Roll of honour

2 01 3 s t n ie ip c e R Day Award s ’ e g r o e G t S

F O L ROL UR O N O H

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Congratulations

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n my role I am privileged to witness many examples across the UK of just how wonderful Scouting is. Few occasions are more inspiring than St George’s Day when we are able to recognise the amazing achievements, commitment and dedication of our volunteers, whether it is through service of one year or 70.

Much has been made of the success and impact of the Olympics and of the contributions of its volunteer Games Makers over a period of weeks, rather than years. However, people outside Scouting are continually amazed at the fact that we continue to be an organisation run by volunteers, supported by a small and dedicated

staff team. Increasingly our successes speak for themselves.

Many of our members are unsung heroes of their communities, so as we recognise these achievements, let’s be radical; cast aside our inhibitions, natural instinctive modesty (for most at least!) and sing these achievements from the rooftops.

Congratulations and very many heartfelt thanks.

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Applying for awards Do you know an inspirational adult volunteer who goes above and beyond what is expected of them? If you’d like to nominate someone special for an award, here’s what you need to do:

 It can then be submitted to UK Headquarters, where it is considered by the Awards Board – a group of volunteers from across the UK.

 Complete an award application, available from Scout Shops (scouts.org.uk/shop) or from scouts.org.uk/awards, using the example citations as a guide.

Applications for Silver Acorn, Bar to Silver Acorn and Silver Wolf need to be with Headquarters by 1 September to be considered for St George’s Day; for all other applications, there is no deadline.

 The application must be submitted to the County/Area/ Regional Commissioner to gain their recommendation and support.

For further advice on how to nominate someone, please contact the Awards Team on awards@scouts.org.uk or call 020 8433 7193/7192.

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St George’s Day Awards 2013

Gallantry Awards

Awards for gallantry are made by the Chief Scout, who is advised by the Awards Board, to Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Scout Network Members, Scout Active Support Members, Adult Leaders, Section Assistants, Skills Instructors, Administrators, Advisers and Honorary Scouters.

Meritorious Conduct Awards

Awards for meritorious conduct are made by the Chief Scout, who is advised by the Awards Board, to Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Scout Network Members, Scout Active Support Members, Adult Leaders, Section Assistants, Skills Instructors, Administrators, Advisers and Honorary Scouters. Awards are made for conduct involving a high degree of courage, endurance, initiative or devotion to duty, often under suffering, without necessarily involving any element of risk.

Timothy Jackson Scout, 159th Glasgow, South Western, Clyde – Scotland Susan Margaret Judson (posthumous) Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Sandiacre, Long Eaton and District, Derbyshire Benjamin Lomax Explorer Scout, Ashby and Coalville, Leicestershire Richard Bryan Nevin District Adviser, Ashby and Coalville, Training Adviser, Deputy County Commissioner, County Executive Member, Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, Leicestershire Andrew Sangster Cub Scout, 15th Burton St Modwen’s, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire Adam Frederick Saunders Scout Leader, 1st Stone (Christ Church), Stone and District, Staffordshire Elizabeth Tinkler Cub Scout, 1st Belper, Belper, Derbyshire Christopher Williams District Commissioner, Sutton, Training Adviser, Gt. London South West

The Cornwell Scout Badge

Nicolas Baudry Cub Scout, 1st New Cross, Lewisham, Gt. London South Robert Brett (posthumous) Explorer Scout, Sharman ESU, Cotswold Edge, Avon Mariska Demmers Scout, 1st Ampthill and Woburn Flitwick, Ampthill and Woburn, Bedfordshire Kascie Higgins Scout, 46th Ovenstone, Northampton, Northamptonshire

The Silver Cross

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

Lee Andrew Craven Explorer Scout, Bramshill, Hampshire Jack Powell Scout, 1st Cheslyn Hay, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire

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Medal for Meritorious Conduct

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

William John Baker Group Scout Leader, 11th Port Talbot, Afan Nedd, Glamorgan West Daniel Bean Explorer Scout, 1st IW (1st Sandown & Lake), Sea Scouts, Isle of Wight Jonathan Richard Bunn Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Stone (Christ Church), Stone and District, Staffordshire Simon James Bunn Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Stone (Christ Church), Stone and District, Staffordshire Emily Coventry Explorer Scout, Ferrets Explorers, Ormskirk and District, West Lancashire Ione Drage Explorer Scout – Young Leader, Croydon, Gt. London South West Linda Martin Fisher Beaver Scout Leader, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, 172nd Pentland (Baberton), Pentland, South East – Scotland Ricky John Harrison Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Newhall, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire Rafael Havard Cub Scout, 78th Bedford – Cardington, Bedford, Bedfordshire Alexander John Hayes Explorer Scout, Ashby and Coalville, Leicestershire

The Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious Conduct

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

Ruth Abbey County Cub Scout Leader, West Lancashire Bradley Ata Scout, 2nd Great Parndon (Harlow), Harlow and District, Essex Peter Henry Banks Assistant County Commissioner, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, County Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Gt. London North East Ruth Elizabeth Breeze Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Offerton (St Albans), Stockport, Gt. Manchester East Gregory ‘Ross’ Brennan District Explorer Scout Leader, North Down, County Down George Cowley Beaver Scout, 1st Whitchurch (Andover), Andover, Hampshire Lewis Clark Cub Scout, 5th Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, Hampshire

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Samantha Louise Davies Beaver Scout Leader, 3rd Doncaster (Rossington), Doncaster Danum, South Yorkshire Eleanor De Meo Scout, Loughton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Shelley Anne Deakin Cub Scout Leader, 11th Folkestone (St John’s), Folkestone and Hythe, Kent Joel Ellis Scout, 1st Coventry (Allesley Village), Bablake, City of Coventry Billy Greenlees Cub Scout, 6th Ampthill and Woburn Aspley Guise and Woburn Sands, Ampthill and Woburn, Bedfordshire George Johns Explorer Scout, Drum Explorer Scout Unit, Petersfield, Hampshire Owen Martin Scout, 2nd Swanswick, Ripley and Heanor, Derbyshire Toby Maydell Beaver Scout, 12th Medway (Christ the King), Medway Towns, Kent William Maydell Cub Scout, 12th Medway (Christ the King), Medway Towns, Kent Jennifer McCullough Assistant Scout Leader, 9th Sydenham, Lewisham District, Gt. London South Christopher Stephen Mears Group Adviser, 7th Sevenoaks (Halstead), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Sevenoaks, Kent Rodney Alfred Charles Norman District Scout Leader, District Scout Active Support Member, Ashdown, East Sussex Royston James Sadler Group Scout Leader, 1st Leyton, Waltham Forest South, Gt. London North East Morgan Seymour Cub Scout, 3rd Squirrels Heath Gidea Park Methodist, Squirrels Heath, Gt. London North East Michelle Elizabeth Suffolk Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Wood End, Atherstone, Warwickshire Patricia Anne Towler Cub Scout Leader, Trainer, Training Adviser, Assistant County Commissioner Beaver Scouts, 10th Leyton, Waltham Forest South, Gt. London North East

Silver Wolf

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 practise, this means that it is seldom awarded for less than 30 years’ service, although this is not always the case.

David John Andrews District Scout Active Support Member, District Vice President, North West Norfolk, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, County Executive Member, Scout Active Support Member, Scout Active Support Manager, Norfolk Raymond George Richard Applegate District Executive Member, Thames Ridge, Assistant County Secretary, Oxfordshire Gillian Muriel Attree District Scout Active Support Member, City of Portsmouth Hampshire, District Scout Active Support Member, Brownsea Island Headquarters, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Thames Ridge, Training Adviser,

Dave Sweetland Silver Wolf

Dave has been an adult volunteer in Scouting since the ’50s and received his 50year Service Award in 2008. He has remained committed to 4th Worcester Park Scout Group in his role as an Assistant Group Scout Leader and as Chairman of the Maintenance Committee.

‘I started Scouting at the age of 11 so it’s been over 60 years and I still enjoy it. It’s been a remarkable adventure. My senior Scout Masters are twins and they’re 91 now and they’re still active in Scouting. It’s not very often that someone gets a Silver Wolf in the presence of their old Scout Masters.’

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Training Adviser (Admin), County Appointments Chairman, Oxfordshire Arthur William Frank Barley Group Scout Leader, Belhus Park, Thurrock, Essex Michael Frank Bateman Cub Scout Leader, 1st/3rd Ruislip, District Cub Scout Leader, Ruislip Eastcote Northwood, Training Adviser, Gt. London Middlesex West Kenneth Albert Beardsley District Scout Active Support Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Active Support Unit, Headquarters, District Scout Active Support Member, Pontefract and Castleford, Central Yorkshire Gordon Brakewell Assistant County Commissioner Development, Hampshire Wayne Bulpitt Board Trustee, UK Chief Commissioner, National Headquarters Helen May Cockburn Burrows District President Braid, Scout Active Support Member – Scotland, South East – Scotland Robert Harry Chaston Group Chairman, 1st Corringham, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Chairman, District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Stanford-le-Hope and District, Essex Moreen Cheetham Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Heywood, Gt. Manchester North Andrew Mackenzie Corrie County Commissioner, Gt. Manchester East Graham Edward Coulson Chair Minority Support Team, Headquarters, Cub Scout Leader, Selkirk Scout Group, District Commissioner Acting, Borders, Assistant Regional Commissioner – Development-Scotland, Diversity Ambassador, South East – Scotland John William Dawson Training Adviser (Admin), Trainer, Oxfordshire Helen Denton District Commissioner, North Northumberland, District Commissioner Acting, Mid-Northumberland, Assistant County Commissioner, County Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Trainer, Northumberland Alan James Dickson Scout Leader, 28th Braid Scout Group, Braid, South East – Scotland Kenneth Martin Doughty Group Supporter, 38th Peterborough (Glinton), Medehamstede, Cambridgeshire Derrick John East District Explorer Scout Administrator, District Scout Active Support Member, Croydon, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Gt. London South West David Thomas Ronald Easton Group Scout Leader, 4th Braid Scout Group, Braid, South East – Scotland Mary Fagan County President, Hampshire David Malcolm Haigh District Administrator, Germany, British Scouting Overseas Peter Haigh Assistant Group Scout Leader, 2nd Huddersfield (Colne Valley), Huddersfield South West, Assessor for Power Boating, Assessor for Dinghy Sailing, County Adviser for Water Activities, Scout Active Support Member, County Executive Member, West Yorkshire

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St George’s Day Awards 2013 Colina Ann Hine TSA Council Elected Member, Headquarters, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Sedgemoor, Deputy County Commissioner, Scout Active Support Member, Somerset Michael John Vernon Housley District Skills Instructor, Royal Forest, Essex Edward George Hughes District Scout Active Support Member, Cheltenham, County Adviser For Archery, County Assessor, Gloucestershire Kenneth Frank Hughes Assistant County Secretary, Solihull Ronald Clifford Jeffries County Vice President, Gt. London North East David Anthony Johnson Group Scout Leader, 9th Neath (Skewen), Afan Nedd, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Glamorgan West Frank Herbert Johnson District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Sheffield Hallam, Training Adviser, South Yorkshire Daniel Oliver Jones County Supporter, Northumberland, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, County Executive Member, Trainer, North Yorkshire John Charles Judson Group Scout Leader, 3rd Sandiacre, Long Eaton and District, Derbyshire Susan Margaret Judson (posthumous) formerly Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Sandiacre, Long Eaton and District, Derbyshire David Gomm King Assistant District Commissioner, Senlac, Training Adviser, East Sussex John Ernest Hutcheson Kitson Group Chairman, 100th Glasgow (Yorkhill Hospital), Great Western, Regional Adviser International – Scotland, Scotland Robert Frank Harvey Lane Scout Active Support Member Wales, County Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh Award, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Assessor Hill Walking, Solihull David John Langham District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Cheltenham, County Scouter, Gloucestershire David Grant Maltby District Commissioner, Stretford, County Scout Council Member, Scout Active Support Member, Gt. Manchester West John Rodney Mander District Media Development Manager, District Secretary, Wansdyke, Avon Beryl Hilary Mullender District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Supporter, Basingstoke East, Hampshire Peter William Munns (posthumous) formerly Group Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Chislehurst (Invicta), Bromley, Gt. London South East Shirley Lewis Nash District Appointments Chairman, District President, District Executive Member, The Malverns, Hereford and Worcester Douglas Leslie Pegler Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Barnet, District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Barnet Borough, Gt. London North

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Agnes Simpson Silver Wolf

Agnes has covered a range of appointments, most recently as Appointment Secretary and Training Administrator for Glenrothes and Levenmouth District in East Scotland.

Her head for business has ensured successful partnerships with District and Area Treasurers and her expertise has been invaluable during recruitment.

‘I’m delighted to win this award; I just couldn’t believe it when I got the letter telling me. I’ve been involved in Scouting for 53 years ever since I got married in 1960 – my husband has been an enthusiastic member since he was eight years old. We have a son and daughter who grew up in Scouting and who are still involved now. Scouting means everything to me and my family.’

William Matthew Reason District Vice President, Northampton, Northamptonshire John Roy Group Scout Leader, 166th Glasgow (1st Barlanark), District Administrator, South East, Clyde – Scotland Geoffrey Harold Russell District Public Relations Officer, Nuneaton, Scout Active Support Member, Warwickshire Agnes Greenock Baird Simpson Appointments Secretary, Training Administrator – Scotland, Glenrothes and Levenmouth, East – Scotland John David Simpson Group Scout Leader, 1st Broughton, Preston and District, West Lancashire Michael John Smith District Commissioner, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Fylde, County Executive Member, Trainer, West Lancashire Sheila Mary Stinton Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Pinkneys Green, District Scout Active Support Member, Maidenhead, Royal Berkshire David Henry Sweetland Assistant Group Scout Leader, Group Vice President, Group Scout Active Support Member, 4th Worcester Park (Cheam Common), Sutton, Gt. London South West Maureen Thomas District Scout Active Support Member, Maidstone East, Kent John Twidale Scout Leader, 40th Greenwich (St Michael’s), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, New Greenwich, Gt. London South

Dawn Ann Vale Ch. MCIPD. FITOL Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Hurdsfield (Parish Church), District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Macclesfield and Congleton, County Nights Away Adviser, County Adviser Special Needs, Cheshire Iain Ross Waddell Scout Active Support Member Clyde – Scotland, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 11th Solihull (Methodist), Blythe, Scout Active Support Member, Solihull Brian Michael Waters Deputy District Commissioner, Leicester South West, Leicestershire Richard David Woolsey County Nights Away Adviser, County Scouter, County Vice President, Training Adviser, Jersey, Regional Commissioner – South East Region, National Headquarters Haydn Robert Worrall Scout Active Support Member, County Training Administrator, Campsite Management Committee Member, Gt. Manchester West Philip Edward Webster Wray Deputy District Commissioner, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, District Nights Away Adviser, District Executive Member, Training Adviser, Ilford Northwest, Gt. London North East

Gillian Attree Silver Wolf

Gillian has been passionately involved in Scouting for over 40 years in various roles.

She oversees the Regional Development Officer and Project Management Group in Oxfordshire and also chairs the County Adult Appointment Committee. Despite her packed schedule, Gillian is hands-on with Scouting and supports various Active Support Units.

‘I was invested as a Scout on Brownsea Island in 1970 as part of the Service team. Scouting is part of my life and it would be odd without it. I love what it gives to the young people, more than what I personally get out of it.’

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Bar to the Silver Acorn

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.

Stuart Lane Allen County Treasurer, Buckinghamshire Charles William Anderson District Scout Active Support Member, Stamford and Bourne, Local Training Manager, Lincolnshire Patricia Mary Andrews Cub Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 2nd Ipswich (St Bartholomew’s), Orwell, Training Adviser, Suffolk Peter George Arnold Assistant District Commissioner Activities, Leatherhead, Surrey William John Baker Group Scout Leader, 11th Port Talbot, Afan Nedd, Glamorgan West Stuart Barber District Scout Active Support Member, Southern Stars UK Scout Active Support Unit Headquarters, Assistant Scout Leader, 7th Banstead, Assistant District Commissioner Activities, District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Banstead, Surrey Ian Robert Bardon District Scout Active Support Member, Ripon and District, North Yorkshire Richard Bassett Assistant District Commissioner Activities, Blythe, Scout Active Support Member, Solihull Geoffrey Middleton Begg Explorer Scout Leader, Swindon Ridgeway, Wiltshire Frederick Routledge Bell (posthumous) formerly Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Assistant Island Commissioner, Bailiwick of Guernsey David Betterton Assistant District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Dunstable, Trainer, Training Adviser, Local Training Manager, Bedfordshire

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Jeanette Yvonne Betterton District Secretary, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Dunstable, Bedfordshire David Bradley District Scout Active Support Member, Shire Oak (Leeds), Central Yorkshire Thomas Bradshaw District Scout Active Support Member, Burnley and Pendle, East Lancashire Anthony Robert William Brazier Group Sectional Assistant, 1st Diss, Appointments Secretary Southern Norfolk, Norfolk Angela Frances Brown District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Administrator, Bromley, Gt. London South East Keith Brown District Scout Active Support Member, Thameside Grand Union, Local Training Administrator, Gt. London Middlesex West Mary Angela Brown District Scout Active Support Manager, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex West David James Browning District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Hayes and Harlington, Gt. London Middlesex West John Winchester Bruce Group Chairman, 23rd Bromley (St Augustine’s), Training Adviser, District Supporter, Bromley, Gt. London South East Peter William Bryan Assistant District Commissioner, Central Notts, Nottinghamshire Gary William Henry Burfield District Commissioner (Acting), East Norfolk, County Commissioner, County Executive Member, Norfolk William Burgoyne (posthumous) formerly District Supporter, District Executive Member, Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester West Patricia Mary Elizabeth Campbell Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 52nd Ayrshire (1st Saltcoats), North Ayrshire and Arran, Assistant Regional Commissioner Explorer Scouts – Scotland, Trainer, South West – Scotland, Scout Active Support Member Scotland, South West – Scotland Jean Thompson Caulfield Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Castlerock, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Coleraine, County Londonderry Alan Chambers District Scout Active Support Member, Scout Communications Active Support Unit, UK Technical Adviser, Headquarters, Local Training Manager, Birmingham Byron Stephen Chatburn Board Trustee, UKC – Contingent Leader, 23rd World Scout Jamboree 2015, Headquarters, County Commissioner, Leicestershire Duncan Robert Clark TSA Council-Elected Member Headquarters, Chairman, Scotland William James Compton Group Scout Leader, 12th Lewisham South (1st Downham), District Adviser for Shooting, Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Lewisham District, County Executive Member, Deputy County Commissioner, Training Adviser, Gt. London South

Gerard Alfred Davies Camp Warden, Scout Active Support Manager, Gt. Manchester West Jean Dewhurst Appointments Secretary, South Ribble, West Lancashire Edward Owen Ditchfield Assistant Scout Leader, 4th Frodsham (Overton), Mersey Weaver, Cheshire Stuart Wilfred Dobson Assistant Group Scout Leader, Stakeford, Wansbeck, Northumberland Janet Muriel Drinkall Assistant County Commissioner, Trainer, Gt. London South West David Duckett District Scout Active Support Manager, Mersey Weaver, Cheshire James Anthony Duffy Chief Executive, Headquarters Staff, Scotland Stuart William Dyall Beaver Scout Leader, 2nd Cheadle, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, Training Adviser, Cheadle and District, Gt. Manchester East Julie Earnshaw District Badge Secretary, Huddersfield North, County Scouter, West Yorkshire David Frederick Emerson Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 9th Penge and Beckenham North, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Bromley, Gt. London South East Iris Elizabeth Emery District Secretary, Altrincham and District, Local Training Administrator, County Executive Member, Gt. Manchester West George Alan Failey Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st St Johns – Woking, District Scout Active Support Member, Woking, Surrey Barry John Fairman Assistant District Commissioner, Leicester South West, Camp Warden, Leicestershire Leslie John Farrington District Executive Member, Fareham East, County Executive Member, County Scout Leader, Hampshire Frederick Norman Fletcher Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 4th Worcester Park (Cheam Common), Sutton, Gt. London South West Roger William Flitcroft District President, Blackburn, Deputy County Chairman, Scout Active Support Member, County Executive Member, East Lancashire Alan Leslie Foster District Scout Active Support Member, Basingstoke, West Hampshire, District Administrator, South East Berkshire, Royal Berkshire Stuart Gilmour Fraser Cub Scout Leader, 1st Barry (Methodist), Barry, Area Nights Away Adviser, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Stephen James French District Commissioner, Croydon, Gt. London South West Tony Gell Group Scout Active Support Member, Highcliffe Scout Group, District Scout Leader, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Appointments Secretary, District Executive Member, East Cleveland, Cleveland Michael John Germain Assistant District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, Torfaen, Gwent

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St George’s Day Awards 2013 David Andrew Gill District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Huddersfield South East, West Yorkshire Bruce Gormley Group Scout Leader, 5th Tyne (Dunston – St Nicholas), District Scout Active Support Manager, District Executive Member, Gateshead And District, Durham Janet Elizabeth Haley District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Administrator, Bromley, Gt. London South East Ian Alan Hall Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 8th King’s Lynn (Grimston), North West Norfolk, Norfolk Jennifer Ann Harlow Cub Scout Leader, 1st Fetcham, District Administrator, Leatherhead, Surrey Gerald Hart District Administrator, District Scout Active Support Member, Knutsford and District, Cheshire Joan Hayton Appointments Secretary, District Executive Member, Wigan and District, Scout Active Support Member, Gt. Manchester West Judith Hewling District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Active Support Member, Middlesborough, Cleveland Charles Ronald Hockley District Chairman, Itchen South, Hampshire Michael Frank Holmes Group Scout Leader, 36th Sheffield (St John’s Ranmoor), Sheffield Hallam, South Yorkshire Janet Hood Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Group Secretary, 28th Rotherham (Newhill), Rotherham, South Yorkshire Keith Hooley Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Scout Active Support Member, Ilkeston, Derbyshire Margaret Edna Hooley Appointments Secretary, Ilkeston, Scout Active Support Member, Derbyshire John Kiernan Hore Group Scout Leader, 1st Nazeing, District Executive Member, Harlow and District, Essex Stuart Ashley Howells Member of the Awards Board, National Headquarters, County Chairman, Training Adviser, County Executive Member, Trainer, Nottinghamshire Janet Ann Hughes District Executive Member, Burton-on-Trent, Training Adviser, Staffordshire Stuart John Imrie Regional Commissioner – Scotland, Clyde – Scotland Sheila Ince Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Golborne (St Thomas), Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester West Donald Johnston District Appointments Chairman, District Member, Croydon, Gt. London South West Terry Paul Kingham District Scout Active Support Member, Thameside Grand Union, County Commissioner, Training Adviser, Trainer, Local Training Administrator, Gt. London Middlesex West Margaret Knapton District Appointments Chairman, Heavy Woollen, Deputy County

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Training Manager, West Yorkshire Anthony Robert Knott Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Eastcote (George Philip’s Own), Ruislip Eastcote Northwood, Greater London Middlesex West, District Nights Away Adviser, District Administrator, Assistant District Commissioner Activities, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Nene Valley, Assistant County Commissioner Activities, Training Adviser, County Administrator, Local Training Manager, Trainer, County Assessor, Assessor for Rafting (Traditional), County Training Administrator, Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, County Executive Member, Northamptonshire Peter Lightowlers Group Administrator, 20th Bradford South (Low Moor), District President, Bradford South, West Yorkshire Philip John Lineker District Chairman, District Scout Active Support Member, Appointments Secretary, Blyth Valley, County Supporter, Northumberland George Lowe Deputy County Commissioner, West Lancashire Jean Elizabeth MacDonald Assistant Group Scout Leader, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Coleraine, Coleraine, County Londonderry Stephen Paul Mant District Adviser for Water Activities, Bramshill, Assessor for Kayaking Open Inland, Assessor for Kayaking Sea, Assessor for Kayaking River, Hampshire Kenneth Paul Marks District Commissioner, North Tameside, County Organising Commissioner, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Gt. Manchester East Alan Richard Mason Scout Leader, Group Chairman, 2nd Rothwell (Salvation Army), Glendon, Northamptonshire Jennifer Mary McCullough Assistant Scout Leader, 9th Sydenham, Lewisham District, Gt. London South Lynn Maureen Moore Appointments Secretary, Sheffield Norfolk, Appointments Secretary, Sheffield Don, Assistant County Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Assistant County Commissioner Cub Scouts, Assistant County Commissioner Programme, County Training Administrator, County Administrator, County Appointments Secretary, Trainer, South Yorkshire Karen Joyce Moores Cub Scout Leader, 105th Manchester (St Peter’s), Training Adviser, North Manchester, Gt. Manchester East Robert Moores Group Scout Active Support Member, 105th Manchester (St Peter’s), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, North Manchester, Gt. Manchester East Kevin Peter Moynihan Group Scout Leader, 28th Croydon Our Lady of The Annunciation Croydon, Training Adviser, Gt. London South West Paul Andrew Neal Group Scout Leader, Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd Bramcote, South West Notts, County Executive Member,

Deputy County Chairman, Training Adviser, Nottinghamshire Doreen Elizabeth Neun District Skills Instructor, Dockland Scout Project, Gt. London North, Cub Scout Leader, 14th Seven Kings, District Scout Active Support Member, Ilford East, County Administrator, County Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Gt. London North East Shirley Margaret Newbery District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, District Administrator, District Vice President, Southern Norwich, Norfolk Margaret Elizabeth Newman District Cub Scout Leader, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Mersey Weaver, Cheshire James Albert Newson Group President, 20th Bermondsey, District Occasional Helper, Southwark District, Gt. London South Stephen Edward Owen District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Chairman Chorley, West Lancashire Maureen Patheyjohns District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Secretary, Warrington West, Cheshire Robert Godfrey Patheyjohns Appointments Secretary, Warrington West, Assistant County Commissioner Activities, Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, Cheshire Andrew Patton District Treasurer, Hyndburn, County Treasurer, East Lancashire Frederick Roy Peach District Scout Active Support Member, Potteries North, Staffordshire Michael John Perry District Scout Active Support Manager, Ampthill and Woburn, Bedfordshire Mark Vincent Phipps Group Scout Leader, 7th Corby (Kingswood), Glendon, Northamptonshire Winifred Mary Poland District Scout Leader, Reivers, Cumbria Barrie George Pratt County Treasurer, Devon Irena Mary Preston Local Training Manager, Trainer, East Lancashire Max Raffe Group Scout Leader, 13th Ipswich, Orwell, Suffolk Adela Mary Ramsbottom District Commissioner, Swinton and Pendlebury, Scout Active Support Member, Gt. Manchester West Michael John Ranger Group Scout Leader, 14th King’s Lynn (Woottons), Deputy District Commissioner, Training Adviser, North West Norfolk, Scout Sectional Assistant, 46th Norwich, Southern Norwich, Norfolk Robert William Reader District Scout Active Support Member, UK Kanderstag Network Scout Active Support Unit, Headquarters, District Scout Active Support Member, Thameside Grand Union, Greater London Middlesex West, Cub Scout Leader, Group Scout Active Support, 1st Keswick, Eden, Cumbria John Paul Reynolds Assistant District Commissioner, Bradford North, County

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Executive Member, County Training Manager, West Yorkshire Carole Bettie Robinson District Scout Active Support Member, District Secretary, Medehamstede, Cambridgeshire Jean Frances Roulinson Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Derby East, County Adviser, County Assessor, Scout Active Support Manager, Training Adviser, County Administrator, Derbyshire Michael Arthur Rowe District Scout Active Support Member, Pembrokeshire District, County Administrator, Area Training Manager, Pembrokeshire Michael John Stuart Rowland Training Adviser, District Chairman, District Executive Member, Leighton-Linslade, Trainer, Bedfordshire David George Russell Assistant District Commissioner Activities, District Adviser for Mountain Activities, District Scout Leader, Sunderland, Training Adviser, Assistant County Commissioner International, Durham Sheila Ann Scott Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 4th Ruislip, District Cub Scout Leader, Ruislip Eastcote Northwood, Gt. London Middlesex West Violet Jane Service Assistant District Commissioner Adult Training Scotland, Galloway, Trainer, South West – Scotland Charles Frederick Sharpe Group Sectional Assistant, 25th Newham (St George’s), Newham, Gt. London North East David Stanley Shepherd Group Scout Leader, 7th Purley All Saints Kenley, Croydon, Gt. London South West Christine Ann Smith Group Scout Leader, 17th Kettering (St Andrew’s), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Glendon, Northamptonshire Jean Agnes Smith District Scout Active Support Member, Woking, Surrey John Charles Smith District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Wimbledon and Wandle, Gt. London South West Peter David Smith District Scout Active Support Member, Ormskirk and District, West Lancashire Rachel Denise Squire Group Scout Leader, 23rd Salisbury, Salisbury and South Wilts, Wiltshire Brian Alfred Stewart District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, Icknield (Luton), Bedfordshire David Robert Sturdee Assistant Scout Leader, 8th Norwich (Norwich School) Sea Scout Group, Eastern Norwich, County Assessor, Norfolk Robert Walker Swain Training Adviser, District Administrator, District Nights Away Adviser, Belper, Local Training Manager, Trainer, Training Adviser, Derbyshire Graham Taft District President, East Scarsdale, Derbyshire Melvin Douglas Tarman Group Scout Leader, 1st Great Tey, Colchester North, Essex

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Lawrence Rayner Taylor Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Millom (Parish Church) Scout Group, South West Lakes, Cumbria John Tickett Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Banstead, District Chaplain, Banstead, Surrey Shirley Heather Tickett Group Sectional Assistant, 3rd Banstead, Banstead, Local Training Administrator, Surrey Lorely Christine Hilary Trendall Group Scout Leader, Sheerwater Scout Group, Deputy District Commissioner, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Woking, Surrey Gerald William James Tubb District Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Croydon, Gt. London South West Brian Arthur Tucker Group Scout Leader, 35th Norwich Sea Scout Group, District Nights Away Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Member, Eastern Norwich, Norfolk Raymond William Tucker District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Maidenhead, Royal Berkshire Colin Milner Tunnicliffe District Nights Away Adviser, Middleton, Gt. Manchester North Kathleen Elizabeth Anne Veale Assistant County Commissioner, Local Training Manager, Derbyshire Kenneth Vinsen Camp Warden, Eastern Norwich, Norfolk Annette Jessie Waddington Beaver Scout Leader, 20th Ayrshire (Stewarton), Assistant District Commissioner Adult Training Scotland, Ayrshire East, Trainer, South West – Scotland Alan Walker (posthumous) formerly Cub Scout Leader, 1st Marple Scouts, Goyt, Gt. Manchester East Rodney Havelock Walker District Scout Active Support Member, Salisbury and South Wilts, Scout Active Support Member, Hampshire Margaret Gail Walthall Cub Scout Leader, 3rd/4th Heywood (Ravenscroft), Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Heywood, Gt. Manchester North

Stephen Walthall Scout Leader, 3rd/4th Heywood (Ravenscroft), Heywood, Gt. Manchester North Christine Watson Deputy County Commissioner, Trainer, County Executive Member, West Yorkshire Colin Watson Group Scout Leader, Rastrick (St Matthew’s), Training Adviser, Brighouse, West Yorkshire Veronica Christina Watson District Cub Scout Leader, Gloucester, Training Adviser, Gloucestershire William Grant Watson District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Wansbeck, Northumberland Thomas Westall District President, District Scout Active Support Member, Fylde, West Lancashire Irene Joyce Whitelaw Appointments Secretary, District Associate Member South Western, Training Administrator – Scotland, Clyde – Scotland David Wilkinson Beaver Scout Leader, 53rd Lancaster, District Scout Active Support Member, District Scout Active Support Coordinator, Lonsdale, Trainer, West Lancashire Rene Patricia Florence Williams Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st St Johns – Woking, District Scout Active Support Member, Woking, Surrey Elizabeth Mary Wilson District Commissioner, East Lothian, South East – Scotland Linda May Wilson County Nights Away Adviser, Trainer, Training Adviser, Local Training Manager, Lincolnshire Adrian Simon Wray Trainer, Training Adviser, County Secretary, Leicestershire Jeanette Young District Commissioner, Keighley, Deputy County Commissioner, County Executive Member, West Yorkshire

Brian Tucker Bar to Silver Acorn

Brian has helped boost Scouting and has taken on numerous roles in his 40-plusyear service for the Movement. In Norfolk, Brian has continued to encourage other leaders and played a vital role in revitalising a dormant Scout Group after their HQ was hit by a flood.

‘It’s changed as time has gone on. I’ve loved being involved in Venture Scouts and the activities and expeditions we’ve worked on. I now enjoy seeing the Group develop, getting the Executive organised and seeing everyone work as a team, and now we’re getting even more young people involved, which is warming to see.

It’s been a rewarding experience.’

April/May 2013

St George’s Day Awards 2013

Silver Acorn

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.

Stewart Charles Abbott District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Thurrock, Essex Roy Acomb Group Scout Leader, Bradbury Scout Group, Assistant District Commissioner Special Needs, South Ribble, West Lancashire Colin Trevor Adamson Cub Scout Leader, 46th Scarborough (Westborough), District Cub Scout Leader, Scarborough And District, Training Adviser, North Yorkshire Stephen William Alder District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, Harrow and Wealdstone, County Executive Member, Training Adviser, Gt. London Middlesex West Kenneth Michael Allcock Assistant District Commissioner Adult Support, the Malverns, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, Trainer, Hereford and Worcester Rita May Anstee District Commissioner, Blaenau Gwent, Gwent Nicola Ann Arthurs Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Cricklade, Swindon North, Wiltshire Kenneth Charles Attewell District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Active Support Manager,Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex West Adolph Audain Training Manager, Antigua and Barbuda Branch Lesley Ann Austin Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Spen Valley, West Yorkshire Carol Wendy Sonia Avenell Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Hayes and Harlington, Gt. London Middlesex West

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Michael John Baines Group Scout Leader, 1st Hinckley (Holy Trinity), Training Adviser, Hinckley, Leicestershire John Bake Group Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, 1st St Helen’s Auckland, District Nights Away Adviser, Bishop Auckland, Durham David Baldwin Assistant Group Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, 1st Newton Aycliffe, District Scout Active Support Member, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Bishop Auckland, Assistant Camp Warden, Durham Frank Bannister Group Treasurer, 175th Glasgow (1st Bishopbriggs), Kelvin Valley, Clyde – Scotland Pamela Barker Beaver Scout Leader, 58th Peterborough Westwood and Raventhorpe, Medehamstede, Cambridgeshire John Henry Barnes District Treasurer, Cole Valley South, Birmingham Arthur Neville Barratt Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Camp Warden, Central Notts, Nottinghamshire Malcolm Peter Barrow Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Paddington (The Hawks), District Cub Scout Leader, City of Westminster, Gt. London Middlesex West Jennifer Bassett District Scout Active Support Member, Swindon North, Wiltshire Andrew David Baynes Explorer Scout Leader, Blythe, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Solihull Jennifer Ethel Bellamy Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Wisbech (St Augustine’s), District Scout Active Support Manager Fenland, Cambridgeshire Ivan Norman Bennett Scout Leader, Group Scout Leader, 44th Leicester Church of the Holy Apostles, Training Adviser Leicester, South West, Leicestershire Ruth Evelyn Bennett Scottish Headquarters Commissioner Cub Scouts, National Headquarters Volunteer, Headquarters, Beaver Scout Leader, 70th Greenock and District, Greenock and District, Scotland Andrew James Best Assistant Scout Leader, 4th West Bridgford (Methodist), Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire Michael Billingham Group Member, 4th Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire Derek Richard Thomas Bird District Scout Active Support Member, Epsom and Ewell, Surrey Timothy John Birse Explorer Scout Leader, District Adviser, Bromley, Gt. London South East John Hall Booth Group President, 20th Derby (St Augustine’s), Derby South, Derbyshire Richard Frank Booys District Commissioner Wallingford, District Administrator, South Chiltern, Oxfordshire Alistair Thomas Bow Campsite Management Committee Member, City of Nottingham, Scout Active Support Member, Nottinghamshire Ninian Stewart Bowman Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Cole, Assistant County Commissioner Explorer Scouts, Solihull

Gregory George Brennan District Commissioner, North Down, Assistant County Commissioner International, County Down David Anthony Robert Briercliffe Group Treasurer, Church Riverside, District Executive Member, Leighton-Linslade, Bedfordshire Robert James Broderick Centre Manager, Scout Active Support Member, Scotland Janet Brooker District Commissioner, Biggleswade, Training Adviser, Trainer, Bedfordshire Kenneth John Brooker Deputy County Commissioner Adult Support, Training Adviser, Trainer, Bedfordshire Paul Anthony Gordon Brooks District Administrator, District Chairman, Cotswold Edge, Avon Kate Hazel Broome Group Scout Leader, 1st Bloxham, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, North Oxfordshire, Training Adviser (Admin), Oxfordshire Henry James Brown District Member, East Scarsdale, Derbyshire Nanette Eirlys Brown District Member, East Scarsdale, Derbyshire June Doreen Burton Appointments Secretary, Itchen South, Training Adviser, Hampshire Ian Butcher Scout Leader, 31st/9th Ipswich (Britannia), Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, Orwell, Suffolk Karen Lisa Butcher Beaver Scout Leader, 31st/9th Ipswich (Britannia), 51st Ipswich, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, Orwell, Suffolk Brian Butterfield Appointments Secretary, South West Lakes, Cumbria Michael Anthony Caines Group Chairman, 169th Bristol (Brentry), Cabot, Avon Simon Cardall District Commissioner, Spitfire, Birmingham David John Carlen County Treasurer, Gt. London Middlesex West Mary Carroll Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Shirley (Our Lady of the Wayside), Blythe, Solihull Dawn Adelaide Carter Scout Leader, 1st Bishops Stortford and Hockerill, Bishops Stortford and District, Hertfordshire Keith Robert Carter District Scout Active Support Member, Supporting Assessors SASU, Headquarters, District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner Activities, Training Adviser, Basildon, County Adviser Land Activities, Scout Active Support Member, Essex Peter Cartlidge Assistant Scout Leader, 11th Rotherham (Wales Church), Rotherham, Training Adviser, South Yorkshire Lesley Casson Beaver Scout Leader, 14th Sale, Sale And District, Gt. Manchester West Maureen Ann Chandler Cub Scout Leader, 1st Scout Ascot, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, District Vice President, South

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East Berkshire, Royal Berkshire John Alwyn Checkley District Chairman, District Scout Active Support Member, Ilkeston, Derbyshire David Frank Chesterman District Badge Secretary, District President, District Scout Active Support Member, Maidenhead, Royal Berkshire Ian David Chick Group Vice President, 9th Greenford (Holy Cross), District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Web Manager, Greenford and District, Trainer, Gt. London Middlesex West Jonathan Mark Chicken District Commissioner, District Treasurer Acting, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Houghton-le-Spring and District, Trainer, Training Adviser, Durham William Michael Churchill District Chairman, Potteries North, Staffordshire Jack Clare District Vice President, Leamington, Warwickshire Alfred William Clark Group President, Occasional Helper 5th Bromley (St Luke’s), Bromley, Gt. London South East Clare Christine Clark Beaver Scout Leader, 3rd Upton, District Beaver Scout Leader, Slough, Group Executive Member, 1st Datchet (Ditton Park) Sea Scouts, Windsor and Eton, County Nights Away Adviser, Royal Berkshire Elaine Joan Clarke Cub Scout Leader, 1st Lady Bay, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire Richard Anthony Clarke District Commissioner, District Secretary, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Roger Denis Collett Group Scout Leader, 26th Picton (Childwall), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Liverpool South, Merseyside Anthony Compton Training Adviser, Gosport, Hampshire David Richard Coppock District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, District Treasurer, UK Kandersteg Network Headquarters, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Woolhampton, Taceham Hundred, Royal Berkshire Paul Stuart Cosgrave Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, Bromley, Deputy County Commissioner, County Scouter, County Treasurer, County Executive Member, Gt. London South East Gordon Cowell Group Scout Leader, 6th Torbay (Paignton) Britannia, Torbay Borough, Devon Rosemary Elaine Craig Cub Scout Leader, 10th Perthshire (Perth Academy), Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Perth and Kinross, East – Scotland William McOwat Craig Group Scout Leader, 90th Lanarkshire (2nd Coatbridge), District Commissioner, Calder, Clyde – Scotland Robert Alfred Crow District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Southwark District, County Vice Chairman, Gt. London South Richard Peter Crowe Group Scout Leader,

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1st East Wickham (St Michael’s), Bexley, Gt. London South East Ann Doreen Crowley Local Training Manager, Trainer, Training Adviser, Wiltshire Ian George Culver Assistant District Commissioner Activities, District Nights Away Adviser, Woodlands, County Assessor, Manager of the Activity Permits Scheme, Buckinghamshire Paul Cunningham Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Ben Rhydding (De Mohicanen), Wharfedale, West Yorkshire Terence Ian Curtis District Scout Active Support Member, Northampton, Northamptonshire Susan Marjorie Davey District Badge Secretary, Bromley, Gt. London South East Paul David Thomson Davie Assistant Group Scout Leader, 29th Glasgow (1st Newlands), Training Adviser South Western, Assessor for Climbing (Single Pitch) – Scotland, Clyde – Scotland Angela Mary Davies Cub Scout Leader, 18th Bristol 1st Redland Green, Cabot, Avon Brian Davies District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Adviser, Bolton West, Gt. Manchester North Keith John Davis Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Denmead, Waterlooville, Hampshire Felix Michael Stanley Dawson Group Scout Leader, 1st Bwlchgwyn, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Wrexham and District, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, Manager of the Active Permit Scheme, Area Administrator, Clwyd Judy Christina Dear District Cub Scout Leader, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Paul Deere Scout Leader, 1st Llantwit Major Vale District, Training Adviser, Area Skills Instrutor, Area Nights Away Adviser, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Stephen Brian Deighton Explorer Scout Leader, District Administrator, Colchester Estuary, Scout Active Support Member, Essex Robert Baxter Dewar District Scout Active Support Member, West Lothian, Forth – Scotland Martin Jon Dexter Group Scout Leader, 38th Leicester – Enderby and Norborough, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Leicester South West, Leicestershire Ian Harold Diamond Scout Leader, 1st Comber (St Mary’s Parish), Assistant District Commissioner Development, Newtownards, County Down Christine Dickinson Group Treasurer, 28th Doncaster (St Edmund’s), District Treasurer, District Scout Active Support Member, Doncaster Danum, South Yorkshire Henry Anderson Kitching Dixon Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Johnston, District Commissioner, Pembrokeshire District, County Administrator, Deputy Area Commissioner, Pembrokeshire Sandra Donnor Assistant District Commissioner

Beaver Scouts, District Executive Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Lincoln, Trainer, Training Adviser, Lincolnshire Maureen Ethel Clare Downs Group Scout Leader, 2nd Streatham Hill (Christchurch), Lambeth, Gt. London South Frederick Brian Doyle Camp Warden, Wrexham and District, Clwyd Barrie James Dunn Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Wansdyke, Avon Peter Alan Eastwood District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, New Greenwich, Gt. London South Irene Ebden Beaver Scout Leader, 20th Lewisham South, Lewisham District, Gt. London South Margaret Elizabeth Eckton Cub Scout Leader, Bradbury Scout Group, Assistant District Commissioner Special Needs, South Ribble, West Lancashire Christopher John William Edwards Group Scout Leader, 1st Chippenham, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Slough, Royal Berkshire Patrina Elizabeth Effer Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Longworth Thames Ridge, Deputy County Training Manager, Local Training Manager, Oxfordshire Kenneth Eley Group Scout Leader, 7th Nottingham, Explorer Scout Leader, City of Nottingham, Training Adviser, Nottinghamshire Susan Evans District Commissioner, Cwym Newydd, Training Adviser, Area Training Administrator, Glamorgan West David John Farnsworth Cub Scout Leader, 1st Grange and Cartmel, Kentdale, Cumbria David Anthony Fern Group Scout Leader, 1st Shepperton (St Nicholas), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Spelthorne, Surrey Melvyn Finch District Chairman, Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester West Roy Fishwick District Scout Active Support Member, Hyndburn, Scout Active Support Member, East Lancashire Roger Charles Fleming Group Chairman, Oxford Road, District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Reading Central, Royal Berkshire Christopher John Flewitt District Commissioner, City of Nottingham, Trainer, Training Adviser, Nottinghamshire Lynne Flower Group Scout Leader, 7th Cardiff, Cardiff East and South, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Gillian Forth Assistant Scout Leader, 3rd South Shields Sea Scouts, Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Deputy District Commissioner Scouts, South Tyneside, Durham Margaret Watt Fowler Beaver Scout Leader, 19th Ayrshire (Kilwinning), Training Adviser, Deputy District Commissioner, North Ayrshire

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St George’s Day Awards 2013 and Arran, Trainer, South West – Scotland Gail Elizabeth Fox Cub Scout Leader, 20th Kettering (Northfield), Glendon, Northamptonshire Roger Edward Fox Group Scout Leader, 13th King’s Lynn (Walpoles) Scout Group, North West Norfolk, Norfolk Anne Lillian Francis Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Cricklade, Swindon North, Wiltshire John Edmund Gibson Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Ramsbottom, Local Training Manager, Gt. Manchester North Teresa Ginn Beaver Scout Leader, 72nd Portsmouth – 1st Portsdown, City of Portsmouth, Training Adviser, Assistant County Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Hampshire John Anthony Glenton Group Adviser, 2nd Cheadle, Cheadle and District, Gt. Manchester East Kathleen Goddard Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Swindon Ridgeway, Wiltshire Peter John Godwin Group Treasurer, 1st Penge and Beckenham, North Bromley, Gt. London South East Neil Thomas Gorton County Commissioner, Gt. Manchester North Sandra Gosden Group Skills Instructor, 2nd Cuddington (Rowe), Training Adviser, Epsom and Ewell, Surrey Andrew John Green Scout Leader, 1st Adderbury, North Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire David Gareth Green Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Pendle Forest, Burnley and Pendle, East Lancashire John Nigel Green Group Scout Leader, 1st Bingham, District Nights Away Adviser, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire Caryl Gregory Beaver Scout Leader, Assistant Scout Leader, 3rd Porchester, District Scout Active Support Member, Fareham East, Hampshire Jennifer Griffin Cub Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, 11th Shipley (Baildon Moravian), Training Adviser, Aire Valley, West Yorkshire Patricia Ann Grisedale Cub Scout Leader, 11th Barrow-in-Furness (The Beacon), South West Lakes, Cumbria Jacqueline Carol Hall Cub Scout Leader, 2nd East Wickham, Training Adviser, Bexley, Gt. London South East Geoffrey Thomas Harris District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, District Executive Member, Thurrock, Essex Christopher John Harrison District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Chingford, Assistant County Commissioner International, Gt. London North East Colin Leonard Harrison Cub Scout Leader, 31st Wakefield (St Anne’s), Wakefield, Central Yorkshire Elaine Rosemary Harrison District Supporter, Salisbury and South Wilts, Local Training

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Administrator, Training Adviser, Wiltshire Alan David Hart Assistant Scout Leader, 1 st Middleton (St Leonard’s), Middleton, Gt. Manchester North Michael Laurence Hart District Treasurer, North West Norfolk, Norfolk Philip John Herbert Hart Group Chairman, 1st Crowthorne, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, District Executive Member, South Berkshire, Royal Berkshire Freda Joyce Haslam Appointments Secretary, Bolton South, Gt. Manchester North Anthony Eric Hawksworth District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Lowestoft, Training Adviser, Trainer, Suffolk Christine Vera Hay Appointments Secretary, District Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Leicester South West, Leicestershire Christopher Thomas Head Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Wootton Bassett, Swindon Ridgeway, Wiltshire Christopher Michael John Heath Group Treasurer, 1st Belmont, District Chairman, Sutton, County Executive Member, Gt. London South West John Hemingway District Vice President, Clitheroe and District, East Lancashire Christine Henderson Beaver Scout Leader, 8th Orpington St John’s U.R.C., Bromley, Gt. London South East Michael John Henwood District Treasurer, Havant, Hampshire Dale Robert Higham Cub Scout Leader, 1st Pendle, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Bowland, Clitheroe And District, East Lancashire Edward Ellis Hills District Commissioner, Crawley, Trainer, West Sussex Paul Martin Hissey Scout Active Support Member, Hertfordshire, Assistant Scout Leader, 5th Hayes (Barnhill), Hayes And Harlington, Gt. London Middlesex West John Richard Hockey District Scout Active Support Member, Downe Scout Activity Centre Headquarters, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Bexley, Gt. London South East Anne Roberta Hodgins Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Andover, Hampshire Jacqueline Hookey Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Godshill and Rookley, Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, District Executive Member, East Wight, Isle Of Wight Barbara Horry Group Supporter, 1st Mobberley, Knutsford and District, Cheshire Michael Hosker District Chairman, Knutsford and District, Cheshire Richard Housden District Scout Active Support Member, District Treasurer, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Dominic Courteney Howell Scout Leader, 3rd Hayling (Brotherhood Own) Havant, County Scout Leader, Hampshire Anthony George Humphreys Assistant Group

Scout Leader, 1st Chesham, Assistant District Commissioner Development, Chilton North, Buckinghamshire Roger Stuart Hyde Group Scout Leader, 18th Bradford South Queensbury Tryhard, Bradford South, West Yorkshire Colin William Hyslop District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Edinburgh North East, South East – Scotland Ronald Jackson Group Chairman, Group Associate Member, Group Executive Member, 1st Christleton, District Executive Member, Chester and District, Cheshire Tony Jay Group Scout Leader, 26th Colchester Sea Scouts, District Administrator, Colchester North, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner Activities, Colchester Estuary, Essex Anthony John Jeffery Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Silchester, Hampshire Jens Peter Jensen District Commissioner, Blaydon and District, Durham Christopher Horton Jervis District Chairman, District Scout Active Support Member, Glendon, Northamptonshire Kenneth Howard Jones Unit Assistant, Truro, County Adviser For Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Cornwall Mollie Jones District Badge Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Spelthorne, Surrey Ian Mark Judson Explorer Scout Leader, Long Eaton and District, Derbyshire Jeremy Charles Kent Assistant Scout Leader, Group Scout Leader, 1st Woolhampton, District Nights Away Adviser, Taceham Hundred, Royal Berkshire Christopher John Kershaw District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Pinner and Headstone, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, County Skills Instructor, County Boat Inspector, Gt. London Middlesex West Barbara Evelyn King Group Scout Leader, 10th Chippenham, Wiltshire North, Training Adviser, Wiltshire Brian George King Assistant Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 10th Chippenham Wiltshire North, Training Adviser, Wiltshire Keith King Group Scout Leader, Walney Churches, South West Lakes, Cumbria Stephen John Kirby Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 45th Ormskirk (Buscough Methodist), Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, Ormskirk and District, West Lancashire Bruce Graham Knight Group Scout Leader, 5th/9th Chelmsford (St Andrew’s and All Saints), District Executive Member, Training Adviser, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Chelmsford and District, Essex Colin Henk Knightley Assistant Scout Leader,

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Rastrick (St Matthew’s), Training Adviser, Brighouse, Safeguarding Awareness Co-ordinator, West Yorkshire Averill Marion Laing District Supporter, Epsom and Ewell, Surrey Susan Elizabeth Larner District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, South Hams, Local Training Administrator, Training Adviser, Devon Charles Edward Le Maistre Cub Scout Leader, 64th Birmingham, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Executive Member, Tame Valley Birmingham, Birmingham Jane Susan Leadbetter Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 25th Allerton (St Mary’s Grassendale), Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Liverpool South, Merseyside Jeffrey Ledger County Commissioner, Durham Christopher Eric Levesley Assistant Scout Leader, 14th Sheffield (Grenoside), District Nights Away Adviser, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Sheffield Don, Assistant County Commissioner Explorer Scouts, South Yorkshire Joselyn Maudlyn Eusalyn Lewis National Trustee, Antigua and Barbuda Branch Andrew Keith Lloyd Deputy County Commissioner, Birmingham Leo Alleyn Lloyd Group President, 7th Petts Wood, Bromley, Gt. London South East Leslie Thomas Lobjoit Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Leatherhead, Surrey Stewart Roland Lomax Assistant District Commissioner Activities, Ashdown, Training Adviser, East Sussex John Murray Lyall District Scout Active Support Member, Craigalmond, South East – Scotland Robert John Lyall Scout Active Support Member, Scout Active Support Manager, Scotland Colin James MacDonald Group Scout Leader, 14th Edinburgh North East (St Christopher’s) Scout Group, Edinburgh North East, South East – Scotland Evelyn Margaret Magee District Badge Secretary, District Supporter, Bromley, Gt. London South East Charles William Mapletoft Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Janet Elizabeth Marsden District Scout Active Support Member, Sale and District, County Executive Member, Gt. Manchester West Timothy James Mawson District Appointments Chairman, District Chaplain, Orwell, Suffolk John Constantine McBurney District Scout Leader, Crawfordsburn, Northern Ireland Roy Neil McGee Training Adviser Southern Norfolk, Local Training Manager, Norfolk Frank Meakin Scout Leader, 59th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle (Newchapel), District Adviser For Water Activities, Potteries North, Staffordshire

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Christopher Stephen Mears Group Adviser, 7th Sevenoaks (Halstead), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Sevenoaks, Kent Marian Melhuish District Executive Member, Greenford and District, Gt. London Middlesex West Paul Graham Melhuish District Badge Secretary, District Treasurer, District Executive Member, Greenford and District, Gt. London Middlesex West Robert Michael Mellor (posthumous) formerly Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd West Lothian, West Lothian, Forth – Scotland Irene Melrose Beaver Scout Leader, 5th Dorking (URC), Dorking, Surrey Wendy Metcalfe Beaver Scout Leader, 39th Bradford South (Southfield Lane Methodist), District Scout Active Support Member, Bradford South, West Yorkshire Peter John Miles Assistant Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, 9th Maidenhead (URC), Maidenhead, Royal Berkshire Ian Miller Assistant Scout Leader, All Saints – Habergham, Burnley and Pendle, East Lancashire Mary Margaret Miller District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Bablake, Training Adviser,County Supporter, City of Coventry Roger Miller Group Vice Chairman, 89th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle Sea Scout Group, Three Towns, Staffordshire Dorothy Ann Minors District Scout Active Support Member, Association of Methodist Scouters and Guides, Headquarters, Beaver Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, 13th Maidenhead (Methodist), Maidenhead, Royal Berkshire Barbara Mooney Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Fleetwood, District Scout Active Support Member, Wyre, West Lancashire Brian Richard Moore Cub Scout Leader, 7th King’s Lynn, North West Norfolk, Norfolk Peter Robert Moretti Scout Active Support Member, Central Yorkshire Andrew David Morgan District Skills Instructor, Dunfermline, East – Scotland Howard Thomas Morgan District Scout Leader, District Scout Active Support Member, Bexley, Gt. London South East Stephen Paul Morgan Group Treasurer, 7th Grays, District Treasurer, Thurrock, Essex Geoffrey Morris Group Scout Active Support Member, 4th Worcester Park (Cheam Common), Sutton, Gt. London South West Gwynne Gwilym Alderton Morris District Scout Active Support Member, Chelmsford and District, County Administrator, Scout Active Support Member, Essex Jacqueline Morris Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Executive Member, Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Valerie Elizabeth Morris Assistant County

Secretary Records, Safe Guarding Awareness Co-ordinator, County Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser (Admin), City of Coventry Ian Richard Morrison formerly Area Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Radnor, Radnor Susan Mary Mort Cub Scout Leader, 1st Moss, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Wrexham and District, Training Adviser, Clwyd Phyllis Mossman Group President, 21st/23rd Fulham (Fulham URC), West London, Gt. London Middlesex West Reginald James Mountford Group Chairman, Group Executive Member, 21st Stoke on Trent and Newcastle, 5th Stoke Hartshill, Three Towns, Staffordshire Caroline Mulvenna Beaver Scout Leader, 17th Edinburgh North East (St Ninian’s) Scout Group, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Training Adviser, Edinburgh North East, South East – Scotland Barry Roy Harry Owen Munden Group Scout Leader, 27th Woolwich (Wesley Hall), New Greenwich, Gt. London South John Murphy Cub Scout Leader, 5th Paddington (St Saviour’s), Assistant District Commissioner Activities, City of Westminster, Gt. London Middlesex West Joyce Ethel Nicholas Group Executive Member, 2nd Cuddington (Rowe), District Supporter, District Badge Secretary, Epsom and Ewell, Surrey Gillian Nutt Appointments Secretary, District Administrator, Kingswood, Avon Errol Robert O’Farrell Group Scout Active Support Member, Four Marks and Ropley Scout Group, Rotherfield, Hampshire Ian Ogilvy District Scouter Scotland, Perth and Kinross, East – Scotland Ruth Diana Owen Group Scout Leader, 7th Pershore (Avonvales) Pershore, Training Adviser, Trainer, Hereford and Worcester Wyn Owen Scout Active Support Member, Wales, District Commissioner, District Secretary (Acting) Carmarthenshire District, Area Commissioner, Assessor for Hillwalking, Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, Trainer, Queens Scout Award Co-ordinator, Training Adviser, Carmarthenshire Alison Owen-Yeates Explorer Scout Leader, Carmarthenshire District, Assessor for Hillwalking, Area Adviser Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Area Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Trainer, Area Nights Away Adviser, Scout Active Support Member, Wales Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, Carmarthenshire Roger Andrew Pacey District Chairman, Cole, Solihull Peter Wynne Palmer Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Coulsdon, Croydon, Gt. London South West Howard William Francis Park Assistant Group Scout Leader, 8th/14th Epsom St Barnabas and

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St George’s Day Awards 2013 St Joseph’s, District Executive Member Epsom and Ewell, County Assessor, Assessor for Hillwalking, Surrey Michael John Parker Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Executive Member, Spitfire, Birmingham Kenneth Parry-Husbands Group Chairman, 7th Petts Wood, Bromley, Gt. London South East Barbara Parsons Group Scout Leader, 4th Streatham (Princess Marie Louises Own Sea Scouts), Lambeth, Gt. London South Laurence Parsons District Scout Leader, Cabot, Avon Corina Ann Pay Assistant Cub Scout Leader, St Luke’s-Maidstone, District Cub Scout Leader, District Administrator, District Chairman, Maidstone East, Training Adviser, Kent Ronald Thomas Pennington Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 4th Worcester Park (Cheam Common), Sutton, Gt. London South West Elizabeth Muriel Pettitt Cub Scout Leader, 1st Crowborough, Ashdown, East Sussex James Richard Phillips Group Scout Leader, 14th Hackney (St John at Hackney), District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, East London, Gt. London North East Daniel Norman Ross Potter County Commissioner, Shropshire Judith Anne Potter Centre Manager, District Scout Active Support, Hyndburn, East Lancashire, Scotland Robert Potter Centre Manager, District Scout Active Support, Hyndburn, East Lancashire, Scotland Pauline Power Beaver Scout Leader, 6th Hayes (St Raphael’s) Scout and Guide Group, Training Adviser, Hayes and Harlington, Gt. London Middlesex West Suzanne Preece Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Llanyrafon (Methodist), Torfaen, Gwent Linda Jacqueline Pretty Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Britwell, Slough, Royal Berkshire Richard Malcolm Price District Scout Active Support Member, District Chairman, South Berkshire, Royal Berkshire Richard John Pring District Scout Active Support Member, Gordano, County Associate Member, Avon Derek Cave Pye District Scout Active Support Manager, Wakefield, Central Yorkshire Christopher Edward Ramsay Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Finchampstead, Wokingham, Royal Berkshire Keith Henry Rawcliffe Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Garstang (Castle), Training Adviser, Wyre, West Lancashire Claire Elisabeth Rawlins Group Scout Leader, 2nd Chesham (Trinity), Group Scout Leader, Heritage House, Chiltern North, Buckinghamshire Paul Martin Rawlins Scout Active Support Member, Essex, Assistant County Commissioner (14–25), Buckinghamshire Janet Honnor Read District Scout Active

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Support Member, Brownsea Island, Headquarters, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, City of Portsmouth, Hampshire Nigel Paul Reed District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Bishops Stortford and District, Hertfordshire John Calvert Richardson Scout Sectional Assistant, 1st Gresford, Wrexham and District, Clwyd Vincent George Ridd Scout Leader, 14th Edinburgh North East (St Christophers) Scout Group, Training Adviser, Edinburgh North East, District Scouter Scotland, South East – Scotland Leslie Ridings Appointments Secretary, District Treasurer, District Executive Member, Burnley and Pendle, East Lancashire Carole Anne Rivers-Simpson Group Scout Leader, 8th Lewisham South, Lewisham District, Gt. London South Steven Roach Group Scout Leader, Penistone Scout Group (17th Barnsley), Barnsley, County Adviser, Training Adviser, South Yorkshire George William Robb Regional Adviser Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Scotland, West – Scotland Beryl Roberts Cub Scout Leader, 20th Lewisham South, District Scout Active Support Member, Lewisham District, Gt. London South Melanie Carol Robinson Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Cub Scout Leader, Petersfield, Hampshire Joan Margaret Robson Group Scout Leader, 6th Carshalton, Sutton, Training Adviser, Gt. London South West Gerald Henry Roose District Member, Chester and District, Cheshire Charles Edward Rowell District Commissioner, District Adviser For Archery, Training Adviser (Admin), Barnet Borough, Gt. London North Julia Anne Samson Assistant County Commissioner Cub Scouts, Deputy County Commissioner Active Support, Trainer, Cumbria Nancy Savage District Cub Scout Leader, Wokingham, Training Adviser, Royal Berkshire Robert Andrew Schofield County Adviser For Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, West Yorkshire Dudley John Scott Group Scout Active Support Member, 1st Snettisham, North West Norfolk, Norfolk Ivan Scott Group Scout Leader, 27th Antigua and Barbuda Scout Group, National Quartermaster, Antigua and Barbuda Branch Desmond Charles Sharp Group Scout Leader, 2nd Sandhurst, South Berkshire, Royal Berkshire Brian Harold Short Scout Leader, 1st Haslemere, Haslemere and District, Surrey Peter Anthony Sinden Assistant County Training Manager, Trainer, Training Adviser, Wiltshire Peter Slatter District Scout Active Support Member, Oxford Spires, Scout Active Support Member, Oxfordshire Jean Rosemary Smith Cub Scout Leader,

1st Royal Eltham (Holy Trinity), New Greenwich, Gt. London South John Peter Smith Group Vice President, 1st Kidsgrove, Potteries, North, Staffordshire Judith Ann Smith Group Scout Leader, 51st Blackpool (St Stephen on the Cliffs), Training Adviser, Blackpool and District, West Lancashire Roy Martin Smith District Scout Active Support Member, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Training Scout Active Support Unit, Headquarters, Group Scout Leader, 32nd Birmingham (Methodist Church Perry Hall), Training Adviser, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Explorer Scout Leader, District Administrator, District Adviser for Water Activities, Tame Valley Birmingham, County Adviser For Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Birmingham Suzanne Smith Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 6th Banbury (St Hugh’s), Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, District Skills Instructor, North Oxfordshire, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, County Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser (Admin), Oxfordshire Roy Snell Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire William Anthony Robert Sollis Group Scout Leader Acting, 1st Gotherington, District Scout Leader, Tewkesbury, Training Adviser, Gloucestershire Mervyn Alan Squires District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, Rushcliffe, County Executive Member, Local Training Manager, Trainer, Training Adviser, Nottinghamshire Stuart John Stanton District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, South West Notts, Trainer, Training Adviser, Nottinghamshire Arthur Aden Stapley Scout Leader, 1st Chelmsley Wood, Cole, Solihull William Raymond Steel Group Scout Leader, 2nd St Clears Carmarthenshire District, Area Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Training Adviser, Carmarthenshire Rosemary Stephens Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Griffithstown and Pontypool Scout Group, Torfaen, Gwent Janet Stevenson District Scout Active Support Member, Sheffield Sheaf, South Yorkshire Maxwell Charles Streets Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Thorley (St James’s), Training Adviser, District Executive Member, Bishops Stortford and District, Hertfordshire Geoffrey Sumner Scout Sectional Assistant, 1st Kirkham and Wesham, Fylde, West Lancashire Martin Laurie Granville Sumner District Explorer Scout Commissioner, South Ribble, Trainer, West Lancashire John Joseph Sweeney Group Contact,

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36th Woolwich (St Peter’s), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Administrator, District Nights Away Adviser, District Explorer Scout Leader, New Greenwich, Gt. London South Allan Murray Syme Assistant Group Scout Leader, 44th Fife (St Leonard’s Church), Dunfermline, East – Scotland Tonuu Tani Branch Chief Commissioner, Tuvalu Branch Dorothy Ann Taylor Cub Scout Leader, 19th Ayrshire (Kilwinning), Group Scout Leader, 4th Ayrshire (Stane Castle) Scout Group, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, North Ayrshire and Arran, South West – Scotland Isobel Taylor Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Howell Hill (St Paul’s), Epsom and Ewell, Surrey Nicola Joan Taylor Cub Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Ampthill and Woburn Flitwick, Ampthill and Woburn, Bedfordshire Stephen Peter Taylor Assistant District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, Thurrock, Essex Timothy Charles Taylor Area Nights Away Adviser, British Scouting Overseas, Deputy County Commissioner, Trainer, West Sussex Eleanor Clare Thompson Group Scout Leader, 1st Langford Village, North Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire Kay Thompson Group Scout Leader, 1st Sheffield (Children’s Hospital), Sheffield Hallam, District Scout Active Support Member, Sheffield Don, South Yorkshire Norman Francis Thompson Assistant Scout Leader, 53rd Coventry (Berkswell), Bablake, City of Coventry Simon Brett Thompson Assistant Scout Leader, 7th Bicester (Stratton Audley), District Nights Away Adviser, North Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire Stephen Thorn District Administrator, District Scout Active Support Member, Assistant District Commissioner Adult Support, Wolsey, Training Adviser, County Training Administrator, Suffolk Marjorie Thorne District Scout Active Support Manager, Chesterfield, Derbyshire David John Tichener Group Scout Leader Acting, 1st Aston Clinton, Group Scout Leader Acting, 1st Halton (RAF) Scout Group, District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, Vale of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire John Tindall Scout Leader, 46th Scarborough (Westborough), Scarborough and District, North Yorkshire George Michael Tomlinson Group Administrator, Group Scout Active Support Member, 15th Matlock (Matlock Green) Scout and Guide Group, Derwent and Dove, Derbyshire Philip David Tree Group Scout Leader, North Banbury, District Nights Away Adviser, North Oxfordshire, Assessor for Narrow Boating, Training Adviser, Training Adviser (Admin), Oxfordshire Colin Wedgwood Turner Group Scout Leader, 1st Dinas Powys Penarth and District, Area Adviser

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Special Needs, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan John Edward Tyler Group Supporter, 1st Aldershot, District Occasional Helper, Blackwater Valley, Hampshire Pieter Van De Wiel Group Scout Leader, St Mary Barnes, Richmond Upon Thames, Gt. London South West Othlyn Vanterpool Branch Chief Commissioner, Anguilla Branch Kerie Hamish Wallace District Commissioner, New Forest North, Hampshire Brian Leonard Wapshere District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Ilford Northwest, Gt. London North East Derek Ward Group Executive Member, Group President, 2nd Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland, Durham Margaret Theresa Ward Beaver Scout Leader, 16th Pendle (Sacred Heart), Burnley and Pendle, East Lancashire David Leonard Waspe Group Scout Leader, 1st Laverstock, Salisbury and South Wilts, Training Adviser, Wiltshire George Trevor Watson Assistant Scout Leader, 41st Huddersfield Bradley St Thomas Huddersfield North, Assessor for Bell Boating, Assessor for Rafting (Traditional), West Yorkshire Graeme David Watt District Scout Active Support Member, ScoutMed, Headquarters, District Commissioner, Bedford, Training Adviser, Assessor for Hillwalking, Trainer, Bedfordshire Beryl Avril Watts District Member, Croydon, Gt. London South West Valerie Anne Watts Beaver Scout Leader, 14th Radcliffe (Ainsworth Parish Church), Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester North Frank Vivian Weetman District Vice President, District Scout Active Support Member, Tame Valley Birmingham, Birmingham Robert Carl Weingarth Assistant Scout Leader, Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Royal Berkshire Juliet Elizabeth Wells Cub Scout Leader, 92nd Leicester (Leicester Forest East), Leicester South West, 94th Leicester, Ashby Coalville, Leicestershire Diana Wheatley Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Manager, District Executive Member, Kennet, Royal Berkshire Carolyn Madeline White Cub Scout Leader, 11th Belfast Fleming Fulton School, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 21st Belfast (Windsor Presbyterian Church), South Belfast, Assistant County Commissioner Special Needs, Belfast Karen White Beaver Scout Leader, 13th Woolwich (St Michael’s), Training Adviser, New Greenwich, Gt. London South Lynda Kay White Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Glendon, Northamptonshire Richard David White Assistant Group Scout Leader, 2nd Acomb – York (St Stephen’s), York Ebor, North Yorkshire Eva Jane Will Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Westhill, Training Adviser, Gordon, District Scout Active

Support Member Aberdeen, Safeguarding Awareness Co-ordinator, North East – Scotland, Safeguarding Awareness Co-ordinator Scotland, Scotland Stephen Joseph Willcox County Vice President, Wiltshire Anne Maria Williams Appointments Secretary, District Secretary, Middleton, County Appointments Chairman, Training Adviser, County Executive Member, Gt. Manchester North Janet Williams District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Stanmore and District, Training Adviser, Trainer, Gt. London Middlesex West Kenneth Brian Williams Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Altrincham (Grammar School), Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Altrincham and District, Gt. Manchester West Graham Ronald Wiltshire Group Treasurer, 1st Llandough and Cogan Scout and Guide Group, Penarth and District, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Joanne Louise Winslade District Commissioner, Ampthill and Woburn, Training Adviser, Trainer, Bedfordshire Francis John Wolsey Group Scout Leader, 1st Drayton, Northern Norwich, Norfolk Susan Ellen Woodberry Assistant Area Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Thomas Milton Woof District Badge Secretary, Craigalmond, South East – Scotland Colin Michael Woolcock District Cub Scout Leader, Bromley, Local Training Manager, Trainer, Gt. London South East Helen Woolsey National Headquarters Volunteer, Headquarters, Island Scouter, Training Adviser, Trainer, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Jersey Janet Yates Group Scout Leader, Cookridge Methodist, Shire Oak (Leeds), Central Yorkshire Jane Margaret Young Group Scout Leader, 26th Leicester (Blaby), Training Adviser, Leicester South West, Scout Active Support Member, Leicestershire

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St George’s Day Awards 2013

Good Service Awards

Applications for Good Service can be submitted 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 the 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 staff or some County/Area appointments for their service to Scouting occur once a year within the St George’s Day Awards.

Award for Merit

In recognition of outstanding service.

The Award for Merit is given for outstanding service of not less than 12 years, but exceptionally after 10 years.

Bar to the Award for Merit

In recognition of further outstanding service.

The Bar to the Award for Merit can only be awarded after an Award for Merit has been gained and a further five years’ outstanding service completed.

Stephanie Jane Ovens Cub Scout Leader, 1st Royal Forest, Forest of Dean, Training Adviser, Gloucestershire, Regional Development Member – West Midlands, Headquarters

Samantha Avery Guest Services Co-ordinator, Headquarters Julie Dawn Bulpitt Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, District Commissioner, Island Commissioner, Bailiwick of Guernsey Stuart Graham Carter Cub Scout Leader, 1st Castle Headingham, District Scout Active Support Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Halstead and Colne Valley, Safety in Scouting Co-ordinator, Headquarters Paul John Fix Membership Planning and Support Manager, Headquarters, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Elm Park, District Administrator, Deputy County Commissioner (Adult Support), Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, County Administrator, Gt. London North East, Sarah Louise Froome Group Scout Leader, 1st Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex, Regional Development Officer, Headquarters Asa Gurden District Scout Active Support Manager, Hawkhirst Scout Fellowship, Head of Scout Activity Centre Operations, Headquarters Edward Jago Maintenance Supervisor, Headquarters Keith Peters Financial Controller/Company Secretary – Scout Shops Ltd, Headquarters Benjamin Richardson District Scout Active Support Member, Hastings Rye and District, County Commissioner, Gt. London South East Matthew William Rooney District Commissioner (Acting), Ashfield, County Commissioner, Trainer, Training Adviser, County Executive Member, County Media Development Manager, Nottinghamshire

Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Services In recognition of good service.

The Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service 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.

Samantha Jayne Susan Booth Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 242nd Birmingham 2nd Streetley, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Sutton Coldfield West, Birmingham, Regional Development Officer, Headquarters Hermione Charlotte Clulow District Scout Active Support Member, District Supporter, St Albans, Internal Communications Manager, Headquarters Nikki Mason Corporate Partnerships Manager, Headquarters Sonja Jane May Regional Development Officer, Headquarters Leona Yvonne Smith Graphic Designer, Headquarters Pamela Julie Tompsett Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, District Scout Active Support Member, Ormskirk and District, Regional Development Officer, Headquarters Patricia Vince Systems and Web Operator, Scout Shops Ltd, Headquarters

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

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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 ‘Country’ functions are the responsibility of Scottish Regions, while others lie with Scottish Districts. The focus of responsibility is outlined in Scottish variations from POR.