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Scouting During the World War 2

Scouting During the World War 2. For 1 st Eccleshall Scout Group 70 th Anniversary. Year 1939 April 27 th 1939 – Conscription introduced Sept 1 st 1939 – Evacuation of children from London Sept 3 rd 1939 – Declaration of War on Germany

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Scouting During the World War 2

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

  2. Year 1939 April 27th 1939 – Conscription introduced Sept 1st 1939 – Evacuation of children from London Sept 3rd 1939 – Declaration of War on Germany Sept 3rd 1939 – May 8th 1945 – Battle of the Atlantic Sept 1939 – March 1940 – The Phoney War Year 1940 January 8th 1940 – Rationed Books Introduced May 10th 1940 – Fall of France – Churchill becomes PM May 26th 1940 – Evacuation of Dunkirk June 28th 1940 – Channel Islands Invaded July 16th 1940 Battle of Britain Started August 25th 1940 – The Blitz (May 21st 1940) Year 1941 Battles around the Mediterranean and North Africa Battle of the Atlantic on-going Year 1942 July 1st 1942 – First Battle of El Alamien October 23rd – November 4th 1942 – Second Battle of El Alamien Battle of the Atlantic on-going

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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

  6. Scouts Collecting Paper for Recycling

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

  8. Scouts at a Forestry Camp

  9. Scouts during Harvest Time                                      

  10. Sea Scouts During World War 2

  11. Sea Scout Ship Minotaur

  12. Map used by the Crew of the Minotaur at Dunkirk

  13. Sea Scouts on Coast Watching Duties

  14. Just to finish off: • BBC’s People in story from World War – Scouts

  15. 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.

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