th Eastleigh, Eastleigh and District, HampshireRussell Tarplee, Scout, 2nd Pinchbeck (St Mary), Holbeach & Spalding, LincolnshireShane Tew, Cub Scout, Wilson House South West Cheshire, South West Cheshire, CheshireJames Charles Turner, Occasional Helper, 18th Truro (St. George’s), Truro, CornwallJoshua Twine, Beaver Scout, 1st Longham, East Dorset, DorsetElliott Van Der Veer, Explorer Scout, 1st Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, DevonJim Vaux, Group Sectional Assistant, 1st Hanwell (St Mary’s), Ealing and Hanwell, Greater London Middlesex West

Medal for Meritorious ConductThe Medal of Meritorious Conduct is awarded for meritorious conduct of an exceptionally high standard.

Stephen Victor Clark, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Silsden St James, Keighley, West YorkshireTom Cooze, Scout, 2nd Ammanford, CarmarthenshireMelanie Helen Drew-Halkyard, formerly Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, Bewcastle, Reivers, CumbriaJason Hassall, Explorer Scout, 1st Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, DevonJed Jackson, Explorer Scout, 1st Dawlish, Teignbridge, DevonMargaret Mary North, Group Scout Leader, 1st Fairfield, Stockton Thornaby & District, ClevelandJoseph Slade, Scout, 1st Clifton Hampden Burcot & Wallingford, Wallingford, OxfordshireAllan James Greenlaw Webster, District Skills Instructor, Teignbridge, DevonKrystel Louise Wroe, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 38th Rotherham (Anston), Rotherham, South Yorkshire

The Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious ConductThe Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious Conduct is awardedfor meritorious conduct of a high standard.

Mark Richard Aston, Assistant Scout Leader, 9th Newquay (Treviglas) Air Scout Group, Mid Cornwall County Scout Fellowship Member, CornwallRaymond Baguley (deceased), Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 7th Retford (St. Swithun’s), Retford, Nottinghamshire

stgeorges_FINAL.indd 15 10/03/2010 17:54

scouts.org.uk

Registered Charity Numbers 306101 (England and Wales) and SC038437 (Scotland) © 2010 The Scout Association

County: Although in some parts of the British Isles Scout Counties are known as Areas or Islands - and in one case Bailiwick - for ease of reading this publication simply refers to County/Counties. In Scotland there is no direct equivalent to County or Area. In Scotland, Scouting is organised into Districts and Regions, each with distinct responsibilities. Some ‘County’ functions are the responsibility of Scottish Regions, whilst others lie with Scottish Districts. The focus of responsibility is outlined in Scottish variations from POR

stgeorges_2010_16p.indd 16 10/03/2010 15:34