Scouting During the World War 2 For 1 st Eccleshall Scout Group 70 th Anniversary.

Scouting During the World War 2

For 1st Eccleshall Scout Group 70th Anniversary

Year 1939April 27th 1939 – Conscription introducedSept 1st 1939 – Evacuation of children from LondonSept 3rd 1939 – Declaration of War on GermanySept 3rd 1939 – May 8th 1945 – Battle of the AtlanticSept 1939 – March 1940 – The Phoney War

Year 1940January 8th 1940 – Rationed Books IntroducedMay 10th 1940 – Fall of France – Churchill becomes PMMay 26th 1940 – Evacuation of DunkirkJune 28th 1940 – Channel Islands InvadedJuly 16th 1940 Battle of Britain StartedAugust 25th 1940 – The Blitz (May 21st 1940)

Year 1941Battles around the Mediterranean and North AfricaBattle of the Atlantic on-going

Year 1942July 1st 1942 – First Battle of El AlamienOctober 23rd – November 4th 1942 – Second Battle of El AlamienBattle of the Atlantic on-going

Frank Davies of the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe (St James) Group who died on 8th December 1940 at Trinity Church, Dockhead, London. He was awarded the Bronze Cross for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty as an Air Raid Warden having rescued a fellow Scout Messenger he was killed in enemy action.

London again was the scene of another award this time the Silver Cross given to Patrol Leader George Collins a Sea Scout of the 12th Shoreditch (Jubilee) Group

Scouts assisting Londoners sheltering during the Blitz on the platform of Holborn Underground Station, circa 1940

Scouts Collecting Paper for Recycling

Poster advertising that Scouts in Kenton could perform jobs for the local community, circa 1942

Scouts at a Forestry Camp

Scouts during Harvest Time

Sea Scouts During World War 2

Sea Scout Ship Minotaur

Map used by the Crew of the Minotaur at Dunkirk

Sea Scouts on Coast Watching Duties

Just to finish off:

• BBC’s People in story from World War – Scouts

Pause for thought:

In these credit crunch times many war time philosophies are coming back into fashion such as ‘make do and mend’, recycling, grow your own food and slogans such as ‘keep calm and carry on’ have re-emerged into popular culture.

As we have discovered Scouting wherever it took place rose to the challenges they faced and those same values still exist in the modern day

The Scout Movement provides young adults with the training needed to take a lead and manage life’s highs and lows.