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1st Bures Scout Group
John joined the Suffolk
Scouting movement aged 16 remaining in the County for the rest of
his life.
He was a Rover Scout and then a Scout Master in Bures, Suffolk.
After leaving his position of Scout Master - he took up the post
of Sudbury District Commissioner. He was one of the first to arrange
for his Group to go to camp on an international air flight to Austria
for their Summer Camp.
He was a early early member of the Scout & Guide Stamp Club
becoming it's President and very well known internationally. He
was a Silver Wolf (Award in Scouting) and an International Commissioner
- very active in the return of Hungary to the Scouting family after
fall of communism
John also flew with the Scouts to Germany and Italy, all before
1965.
He helped found the Mafeking Museum
and was responsible for the campaign to provide a headstone for
the grave of Sergeant Major Warner Goodyear, the only Mafeking Cadet
B-P even named. (Warner Goodyear appeared on a Mafeking 'Blue' stamp).
John without question had one of the best and widest collections
of Scouting items ever assembled including pottery, stamps, postcards,
cigarette cards, Baden-Powell artifact's and letters etc etc He
was a personal friend of many members of the Baden-Powell family
and most generous with his time and encouragement to all with a
quest for knowledge.
He was a Rover and then
a Scout Leader in Bures, Suffolk where he was one of the first to
arrange for his Group to go to camp on an international air flight.
He was an early member of the Scout and Guide Stamp Club becoming
its President and very well known internationally.
John without question
had one of the best and widest collections of Scouting items ever
assembled including pottery, stamps, postcards, cigarette cards,
Baden-Powell artifact's and letters etc etc
He was a personal friend of many members of the Baden-Powell family
and most generous with his time and encouragement to all with a
quest for knowledge.
Text Courtesy of Paul Snelling
and
https://www.suffolkscouts.org.uk/
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