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St George’s Day Awards

The lives of others O

Now in his final year as Chief Scout, Peter Duncan shares his memories of St George’s Day, reflects on the journey of a movement, and tips his hat to this year’s recipients

n a sunny day in April 1967, I stood 4’4” tall, outside the entrance to Windsor Castle wearing an itchy green jumper and piped Cub cap. I was visiting my Welsh cousin Stuart who had become a Queen’s Scout. No doubt the then Chief spoke from the steps of St George’s Chapel and congratulated the throng below. He would have praised them for their achievements and thanked the

volunteers, parents and friends for their dedication and passion to Scouting; just as I have done in my own way over the last few years.

My leap from a small bony Cub to the ninth Chief Scout has more to do with serendipity than years of service, but having taken on the role with little experience, I have learnt what it means to those that participate. Scouting is an extraordinary template which allows the best aspects of the human spirit to thrive. The ideas of one organised, practical and creative man have morphed over a hundred years later into the cultures of every nation on earth.

To be part of it means, you, today have a model to help use your talents while at the same time making a difference to the lives of others, and to our planet that needs to change to preserve itself.

Congratulations to everyone who has received an award for your service, your inspirational actions or for just being part of the family.

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

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Samuel B Anderson, Assistant Scout Leader, 9th Belfast, East Belfast, Belfast Donald H Atkins, District Vice President, St Albans, Hertfordshire Alan Barlow, Assistant District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Long Eaton and District, Derbyshire James A Barnes, District Member, East Herts, Hertfordshire Graham S Berridge, Deputy District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Leicester South West, Local Training Manager, Leicestershire Edna Booth, District Executive Member, North Manchester, Greater Manchester East Mary J Bragg, District Secretary, Tendring, Essex Jean Browning, District Chairman, Goyt, Greater Manchester East Robert DG Bushell, District Commissioner, Royal Kingston, Greater London South West Heather Butcher, District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Thurrock, formerly Deputy County Commissioner, Essex David Capel, District Scout Fellowship Member, Derby North, Derbyshire Leslie Chadwick, Cub Scout Leader, 6th Holme Valley Trinity Church Honley, Holme Valley, West Yorkshire Bernard C Clark, Assistant County Commissioner (Community Development), Essex David C Clements, County Scouter, Suffolk Angela C Cousins, Deputy County Commissioner, Local Training Manager, Deputy County Training Manager, Training Adviser, Oxfordshire John D Cox, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, West Leeds, Central Yorkshire William C Cushen, Group Sectional Assistant, 5th Farnham (Bourne), Farnham, Surrey Elsa M Dixon, District Scout Fellowship Member, Shire Oak (Leeds), Central Yorkshire Reginald I Dowden, Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), CRAI, Mid Glamorgan Terence D Eastaff, Scout Leader, 1st Brighstone, West Wight, Isle Of Wight Ruth J Elliott, District President, Tewkesbury, County Archivist, Gloucestershire

John Foster, Assistant County Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), County Adviser Scout Fellowship, Merseyside Jacqueline P Geary, Cub Scout Leader, 4th Chadwell Heath, Ilford East, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Trainer, Deputy County Training Manager, Greater London North East Daniel A Gentle, County Scout Fellowship Chairman, Norfolk Judith L Gilder, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Harlow and District, Essex George Glover, Group Skills Instructor, 6th Penwortham (St Mary’s), South Ribble, West Lancashire Joan CE Goldsmith, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Administrator, Stroud and Tetbury, County Scout Leader, County Child Protection Co-ordinator Peter J Goodall, formerly District Commissioner, Feltham and District, Greater London Middlesex West Ian H Gratrix, Scout Leader, 47th Swansea, Glamorgan West, Glamorgan West Robert A Hampson, Appointments Secretary, Northallerton, North Yorkshire Norman R Handley, District Vice President, District Scout Fellowship Member, Sedgemoor, Somerset Cyril C Hardwick, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Newbridge, CRAI, Mid Glamorgan Clive Harrison, formerly Group Scout Leader, 1st Cefn Fforest, Assistant District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Camp Warden, CRAI, Mid Glamorgan Rex A Hendricksen MBE, Scout Leader, 29th Cardiff, Cardiff East and South, Area Assessor, Area Nights Away Adviser, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Leslie S Hickman, Group Chairman, Bushbury, Wolverhampton North, West Mercia Norman AW Hicks, District Executive Member, District Vice President, Watford North, Hertfordshire William D Hindley, District Nights Away Adviser, Brentwood and District, Camp Warden, Thriftwood International Scout Activity Centre, Greater London North East Brian S Hoare, District Chairman, Waterlooville, Hampshire Andrew J Holden, County Treasurer, Trainer, Greater London North East

Sam Anderson – Silver Wolf Anyone who has visited Crawfordsburn Scout Centre in County Down will know it as a green and tranquil campsite, an ideal base for learning scoutcraft and pursuing adventure. Sam Anderson served as Commissioner for Crawfordsburn, initially a three month appointment that ended up being ten years!

During that time, Sam played a key role in guiding the campsite towards the place it is today, securing investment and attracting interest from outside the Movement. Sam has also been an advocate of adult training, advising new leaders and passing on his significant Scouting knowledge. ‘Often Scouts turn up and just play football, so it’s good to encourage leaders to try different things, so that they can learn something useful. ’ i.SCOUT because… I want to pass on what I learned as a Scout to today’s Scouts and leaders.

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Joan Goldsmith – Silver Wolf Joan puts her dedication to Scouting down to the many people who have helped and supported her in a variety of roles, including young people. It is ‘a deep and fundamental belief in the Movement’ that keeps her actively involved. As one of the first County Child Protection Co-ordinators, Joan was involved in the early stages of creating the Association’s yellow card, and is glad that Scouting got on board with safeguarding at an early stage. ‘Our policy is held up as good practice, not just among youth organisations, but across the statutory sector.

It is so important to give adult volunteers confidence when addressing an issue as serious as child protection.’ i.SCOUT because… I get far more out of it than I ever put in Graham M Hughes, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Treasurer, District Executive Member, Bromsgrove, Hereford and Worcester Mavis J Hughes, Assistant District Commissioner (Leader Training), District Badge Secretary, District Executive Member, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, Bromsgrove, Training Adviser, Hereford and Worcester Ivan V Hutchinson (posthumous), Group Executive Committee Member, 1st Ripley (Butterley), Ripley and Heanor, Derbyshire Keith Iredale, District Chairman, Pennine Calder, County Awards Board Chairman, West Yorkshire Eric G Jackaman, Group Treasurer, 3rd Hawkinge (Folkestone), Folkestone and Hythe, Kent John G Jackson, Group Chairman, 1st Linkinhorne, District Chairman, West Caradon, Cornwall Beatrice MA Johnstone, Appointments Secretary, Hertford, County Training Administrator, Hertfordshire Laurence O Johnstone, Group Executive Member, Group Chairman, 3rd Hertford, District Scout Fellowship Member, Hertford, County Supporter, Hertfordshire Alan M Kemp, County Scout Leader, Greater London South West Malcolm D Kerry, Group Contact, 4th Belfast, East Belfast, Northern Ireland Adviser For Activities, Northern Ireland David K King, District Scout Fellowship Secretary, Chester and District, Cheshire Ian N Kirby, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Chailey, Lewes, County Commissioner, East Sussex Edmund Loftus, District Scout Fellowship Member, Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Humberside Rita MG Lusmore, District Scout Fellowship Member, Cromwell, Cambridgeshire Thomas R Malein, Group Treasurer, 12th High Wycombe (Union Baptist), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire David JB Mathieson, Group Scout Leader, 28th Ayrshire (Troon), Kyle and Carrick, South West - Scotland Stephen P May, Cub Scout Leader, 8th Barking and Dagenham (Barking Methodist), District Scout Fellowship Member, Barking and Dagenham, Assistant County Commissioner,

Training Adviser, Greater London North East William McCallum, Regional Chair, Scotland, TSA Council - Nominated Representative, West - Scotland Thomas McKendrick, District Chairman, Allerton, Merseyside David S Mein, Assistant District Commissioner (Development), Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Administrator, District Nights Away Adviser, Nuneaton, Warwickshire Reginald T Mitchell, District Adviser for Staged Performances, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Northallerton, North Yorkshire Bernard AR Moore, Assistant District Commissioner, Dorking, County Scout Leader, Surrey Roy Morton, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Scarborough and District, North Yorkshire Patricia Neal, Beaver Scout Leader, 19th Ilford, District Scout Fellowship Member, Trainer, Ilford Northwest, Local Training Manager, Deputy County Commissioner, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Greater London North East Alan J Osborn, District Scout Fellowship Treasurer, District Treasurer, East Surrey, Surrey Graham R Oscroft MBE, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chelmsford and District, Essex Frederick JS Pearce, District Scout Fellowship Member, Colchester Estuary, Essex W Roger Peel, County President, Central Yorkshire Jack Petchey OBE, County Vice President, Greater London North East Joyce Porter, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Dinnington Village, Great North, Northumberland Robert C Prescott, District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Wimbledon and Wandle, Greater London South West Victoria F Randle, District Scout Fellowship Member, Bedford, County Scout Fellowship Member, Bedfordshire Alan J Rive, County Scout Fellowship Member, Jersey Hilary P Roberts, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chester and District, County Chaplain, Cheshire Charles P Sanders, Group Skills Instructor, 1st Keynsham, Wansdyke, Avon

Stanley J Sanderson, District Commissioner, Stirling and Trossachs, Forth Scotland Alan Schofield, County Chairman, Buckinghamshire John W Sharman, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 23rd Northampton (Headlands), Northampton, Northamptonshire Piotr R Shefchick, Assistant District Commissioner (Activities) Wellingborough, formerly County Scout Leader, Northamptonshire Brian C Shepherd, formerly Appointments Secretary, Ealing and Hanwell, Greater London Middlesex West Richard A Shortman, County Commissioner, Surrey William A Shotton, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Birmingham Kenneth J Smith, Local Training Manager, Trainer, East Lancashire Frank A Stroud, Group Contact, 6th Roxeth (St Paul’s), District Scout Fellowship Member, Harrow and Wealdstone, Greater London Middlesex West Robert Stubbs, Assistant County Commissioner (Scouts), County Administrator, Northamptonshire Beverley Stubley, Appointments Secretary, District Administrator, City of Nottingham, Training Adviser, Trainer, County Executive Member, Nottinghamshire Judith A Summersgill, District Commissioner, Sale and District, Greater Manchester West David ME Sutton, District Vice President, District Administrator, Romsey, Hampshire Muriel D Thedham, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Northolt Sea Scouts, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Greenford and District, Greater London Middlesex West David Threapleton, Deputy County Commissioner, Central Yorkshire Peter M Toll, District Chairman, Cheadle and District, Greater Manchester East Patricia P Turmer, Explorer Scout Leader, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Harrow and Wealdstone, Greater London Middlesex West Andrew D Walbank, Group Scout Leader, 1st Ilkley Sea Scouts, Wharfedale, West Yorkshire Ivy D Watson, formerly District Executive Member, Wansbeck, Northumberland David A Webster, District Nights Away Adviser, Central Norfolk, Norfolk Robert C Wilkinson, County Supporter, Hertfordshire Alan Williams, Area Treasurer, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan David J Woodrow, Scottish Scout Fellowship Member, West – Scotland

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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.

Moira H Aitchison, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 159th Glasgow, South Western, Regional Adviser Child Protection, Clyde Scotland John M Alletson, District Treasurer, Goyt, Greater Manchester East Howard C Appleby, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Gravesham, Kent Peter G Arentsen, Deputy District Commissioner, Afon, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan James Armitage (posthumous), Local Training Adviser, County Administrator, Derbyshire John J Asplin, County Vice President, Nottinghamshire, Chief Commissioner - North of England, Headquarters Janice M Barber, Scout Leader, 7th Banstead, Banstead, Surrey Tony G Barker, Local Training Administrator, West Lancashire John F Bartlett, Group Treasurer, 1st Bentley (Scoutlink), Banstead, Surrey Jean B Beauchamp, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Romsey, Hampshire Lynda K Bennett, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Surbiton (Sealion) Sea Scouts, Royal Kingston, Greater London South West Johanna M Binfield, Appointments Secretary, Farnham, Surrey Keith L Booth, Group Scout Leader, 224th Manchester (Macedonia), North Manchester, Greater Manchester East Derek Briggs BSc FGS Dip Ed, Group Chairman, 1st North Petherton, District Scout Fellowship Member, Sedgmoor, Somerset John M Brown, Scout Leader, 1st Turriff, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Deveron, North East - Scotland Ronald Brown, Appointments Secretary, West Lothian, Forth - Scotland James W Buckland, District Chairman, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

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Wayne Bulpitt, Chief Commissioner - South of England, Committee of the Council Trustee, Headquarters David Campbell, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Haslemere and District, Surrey John Castledine, Scout Leader, 2nd Whitchurch, Tern Valley, Shropshire Jennifer S Chalmers, District Scout Fellowship Member, Deep Sea Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, District Vice President, Worthing, Assistant County Secretary (Records), County Adviser (International), West Sussex Stephen R J Chandler, District Chairman, North East Wiltshire, Wiltshire Charles A Clapham, Group Scout Leader, 14th Gainsborough, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Linda J Clements, Explorer Scout Leader, Assistant District Commissioner (International), Chelmsford and District, County Adviser (International), Essex John L Cochrane, District Scout Leader, North Down, County Treasurer, County Down Brenda O Cole, Group Contact, 1st Bernwood Forest, Assistant District Commissioner, Appointments Secretary, District Secretary (Acting), Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire Samuel T Collier, Deputy District Commissioner, Goyt, Local Training Manager, Greater Manchester East Charles A Cowan, District Adviser, North West Cheshire, County Adviser, Cheshire Geoffrey H Cox BEM, Group Chairman, 1st Newport (The Old Guard), West Wight, Isle Of Wight Christopher R Cozens, District Scout Fellowship Treasurer, Guildford East, Surrey Marian B Cozens, District Scout Fellowship Member, Guildford East, Assistant County Secretary (Records), County Administrator, Surrey Terence G Darlow, Assistant County Commissioner, County Scout Fellowship Member, County Appointments Secretary, Local Training Manager, Shropshire David A Darvill, District Vice President, Leighton Linslade, Bedfordshire Peter Davies, Group Scout Leader, 15th Wakefield (Sandal Magna), Wakefield, Central Yorkshire Sheila Davies, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), District Supporter, Christchurch and District, Dorset Stephen G De La Perelle, Scout Leader, 20th Torbay (Grammar School), Torbay Borough, Devon Ann E Dethick, County Training Administrator, Surrey George WA Devine, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, UK Africa Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, Assistant County Commissioner (International), Cambridgeshire Brenda Dodd, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 12th Warrington East (1st Birchwood), Warrington East, Cheshire Vivian M Douglas, Beaver Scout Leader, 68th Belfast (St John’s) Malone, District Badge Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Vice President, South Belfast, Belfast Paul Dovey, Assistant District Commissioner,

District Supporter, Eastleigh and District, Hampshire Neil H Dutton, Group Scout Leader, 7th Congleton (Dane Valley), Training Adviser, Macclesfield and Congleton, Cheshire Kathleen E Ebdon, District Scout Fellowship Member, Guildford East, Surrey Elizabeth R Elloway, Group Skills Instructor, 1st St Ives, District Nights Away

Derek Mansfield – Bar to the Silver Acorn i.SCOUT because...

I enjoy it. When one kid out of a group of 20 comes up to you after an activity and says ‘thank you’, it makes it all worthwhile.

Adviser, Penwith and Isles of Scilly, Cornwall Maureen V Freeman, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Supporter, Christchurch and District, Dorset Christopher J Fryer, Group Scout Leader, 1st Bayston Hill, Shropshire Borders, Assistant County Commissioner (Activities), Shropshire Douglas A Garnett, Appointments Secretary, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria Philip A Garrett, Deputy County Commissioner, Assistant County Commissioner (Explorer Scouts), County Scout Network Commissioner, County Executive Member, Cambridgeshire Graham Haddock, Deputy Chief Commissioner (Programme), Scotland, Regional Adviser (International) Scotland, Scottish Scout Fellowship Member, Committee of the Council Trustee, Headquarters Robin E Harber, District Treasurer, Swindon Ridgeway, Wiltshire Richard Harrington, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, District Nights Away Adviser, Harpenden and Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Stephen Harris, Appointments Secretary, Hemel Hempstead, Local Training Manager, Hertfordshire Andrew J Harwood, District Commissioner, District Secretary (Acting), Horley, Surrey David Hatliff, District Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, York Minster, North Yorkshire Andrew J Hawker, County Vice President, County Scout Fellowship Member, Norfolk Carole Heppel, District Secretary, South Tyneside, Durham June H Hick, District Scout Fellowship Member, Taunton Deane, Somerset Eric R Hill, District Scout Fellowship Member, Widnes And District, Cheshire John M Hodgetts, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Torfaen, Area Vice President, Area Administrator, Gwent Travis E Hudson, District Chairman, Ripley

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and Heanor, Derbyshire Derek M A Humphreys, formerly Assistant County Commissioner, Greater Manchester East, Director - UK Events and Activities 2007, Headquarters William T Hutchinson, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Executive Member, District Member, Ripley and Heanor, Derbyshire Christopher S Jenner, Group Scout Leader, 25th Warrington East St Wilfrid’s Grappenhall, Warrington East, Cheshire Neil Johnstone, District Secretary, Orkney, Highlands and Islands - Scotland John C Judson, Group Scout Leader, 3rd Sandiacre, Long Eaton and District, Derbyshire Susan M Judson, Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Sandiacre, Long Eaton and District, Derbyshire Peter J Kearley, District Scout Fellowship Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Fellowship, Headquarters, District Secretary, Taceham Hundred, Royal Berkshire Christopher T Latcham, Group Scout Leader, 28th Willesden, Willesden, Greater London Middlesex West John Lee, Group Scout Leader, 8th Ealing, Ealing and Hanwell, Greater London Middlesex West Roy W Long, Deputy County Commissioner, Buckinghamshire Alan R MacCabee, District Scout Fellowship Member, Macclesfield and Congleton, Cheshire Julia C MacCabee, District Scout Fellowship Member, Macclesfield and Congleton, Cheshire Derek Mansfield, Assistant District Commissioner, Newport, Gwent Eleanor A Mansfield, District Secretary, Newport, Gwent David J Marks, District Scout Fellowship Member, Taunton Deane, Somerset Peter N Maskell, Group Scout Leader, 1st Llanishen (Baptist Church), Afon, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Heather J Mason, Group Scout Leader, 1st Tolworth (St Matthew’s), Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Royal Kingston, Greater London South West Roger S Mason, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chorley, County Scouter, West Lancashire Terence J Mason, Scout Sectional Assistant, 1st Downham Market, South West Norfolk, Norfolk Lynn Mayo, Cub Scout Leader, 1st/2nd Parkeston, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Tendring, Essex John R McCallum, District Treasurer, South Western, Clyde - Scotland Kevin J McKay, Camp Warden, Hertfordshire Roy D McNamara, County Media Development Manager, County Vice President, County Member, Cumbria Robert W Meldrum, Assistant County Commissioner (Activities), Royal Berkshire Derrick Messenger, Cub Scout Sectional Assistant, 12th Windsor, District Supporter, Windsor And Eton, Royal Berkshire Henry ES Millar, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Cullbackey, Mid Antrim, County Antrim, Headquarters Commissioner (Scouts), Northern Ireland Mary H Mitchell, District Secretary,

Northallerton, North Yorkshire Robert Mole, Group Chairman, 9th Tottenham (St Ignatius), District Member, Haringay, Greater London North Ian L Moore, Group Scout Leader, 10th Romsey (Woodley and Crampmoor), Romsey, Hampshire Colin Ogden, Group Scout Leader, Group Contact, 7th Manchester (St John’s Failsworth), North Manchester, Greater Manchester East Pamela A Owen, District Adviser, Mid Cheshire, County Child Protection Co-ordinator, County Scouter, County Nights Away Adviser, Cheshire Joan E Oxenham JP, Cub Scout Leader, 9th Roxeth (St Andrew’s), Harrow and Wealdstone, Greater London Middlesex West, District Scout Fellowship Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Fellowship, Headquarters Pamela Packman, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 6th Ashford, Ashford, Kent David J Parker, District Commissioner, District Administrator, High Peak, Derbyshire,formerly District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Cheadle and District, Greater Manchester East Michael J Parsons, Cub Scout Leader, 7th Feltham Sea Scouts, Feltham and District, County Administrator, Greater London Middlesex West Dennis J Peerman, County Executive Member (Chairman, County Finance Sub-Committee), Surrey Barry V Pegram, District Explorer Scout Administrator, Royal Kingston, Greater London South West Sheila M Pick, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 2nd Oundle, Nene Valley, Northamptonshire Terence V Porter, Group Scout Leader, 11th Torbay (Barton) Sea Scouts, Assistant District Commissioner (Water Activities), Torbay Borough, Devon Margery Powell, County Member, Wiltshire Michael J Robinson, District Scout Fellowship Vice Chairman, Stowmarket, Suffolk Ian A Ross, Scout Leader, 6th Wilmslow, Alderley, Cheshire Brian E Sargent, District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Banbury, District Commissioner (Acting), Bicester, County Scouter, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, Deputy County Training Manager, Oxfordshire Rodney C Sarsfield, District President, Allerton, Merseyside

Margaret Scott, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Secretary, Stamford and Bourne, Lincolnshire John S Sharp, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Poulton, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Wansdyke, Avon, Supporter, Scout Shops Ltd, Headquarters George H Simmons, County Executive Member, Cornwall Adrian B Sims, Explorer Scout Leader, Perth and Kinross, East - Scotland Ronald F Smallwood, Group Chairman, 1st Fordhouses, Wolverhampton North, West Mercia Derek H Smith, Group Scout Leader, 15th Wallington (Scoutlink), Sutton, Assistant County Commissioner (Special Needs), Greater London South West Malcolm D Smith, Scout Leader, 6th Newport (St John’s), West Wight, Isle Of Wight Raymond V Smith, Scout Leader, 1st Holland on Sea, Assistant District Commissioner, Tendring, Essex Wendy Smith, Training Adviser, Holbeach and Spalding, County Scouter, County Training Administrator, Lincolnshire Geraldine Souter MBE, District Executive Member, Scunthorpe, Humberside Myrtle P Spiller, District Scout Fellowship Member, City of Portsmouth, Hampshire David R Stump, Group Sectional Assistant, 12th Swindon (Old Town), Swindon Ridgeway, Wiltshire Malcolm J Thomas, Training Adviser, South West Cheshire, Local Training Manager, Trainer, County Nights Away Adviser, Cheshire Valerie Vose, Group Scout Leader, 11th Morecambe and Heysham, Lonsdale, West Lancashire Brian J Walters, District Chairman, Wolverhampton North, West Mercia Janice R Waterman, Cub Scout Leader, 11th Romsey, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Romsey, Hampshire David Watson, Assistant Camp Warden, Greater Manchester West Peter M Watts, Scout Leader, 2nd Gorleston, East Norfolk, Norfolk Stephen Williamson, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Blackpool and District, West Lancashire Stephen C Wilson, Assistant County Commissioner (Special Needs), Deputy County Commissioner, County Training Manager, Devon Alexander Wynne, Group Scout Leader, 4th Widnes (St Bedes), Widnes And District, Cheshire

David Hatliff – Bar to the Silver Acorn David has held many roles since starting up a Scout Group in 1961, both behind the scenes, and on the water as a canoeing and bell boating instructor.

The best bits for David are the accumulation of little things that make it all worthwhile. ‘After one day walking in the Lake District, coming back down to the minibus, a lad turned to me and said “I really enjoyed that, it was brilliant!” He was the last person you’d expect to say it, and that made it special.’ i.SCOUT because… of the satisfaction of encouraging young people to learn and try new things.

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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.

Linda R Abbott, Group Scout Leader, Elmswell, Stowmarket, Suffolk Brian Adams, Group Executive Member, Group Chairman, 1st Magor, District Treasurer, Monmouthshire, Gwent Kenneth G Adams, Group Treasurer, 40th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle (Stockton Brook), District Treasurer, Potteries North, County Scout Fellowship Member, Staffordshire Michael N Adams, Assistant Scout Leader, Croxton and Broughton, Stone and District, Staffordshire Jane Ainley, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Arthur D Allen, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st St Sebastian’s, South Berkshire, Royal Berkshire David E Allen, Group Scout Leader, 1st Ely, Ely, Cambridgeshire Paul R Allum, District Commissioner, Windsor and Eton, County Executive Member, Royal Berkshire Angela W Anderson, Group Supporter, 1st Thurlby (St Firmins), Stamford and Bourne, Lincolnshire Elaine Anderson, Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Training Adviser, Lincoln, Local Training Manager, County Nights Away Adviser, Lincolnshire Ian A Anderson, Honorary Scouter, District Scout Fellowship Member, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London South West Ian R Anderson, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 5th Sefton East (1st Lydiate St Thomas), Sefton East, Merseyside Susan Appleton, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 7th Congleton (Dane Valley),

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Macclesfield and Congleton, County Secretary, Cheshire Edward L Babes, Explorer Scout Leader, 1st Lurgan (Shankhill), Lurgan and District, County Armagh Peter D Backhouse, Group Scout Leader, 1st Llanederyn Christchurch, Cardiff East and South, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan David M Bagshaw, formerly Appointments Secretary, South West Notts, Local Training Manager, Trainer, Training Adviser, Nottinghamshire Doris Baker, Group Supporter, 2nd Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex Peter G Baker, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Cheam, Sutton, Greater London South West Frederick G Balding, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Scout Leader, Chelmsford and District, Essex Peter Barford, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Member, Monmouthshire, Gwent Reverend Darren Barlow, District Executive Member, Thurrock, County Adviser (Faiths and Beliefs), Essex, Assistant County Commissioner (Religious Development), County Chaplain, Greater London North East Frank Barlow, Group Vice President, 5th Preston (St Cuthbert’s), Preston and District, West Lancashire Fay Barrett, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Heath and Reach, Leighton-Linslade, Bedfordshire Graham Barrick, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Urmston and District, Greater Manchester West Peter J Bashford, Cub Scout Leader, 1st and 2nd Horley, Horley, Surrey Colin L Batsford, Scout Leader, 23rd Southgate, Southgate, Assistant County Commissioner (Scouts), Greater London North Sarah J Beaman, Scout Leader, Group Contact, 3rd Romsey (Brailshfield), District Scout Leader, Romsey, Hampshire Robert I Beck, Scout Leader, 27th Huddersfield (St. Marks Longwood), Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Haydn Bell, Assistant Group Scout Leader, Anlaby (St Marks), District Scout Fellowship Member, Haltemprice, Training Adviser, Humberside George D Bell MBE, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), District Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, Ayrshire East, South West - Scotland Geoffrey B Benson, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Brussels-British, Belux, British Scouts Western Europe Geoffrey R Bent, Group Scout Leader, 16th Lincoln (St Nicholas), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Ailsa J Bickerton, District Scout Fellowship Member, South Angus, East - Scotland Clifford H Birch, District Chairman, Three Towns, Staffordshire Gillian J Black, Group Scout Leader, 25th Newport (St Mary’s Malpas), Newport, Gwent Malcolm F Blaze, District Scout Fellowship Member, Potteries North, Staffordshire Neil Bleakley, Group Scout Leader, 5th Billericay, District Executive Member, Billericay and Wickford, Essex

Lorraine E Bolam, formerly Assistant County Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Deputy County Commissioner, Royal Berkshire Mavis Bolshaw, District Member, Vale of Clwyd (Denbighshire), Clwyd June E Bones, Group Sectional Assistant, 346th Manchester (New Moston), Medvale, Greater Manchester East William Bones, Group Contact, 346th Manchester (New Moston), Medvale, Greater Manchester East Jonathan M Booker, Group Scout Leader, 1st Ludlow, Shropshire Severn and Teme, Shropshire Eileen M Booth, District Commissioner, Grantham, Local Training Administrator, Lincolnshire Michael J Botten, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Hastings Rye and District, East Sussex Antony C Bowman, Group Scout Leader, 1st Horsell, Woking, Surrey Anthony Bradburn, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Romiley (Our Lady and St Christopher), Goyt, Greater Manchester East Rae Bradshaw, District Commissioner, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire Ruth B Branagan (posthumous), District Secretary, Appointments Secretary, District Badge Secretary, West Hull, Humberside Neville Brenchley, District Chairman, Axe, Avon Barry T Brettell, District Cub Scout Leader, Sutton Coldfield East, Birmingham Anne Briggs (posthumous), District Scout Fellowship Member, Barnsley Fitzwilliam, South Yorkshire Alan E Britt, Scout Leader, 1st Abercam, CRAI, Mid Glamorgan Jacqueline M Brocklehurst, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 7th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle Wellington, Potteries North, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Staffordshire Bronwyn Brook, District Cub Scout Leader, Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire James E Brown, District Supporter, Bromley, Greater London South East Susan A Browning, District Explorer Scout Administrator, District Scout Fellowship Member, Hayes And Harlington, Greater London Middlesex West Terl C Bryant, District Chairman, Stamford and Bourne, County Executive Member, Lincolnshire Elizabeth A Burgess, Beaver Scout Sectional Assistant, 2nd Nene (St Peters) Air Scouts, District Badge Secretary, Nene, Cambridgeshire Stephen D Burgess, Assistant Scout Leader, 44th Swansea (Sketty Church), Glamorgan West, Glamorgan West Timothy Burgess, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 2nd Nene (St Peters) Air Scouts, Nene, Cambridgeshire Christine A Burgin, District Cub Scout Leader, Lincoln, Lincolnshire John Burt, Group Treasurer, 28th Willesden, Willesden, Greater London Middlesex West Gary S Burton, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Corby (Parish Church), Camp Warden, Glendon, Northamptonshire Lesley M Butler, District Commissioner, Erith

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and Crayford, Greater London South East Michael F Butler, Group Executive Member, 1st Whittlesford and Duxford, Granta, Cambridgeshire Michael D Byrne, Deputy County Commissioner, County Executive Member, Staffordshire Robert Caffrey, Group Scout Leader, 1st Gatley (St James), Cheadle and District, Greater Manchester East Graham G Campbell, District Scout Fellowship Member, South Angus, East Scotland Helen Campbell, Group Scout Leader, 9th Fulwood (St Claire’s), Preston and District, West Lancashire

Colin J Childs, Cub Scout Leader, 63rd Reading (St Michael’s), Pang Valley, Royal Berkshire Martin F Clark, District Executive Member, Cambridge Crafts Hill, Cambridgeshire Christobel Clarke, Group Executive Member, 43rd Saxlingham Nethergate Scout and Guide Group, Southern Norwich, Norfolk Susan Clarkson, Group Scout Leader, Pang Valley Scoutlink Group, District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, Assistant County Commissioner (International), Royal Berkshire Ann Clayton, Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Norbreck, District Beaver Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser,

Malcolm Smith – Silver Acorn Having progressed naturally into a leadership role at the age of 15(!), Malcolm has given over 45 years service, most recently as Group Scout Leader of the 27th Chingford. Stepping in wherever needed, Malcolm has volunteered as a leader in the Beaver, Cub and Scout sections, but it is in the latter that he has always felt at home. Highlights of an active Scouting career include taking Scouts abroad, to Switzerland and Germany, survival skills camps and training Patrol Leaders to take an active role in the leadership of the Troop. Only last year, Malcolm re-opened the Cub Scout Pack, with his son, now aged 30 as one of the leaders. i.SCOUT because… it’s so satisfying to help youngsters learn the skills needed to become self-sufficient..

Michael T Capon, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 13th Northampton (St Marys Far Cotton), Northampton, Northamptonshire, Regional Development Officer - East Midlands, Headquarters John A Capper, Treasurer of The Scout Association, Committee of the Council Trustee, Headquarters Ian M Carter, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Keynsham, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Wansdyke, Avon John D Carter, Group Skills Instructor, 23rd Wakefield (Sandal Methodist), District Scout Fellowship Member, Wakefield, Central Yorkshire Duchess Deborah Cavendish, County Supporter, Derbyshire Douglas Chadwick, Scout Leader, 5th Grimsby (Scarthoe), Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Humberside Margaret A Chambers, Training Adviser, County Supporter, Humberside Marion Chapman, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Bedfont (St Mary’s Own), formerly District Beaver Scout Leader, Feltham and District, Greater London Middlesex West Edward W Charles, Assistant Scout Leader, 3rd Loughborough, Loughborough, Leicestershire Susan M Cheshire, formerly District Secretary, Cole, County Scout Fellowship Member, Solihull Andrea C Childs, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Uxbridge and District, County Administrator, Local Training Manager, Greater London Middlesex West

District Nights Away Adviser, Blackpool And District, West Lancashire Michael J Clements, District Executive Member, District Supporter, Eastleigh and District, Hampshire Kathryn H Clover, District Cub Scout Leader, Southern Norwich, Norfolk Steven J Clover, Deputy District Commissioner, Southern Norwich, Norfolk John Coates, District Administrator, West Leeds, Central Yorkshire Christopher G Coats, formerly Explorer Scout Leader, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, South West Notts, Nottinghamshire Terence EW Coe, Scout Leader, 18th Chester (St Mary’s), Chester and District, Cheshire Christine E Cole, Beaver Scout Leader, 14th Eastleigh, Eastleigh and District, Local Training Manager, Hampshire Stephen R Colver, Cub Scout Leader, Alnwick Scout Group, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Mid Northumberland, Northumberland Alan R Comber, Scout Leader, 1st Kesgrave, Deben, Suffolk Celia M Comber, Group Treasurer, 1st Kesgrave, Deben, Suffolk Donald AV Cook, District Executive Member, Nene, Cambridgeshire Alan Cooper, Group Chairman, 3rd St Ives (Carbis Bay), District Badge Secretary, Penwith and Isles of Scilly, Cornwall Alan D Cooper, District Adviser, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire David A Corcoran, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Plymouth, Devon

Roger E Corti, District Commissioner, Ruislip Eastcote Northwood, Greater London Middlesex West Philip Coward, Cub Scout Leader, 6th Newport (St John’s), West Wight, Isle Of Wight Robert A Cox, Scout Leader, 2nd Grantham (St. Wulframs), Grantham, Lincolnshire Ann Crocker, Cub Scout Leader, 58th Doncaster (Bessacarr), Doncaster Danum, South Yorkshire Michael J Crosby, Group Supporter, 1st Milford, Godalming, Surrey Lorraine M Cummings, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st North Springfield, Deputy District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Chelmsford and District, Essex Ian M Dale, Group Scout Leader, 1st Halesowen, Halesowen, West Mercia John Damms, Group Scout Leader, 21st West Hull (St Martins), West Hull, Humberside Shirley J Darling, Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Ingatestone and Fryerning, Beaver Scout Leader, 26th Chelmsford (Great Baddow), Chelmsford And District, Essex Brian W Davies, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Christchurch And District, Dorset Gareth M Davies, formerly County Commissioner, Somerset Jennifer Davies, Group Executive Member, 1st Forres, Moray, North East - Scotland Teresa Davy, Group Scout Leader, 11th Keighley (Cullingworth), Keighley, West Yorkshire Kathleen Dawson, County Scout Fellowship Member, Humberside Iris C De Wet, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, Hillside, Vale of Mowbray, North Yorkshire Brenda Deakin, formerly Group Treasurer, 74th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle (Silverdale St Lukes), District Scout Fellowship Member, formerly District Executive Member, Newcastle, Staffordshire Lynne M Dean, District Treasurer, Driffield, Humberside Paul A Dean, District Explorer Scout Administrator, Driffield, Humberside David M Dennison, District Scout Fellowship Member, Skegness Spilsby and District, Lincolnshire Ann E Denton, Camp Warden, Kidderminster, Training Adviser, Hereford and Worcester Roger J Ditcham, Group Scout Leader, 1st Freethorpe, East Norfolk, Norfolk Patricia M Dixon, Group Scout Leader, 1st Johnston, Pembrokeshire District, Pembrokeshire Derek G Dodkins, District Scout Fellowship Member, Arab International Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, Appointments Secretary, Explorer Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Brighouse, West Yorkshire Barry Donaldson, Group Treasurer, 30th Glasgow (1st Cardonald), South Western, Clyde - Scotland Mark R Dowsett, District Commissioner, Enfield, Greater London North Kathleen A Drake, County Scouter, Central Yorkshire

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Alan E Duckworth, Assistant District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Royston, Hertfordshire Alison J Duley, Cub Scout Leader, 1st St Neots, Hinchingbrooke, Cambridgeshire Clive J Dunn, District Commissioner, Nuneaton, Warwickshire Elaine Dunn, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Bulkington, Nuneaton, Warwickshire William R Edgar, District Commissioner, Londonderry, County Londonderry Leeroy M Edwards, Group Scout Leader, 10th Corby (St Ninians), Glendon, Northamptonshire Timothy J Eggitt, Group Scout Leader, 1st Old Malden (St John The Baptist), Royal Kingston, Greater London South West Roger Elkin, District Cub Scout Leader, Enfield, Greater London North Allegra Ellis, County Scout Fellowship Member, Staffordshire Jill R Ellis, District Scout Fellowship Member, Truro, County Badge Secretary, Cornwall Kay B Ellis, County Scout Fellowship Member, Staffordshire Ian Ellison, Group Supporter, 9th Bedlington (1st West Sleekburn), District Executive Member, Wansbeck, Northumberland Richard J Ellison, District Scout Fellowship Member, Deep Sea Scout Fellowship, Headquarters, Assistant District Commissioner (General Duties), Training Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, Reading Central, Local Training Manager, Royal Berkshire Paul A Elwood, Scout Leader, 25th Bromley (St Andrew’s), Bromley, Greater London South East Carolyn D Evans, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Thatcham (St Mary’s), Taceham Hundred, Local Training Administrator, Royal Berkshire David M Evans, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chester and District, Cheshire Stephen C Evans, Scout Leader, 1st Hindhead, Haslemere And District, Surrey Denis Evans MBE, Group Treasurer, 1st Bilston, Wolverhampton East, County Executive Member, West Mercia George Ewart OBE, District Chairman, Northallerton, North Yorkshire Roger F Fall, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Corbetts Tey, District Cub Scout Leader, Hornchurch, Greater London North East Callum MW Farquhar, Explorer Scout Leader, Assistant District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Dunfermline, Assistant Regional Commissioner (Adult Training), East Scotland Edward H Farr, Group Contact, 21st Newham East, Honorary Scouter, Newham, Greater London North East Brian R Faulkner, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Longmynd, Shropshire Borders, Shropshire Michael P Firth, Assistant County Commissioner (International), County Executive Member, South Yorkshire Michael J Fisher, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Spixworth, Northern Norwich, Norfolk Roger P Fisher, County Scout Leader, County Training Administrator, Cumbria Robert Flewers, District Scout Fellowship

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Member, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London South West Mark AJ Flexman, formerly District Commissioner, Christchurch And District, Deputy County Commissioner, Dorset, UK Adviser (Adults in Scouting), Headquarters Madeleine J Flowers, District Secretary, Maldon and East Essex, Essex Peter J Flynn, formerly Group Scout Leader, Group Member, 1st Wootton, West Wight, Isle Of Wight David R Folkerd, Group Scout Leader, 25th Ealing, Ealing and Hanwell, Training Adviser, Greater London Middlesex West Christopher J Foster, Assistant County Commissioner (Explorer Scouts), Greater London North, Media Relations Officer, Headquarters Janet Foster, District Commissioner, York Ebor, North Yorkshire Joseph A Foster, District Commissioner, Wigan and District, Greater Manchester West Peter R Foster, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Histon (Cambridge), District Scout Fellowship Member, Cambridge Crafts Hill, Cambridgeshire Derek Foxon, District Scout Fellowship Member, Rugby, Warwickshire Barbara Franklin, Group Treasurer, 2nd Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk Elizabeth J Fraser, Beaver Scout Leader, Cottingham, Haltemprice, Trainer, County Commissioner, Assistant County Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Humberside Gary G Fuller, Group Sectional Assistant, 25th Bromley (St Andrew’s), Bromley, Greater London South East Frank G Gardiner, Group Skills Instructor, 1st Crayford (St Paulinus), District Scout Fellowship Member, Erith and Crayford, Greater London South East Robert J Garlike, Assistant District Commissioner, Romsey, Hampshire Kenneth F Gee, formerly District Commissioner, District Supporter, Loughborough, Leicestershire David M Gibbon, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Fernhurst, Haslemere And District, Surrey Susan R Gibbon, Group Scout Leader, 1st Fernhurst, District Executive Member, Haslemere and District, Surrey Richard W Gillman, Cub Scout Leader, 2nd East Wickham, East Wickham and Welling, Greater London South East Rodney EC Glew, District President, District Treasurer, District Scout Fellowship Member, Buckingham and Winslow, Buckinghamshire William M Goldie, District Nights Away Adviser, South East, Clyde - Scotland Maureen L Gook, District Scout Fellowship Member, Lowestoft, Suffolk Bernadette C Goswell, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Slough, Royal Berkshire Philip Gould, Assistant County Commissioner (International), County Explorer Scout Leader, County Scout Network Commissioner, Greater London South East John R Grace, Assistant District Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), District Scout Fellowship Member, South Angus, East Scotland

Linda A Grantham, Assistant Scout Leader, 7th Teddington (St Mark’s), Richmond upon Thames, Greater London South West James M Gray, Group Scout Leader, 27th Ayrshire (Kilmaurs), Ayrshire East, South West - Scotland William Greene, Group Chairman, 13th Lancaster, Lonsdale, West Lancashire Colin P Griffiths, Group Chairman, 3rd Banstead, District Chairman, Banstead, Surrey Valerie M Griffiths, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 3rd Banstead, Banstead, Surrey Victor G Griffiths, Assistant District Commissioner (Water Activities), Project Manager, Richmond upon Thames, County Adviser For Bands, County Adviser for Water Activities, County Assessor, Greater London South West Kenneth W Gunthorpe (posthumous), District President, Dronfield, Derbyshire David J Hagerty, Scout Leader 17th Huddersfield (Linthwaite Church), Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Malcolm Haigh, District Treasurer, Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Elizabeth E Hall, District Commissioner, Duddon and High Furness, Cumbria Anthony T Hallett, Group Chairman, 1st Tattenham, Banstead, Surrey Garrod Y Halliwell, District Scout Fellowship Member, Macclesfield and Congleton, Cheshire Leslie G Hancock, Group Scout Leader, 1st Whitchurch (Sir J Herbert Cory’s Own), Afon, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Cyril Harris, District Scout Fellowship Member, Loddon, Royal Berkshire David T Hawkins, District Badge Secretary, Letchworth and Baldock, Hertfordshire Philip A Hayhurst, District Commissioner, Huddersfield South West, District Commissioner (Acting), Huddersfield South East, West Yorkshire Robert T Haysom, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Cheam, Sutton, Greater London South West Alan G Hayward, District Scout Fellowship Member, East Glanford, Training Adviser, Assistant County Commissioner, County Executive Member, Humberside Carole A Hazlehurst, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Eastcote (George Philip’s Own), Ruislip Eastcote Northwood, Greater London Middlesex West Stephen C Head, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Supporter, Christchurch and District, Dorset Paul R Hedges, District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Bramshill, Hampshire Francis Hendry, District Scout Fellowship Member, Seahaven, East Sussex Paul K Henriksen Von Klinert, Group Scout Leader, West Runton, formerly Deputy District Commissioner, North East Norfolk, Norfolk Reverend Michael Herbert, District Chairman, District Chaplain, District Executive Member, Redditch, Hereford and Worcester George C Hickson, Group Contact, Perseverance North Hillingdon All Saints, Appointments Secretary, District Scout

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Fellowship Member, Uxbridge And District, Greater London Middlesex West Margaret E Higgins, Cub Scout Leader, 4th Cleethorpes (St Peters), District Scout Fellowship Member, Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Humberside Julia J Hildebrand, Cub Scout Leader, 5th Stanmore, Stanmore and District, Greater London Middlesex West Stephen Hilditch, County Adviser, Derbyshire Audrey Hill, District Badge Secretary, Teifi, Ceredigion Austin G Hill, District Supporter, Hinchingbrooke, Cambridgeshire Joan Hill, District Secretary, Greenford and District, Greater London Middlesex West Maxcine M Hill, Explorer Scout Leader, District Scout Leader, District Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Greenford and District, County Explorer Scout Leader, County Skills Instructor, Greater London Middlesex West Derek Hillbeck, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, King Alfred, Training Adviser, Oxfordshire Mary Hindley, County Member (Shop Manager and Booking Secretary Thriftwood International Scout Activity Centre), Greater London North East Craig M Hinkins, District Skills Instructor, Warrington West, County Assessor, Cheshire Andrew P Hobbs, Scout Leader, 26th Bristol (North Cote), Cabot, Avon Michael C Hodge, District Commissioner, East Dorset, Dorset Hilary Holliday, Group Scout Leader, 1st Windermere, Kentdale, Cumbria Graham J Holt, Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Perivale, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Greenford and District, Greater London Middlesex West Ian R Holt, Group Scout Leader, Leyland URC, South Ribble, West Lancashire Carol A Hornby, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Bispham, Blackpool and District, West Lancashire Peter Hough, Scout Leader, 2nd Middlewich, Mid Cheshire, Cheshire Jane M Howman, District Scout Fellowship Member, District Scout Fellowship Secretary, Pang Valley, Royal Berkshire

Jeffrey F Howman, Assistant District Commissioner (General Duties), District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, Royal Berkshire David J Huggett, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, District Scout Fellowship Member, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire June B Hughes, District Cub Scout Leader, District Vice President, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chester and District, Cheshire Stanton C Hughes, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Stanford-le-Hope, District Member, Stanford-le-Hope and District, Essex Julie E Hull, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Shire Oak (Leeds), Local Training Manager, Central Yorkshire David W Humphreys, Scout Leader, 2nd Caerphilly, CRAI, Mid Glamorgan Peggy R Hutchinson, District Cub Scout Leader, North Hull, Humberside Thomas N Hutchinson, Deputy District Commissioner, Crawfordsburn, Northern Ireland, Chairman of Finance and General Purposes, Northern Ireland Scout Council, Northern Ireland Rosalyn Illingworth, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), South Ribble, West Lancashire Robert Ingram, District Executive Member, Driffield, Humberside Joyce Jackaman, Group Supporter, 3rd Hawkinge (Folkestone), Folkestone and Hythe, Kent David Jackson, District Explorer Scout Administrator, Brighton, Assistant County Commissioner (Public Relations), East Sussex Christopher James, District Chairman, Uttoxeter, Training Adviser, Staffordshire Christopher H James, District Member, East Dorset, Dorset Margaret J Jarvis, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Skegness Spilsby and District, Lincolnshire Clive C Jeffree, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Ramsden and Downham, Billericay and Wickford, Essex Janet M Jeffree, Group Scout Leader, 1st Ramsden and Downham, Billericay and Wickford, Essex Peter J Jennings, District Scout Fellowship Member, Ashdown, East Sussex Christopher W Johnson, Appointments

A family affair Eric and Joyce Jackaman are one of a few Scouting families to be honoured together in this year’s awards Eric started his Scout Group in 1953, and has been recognised with the Silver Wolf. Loyalty is at the heart of his service. ‘Scouting gave me a yearning to keep on, and see the Scouts achieve. I didn’t want to let the Group down’. Eric has held practically every role within the Group, and remains the Group’s Treasurer.

Joyce was ‘absolutely overwhelmed’ to be included in this year’s awards with a Silver Acorn of her own. ‘Having received the Medal of Merit many years ago, I was not expecting this award and am thrilled.’ A fundraising expert, over the years Joyce has knitted, crocheted and tombola’d hundreds of items for the Group, ‘so many I’ve lost count!’

Secretary, Fylde, West Lancashire David A Johnson, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Malden, Royal Kingston, County Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Greater London South West Albert A Jones, District Scout Fellowship Member, Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Humberside Christopher Jones, District Scout Fellowship Member, Camelot, Training Adviser, County Scout Fellowship Chairman, County Executive Member, Somerset Gillian I Jones, Cub Scout Leader, 11th Finchley (St Barnabas North Finchley), Barnet Borough, Greater London North Jacqueline Jones, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Rea Valley, Birmingham Lee G Jones, Group Scout Leader, 23rd Northampton (Headlands), Assistant District Commissioner (Adult Support), District Commissioner (Acting), District Administrator, Northampton, Local Training Manager, County Administrator, Training Adviser, Northamptonshire Pauline Jones, Group Supporter, 2nd Stamford Town, Stamford and Bourne, Lincolnshire Peter J Jones, District Scout Fellowship Member, Northampton, Northamptonshire Christine A Jordan, District Commissioner, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan Sarah L Joyner, Group Scout Leader, 1st Hanborough Freeland, District Explorer Scout Leader, West Oxfordshire, Deputy County Commissioner, County Cub Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Oxfordshire Ann C Kelly, Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Blofield and Brundall, Eastern Norwich, Norfolk John Kelly, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Blofield and Brundall, Eastern Norwich, Norfolk Ross M Kelly, Assistant District Commissioner, Assistant District Commissioner (Activities), Stowmarket, Suffolk Linda M Kitchin, Assistant District Commissioner (Leader Training), Barrow in Furness, County Training Manager, Cumbria Philip Lamprell, Group Treasurer, 3rd Orpington (The Pathfinders), District Executive Member, Orpington, Greater London South East Clifford Large, District Treasurer, Calder, Clyde - Scotland Stuart H Laurie, Scout Leader, 1st Kendal, Kentdale, Cumbria Simon C Lawrence, Scout Leader, 1st Rustington, Arundel And Littlehampton, West Sussex Stephen M Layt, formerly District Commissioner, Northampton, Training Adviser, County Adviser For Mountain Activities, Northamptonshire Anne C Lecuyer, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Rustington, Arundel And Littlehampton, West Sussex Norman Lester, District Treasurer, Wolverhampton North, West Mercia John S L’Estrange, District Administrator, Billericay and Wickford, Essex Patricia P Leveridge, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), East Surrey, Surrey

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Mark Lightfoot, Group Scout Leader, 1st Skelton, East Cleveland, Cleveland Albert E Linley, Group President, 3rd Warrington East (1st Culcheth), District President, District Member, Warrington East, Cheshire Sylvia Linley, Group Skills Instructor, 164th Sheffield (Stannington), Sheffield Rivelin, South Yorkshire Diana C Ljubisic, Group Scout Leader, 9th Ealing, Ealing and Hanwell, Greater London Middlesex West Peter J Long, District Scout Fellowship Member, Northern Norwich, Norfolk John T Lovatt, District Chairman, District Executive Member, Vale of Clwyd (Denbighshire), Clwyd Ann E Lovell, Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Abingdon, District Cub Scout Leader, Abingdon, Oxfordshire Maureen J Lowe, Group Contact, 1st Llyn Safaddan, District Commissioner, Brecon, District Commissioner (Acting), Glanusk, Area Training Manager, Brecknock Norman C Lowe, Group Scout Leader, 1st Flixton (L’Avenir), Urmston and District, Greater Manchester West Graeme W Luke, Programme and Development Executive, Scottish Headquarters Annette Macaskill, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 43rd Huddersfield (Crossland Moor), Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Nigel MacDonald, Scout Leader, 113th Glasgow (Burnside), South East, Clyde Scotland Elizabeth S MacKenzie, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 81st Fife (1st Broomhall), Training Adviser, Dunfermline, East - Scotland Shirley A Marden, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Poole (Lady Lyle’s Own), Poole, Deputy County Commissioner, Dorset George Marris, Assistant County Commissioner (International), Trainer, Humberside Catherine M Marsh, District Commissioner, Scunthorpe, Humberside David Marsh, Assistant District Commissioner, Wetherby, Local Training Manager, Central Yorkshire David G Martin, Group Scout Leader, 1st/6th Edgware, Stanmore and District, County Assessor, Greater London Middlesex West Robert E Martin, District Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Seahaven, Local Training Manager, East Sussex Joan L Marvin, Assistant District Commissioner (Activities), Assistant District Commissioner (Adult Support), Derby South, Derbyshire Gillian I May, District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Barking and Dagenham, Training Adviser, Greater London North East John B Maynard, County Supporter, Derbyshire Donald E McCutcheon, District Commissioner, Reivers, Cumbria Elizabeth J McDermott, Deputy County Commissioner, County Training Manager, West Lancashire Alexander McGowan, Group Scout Leader,

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29th West Lothian (Howden), West Lothian, Forth - Scotland Neil I McIlwaine, Scout Leader, 1st Lurgan (Shankhill), Lurgan and District, County Armagh Lorna C McIntyre, Group Scout Leader, Cestrian, Chester and District, Cheshire Linda McKay, County Supporter, Hertfordshire John B McLean, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Fife (Dunfermline), Training Adviser, Dunfermline, East - Scotland Doreen A McNiff, Local Training Manager, Norfolk Pamela McVay, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Sleights, Whitby and District, North Yorkshire Jean E McWilliam, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Great Ayton, Leven, North Yorkshire Wendy A Meade, Beaver Scout Leader, 7th Feltham Sea Scouts, formerly Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Feltham and District, Greater London Middlesex West Isabella FP Meek, District Executive Member, Allerton, County Cub Scout Leader, Merseyside David J Mehaffey, Group Scout Leader, 11th Belfast (Fleming Fulton School), South Belfast, Special Needs Adviser, Belfast John R Metcalfe, Assistant Scout Leader, 39th Bradford South (Southfield Lane Methodist), Bradford South, Assistant County Commissioner (Scouts), West Yorkshire Carole Meyer, Group Supporter, Kingston Special Needs Group, District Supporter, Directly Administered-Humberside, Humberside Graham P Meyer, Group Scout Leader, Kingston Special Needs Group, Directly Administered-Humberside, Humberside Francis D Meylan, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Shelford and East Bridgford, Training Adviser, South East Notts, Nottinghamshire John AE Miles, District Supporter, South Berkshire, Royal Berkshire Pauline E Miller MBE, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Humberston (St Peters), Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Humberside David J Mills JP, District Chairman, Wigan and District, Greater Manchester West Alexander P Minajew, County Scout Network Commissioner, Greater London South West, Project Leader, UK Activities Team, Headquarters David Minturn, Group Executive Member, 1st Spixworth, Northern Norwich, Norfolk Ivan Montgomery, Group Chairman, 3rd Reddish (St Agnes North Reddish), Stockport, Greater Manchester East Brian J Moore, District Chairman, Loughborough, Leicestershire Julian C Morgans, Assistant Scout Leader, 44th Swansea (Sketty Church), Glamorgan West, Glamorgan West Celia A Mortimer, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Broughton, East Glanford, Humberside Harold I Mortimer, District Commissioner, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, East Glanford, Local Training Manager, Humberside Joan Morton MBE, Beaver Scout Leader, 27th Huddersfield (St Marks Longwood), Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Eileen M Mosey, Assistant District

Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), East Glanford, Humberside David H Moss, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Upper Gornal (St Peters), Dudley, West Mercia Christopher J Mould, Group Scout Leader, 1st Hook, District Nights Away Adviser, Royal Kingston, Greater London South West Patricia A Mullender, District Scout Fellowship Member, Castle Point, Essex Roger G Mundell, Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd Cowes (St Marys) Sea Scouts, West Wight, Isle Of Wight Leslie R Munns, Group Scout Leader, 1st Northfleet, District Scout Fellowship Member, Training Adviser, Gravesham, Kent Barbara T Muntendam, District Scout Fellowship Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Fellowship, Headquarters, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Spixworth, Northern Norwich, Norfolk Kurt Muntendam, District Scout Fellowship Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Fellowship, Headquarters, Group Skills Instructor, 1st Spixworth, Northern Norwich, Norfolk Maureen M Murdoch, Appointments Secretary, Renfrewshire, West - Scotland Cynthia Murray, District Explorer Scout Administrator, Walsall North, West Mercia Ewan D Murray, District Scout Leader, Harpenden and Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, UK Technical Adviser, Headquarters Philip I Netherton, District Commissioner, South Holderness, Training Adviser, Humberside Richard L Nicholas, District Treasurer, District Administrator, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, Aire Valley, West Yorkshire Peter Nixon, Group Scout Leader, 1st Paderborn Sennelager, Germany, Area Training Manager, British Scouts Western Europe Michael Nolan, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Goyt, Greater Manchester East Patricia North, Appointments Secretary, Bromley, Greater London South East Nicholas C O’Callaghan, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Ashford, Training Adviser, County Adviser, Kent John K O’Connor, District President, Ilkeston, Derbyshire Susan A Old, Cub Scout Leader, 20th Christchurch (1st Somerford), District Supporter, Christchurch And District, Dorset David N Onyon, County Scout Fellowship Member, Lincolnshire Keith M Ottaway, District Commissioner (Acting), Trainer, North Hull, Humberside Brendan R Owen, Group Scout Leader, Blenheim Baptist Icknield (Luton), District Scout Fellowship Member, Icknield (Luton), Bedfordshire John L Oxley, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Heath and Reach, Leighton Linslade, Bedfordshire Marian Padbury, Group Scout Leader, 1st Stanningley (St Thomas), District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, West Leeds, Training Adviser, Central Yorkshire Caroline F Page, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Explorer Scout

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Caroline Page – Silver Acorn Caroline first volunteered when her eldest son joined the Cubs in Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk. She started helping on the Group Executive Committee, and before long donned the uniform as a Cub Scout Leader. She has never looked back! Caroline played a key support role in the setting up of Explorer Scouting in the District in 2002, first as administrator and then as the District Explorer Scout Commissioner, taking care of ten Units in what is a large and challenging part of Norwich.

‘What’s so great about Scouting is when a child joins Cubs so timid, scared to go to camp, and gradually, through the things they learn, grows in confidence. Two years later they’re showing you how to pitch a tent correctly. It’s fantastic!’ i.SCOUT because… it did so much for my children, and I want to give something back.

Administrator, Southern Norwich, Norfolk Carol A Pannell, District Commissioner, Winchester, Hampshire Dorothy J Parker, Assistant District Commissioner (Development), Training Adviser, Hatfield Forest, Local Training Manager, Essex Nicholas J Parker, National Centres Manager, Headquarters Pauline Payne, District Scout Fellowship Member, Hinckley, Leicestershire Margaret Pedge, District Scout Fellowship Member, Stowmarket, Suffolk Roderick Pedge, District Scout Fellowship Secretary, Stowmarket, Suffolk Ronald J Penfold, District Cub Scout Leader, Esher, Surrey Bernard F Pentecost, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Guildford East, Surrey Judie E Pickering, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Purley and Pangbourne, Pang Valley, Royal Berkshire Michael F Pilley, Assistant District Commissioner (Development), Sudbury, Suffolk Jillian A Pope, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 2nd Allerton (29th Liverpool Arthur Noble Memorial), Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Allerton, Merseyside Kathleen Postlethwaite, Scout Leader, 5th Crosby and District, Crosby, Merseyside Nigel M Poulter, Cub Scout Leader, 1st St. Mary’s Over Cambridge, Cambridge Crafts Hill, Cambridgeshire John F Pownall, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Newton Wirral, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), West Kirby, Merseyside Christopher J Preston, District Scout Fellowship Member, Northern Norwich, Norfolk Roger M Prince, Appointments SubCommittee Member, Morningside, South East - Scotland Marion Proudfoot, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 18th Carlisle (Wigton Road Methodist), Reivers, Cumbria John A Pulford, District Member, Tiverton, Devon Maureen A Purrier, District Supporter, Sheffield Sheaf, South Yorkshire Steve A Ralph, Group Scout Leader, 1st

Atherton, District Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Atherton and Tyldesley, County Assessor, Greater Manchester West Lady Ralphs CBE DL, County Vice President, County Supporter, Norfolk Kathryn M Rawnsley, Cub Scout Leader, Mytholmroyd, Pennine Calder, West Yorkshire Keith A Rawnsley, Scout Leader, Group Contact, Mytholmroyd, Pennine Calder, West Yorkshire Derek Redfern, Group Scout Leader, 1st Middleton (St Leonard’s), Middleton, Greater Manchester North John Reed, Appointments Secretary, Maldon and East Essex, Essex John S Reed, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Squirrels Heath, Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts), Training Adviser, Squirrels Heath, Greater London North East Gordon W Rees, District Scout Fellowship Member, Barnsley Central, County Supporter, South Yorkshire Christopher K Reynolds, District Camp Warden, Training Adviser, Kidderminster, Hereford and Worcester Stella M Ribbens, Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Ifold, Petworth and Pulborough, West Sussex Edwin Richards MBE, District Commissioner, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria Arthur J Richardson, District Secretary, District Scout Fellowship Member, Hatfield Forest, Essex David E Ridout, Group Scout Leader, 4th Fulwood (Methodist), Preston and District, West Lancashire Maurice S Rigby, Scout Leader, 3rd Pelsall (39th Walsall), District Executive Member, Walsall North, West Mercia Philip Rigby, Camp Warden, Greater Manchester West Carole Riley, District Secretary, Derby East, Derbyshire Jennifer A Ririe, Local Training Manager, Greater London South West David R Roberts, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Wimborne Minster, East Dorset, Dorset Anne Robertson, Explorer Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Durham City and District, Durham James A Robinson, Group Contact, 10th Abingdon (St Helen’s), District Chairman, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Robert A Rogerson, Group Scout Leader, 27th Derby (Chaddesden), Derby East, Derbyshire Martin L Rudd, County Training Manager, Hampshire Karen A Salisbury, Assistant County Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Greater Manchester West Keith G Sampson, Group Scout Leader, 15th Lincoln (Hykeham All Saints), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Rodney M Sandys, formerly Group Scout Leader, Tiptree, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Maldon and East Essex, Essex Emile F Sanguy, Group Scout Leader, 6th Hillingdon, Group Administrator, 7th Hillingdon Air Scouts, District Scout Fellowship Member, Uxbridge and District, Greater London Middlesex West Patricia R Sargeant, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Uttoxeter, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire Jillian Scarlett, District Commissioner, Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser, Macclesfield and Congleton, Cheshire John H Seed, County Scout Network Commissioner, Cumbria Paul W Sharp, formerly Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Cheam, Group Scout Leader, 1st Godstone, Sutton, Greater London South West Jennifer M Shefchick, Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Philip W Shemilt, formerly District Chairman, Potteries North, Staffordshire Douglas R Shooter, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 13th Lincoln (Birchwood), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Peter Short, International Scout Fellowship Member, Headquarters, District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Great North, County Executive Member, County Supporter, Northumberland Beryl V Silk, District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Squirrels Heath, Greater London North East William GJ Simcox, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 114th Birmingham (St Paul’s Hamstead), Tame Valley Birmingham, Birmingham John Sinclair, formerly Assistant Scout Leader, 3rd Brampton (St Thomas), Chesterfield, Derbyshire Leontia MC Slay, District Member, Chairman Appointments Sub-Committee, North Ceredigion, County Member, Ceredigion David M Smith, District Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Humberside Malcolm D Smith, Group Scout Leader, 27th Chingford, District Executive Member, Chingford, Greater London North East Monica ML Smith, Group Secretary, Group Executive Member, 12th Northolt, Greenford and District, Greater London Middlesex West Gillian G Snoxell, formerly Local Training Manager, Lincolnshire Samuel D Sowden, Assistant Scout Leader, 3rd Bingley (All Saints), Aire Valley, West Yorkshire Andrew N Spear, Group Scout Leader, 1st Davyhulme, Urmston and District, Greater Manchester West

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Ronald L Spencer, Group Scout Leader, 95th Reading (St Catherine of Siena), Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Purley And Pangbourne, District Scout Fellowship Member, Pang Valley, Royal Berkshire John A Spickett, District Commissioner (Acting), Southdown, County Commissioner, West Sussex Wendy M Squires, District Scout Leader, Arundel and Littlehampton, West Sussex Anne T Steel, Cub Scout Leader, 29th Angus (Nentyle), South Angus, East – Scotland Noreen Stephens, District Scout Fellowship Member, East Hull, County Adviser, Trainer, County Scout Fellowship Member, Humberside John R Stevens, Group Chairman, 1st Bentley (Scoutlink), Banstead, Surrey Isobel W Stewart, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Peterhead, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Buchan, North East – Scotland William Stewart, District Commissioner, District Secretary (Acting), Buchan, North East-Scotland Ronald S Stiff, District Scout Fellowship Treasurer, District Scout Fellowship Member, Slough, Royal Berkshire Pauline Sullivan, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Guildford East, County Scouter, Surrey Ian S Suttie, Group Chairman, 1st Forres, Moray, North East – Scotland Christine Symonds, Cub Scout Leader, 24th Newport, Newport, Gwent Clive Taylor, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Skegness, District Scout Fellowship Member, Skegness and Spilsby, Lincolnshire Jane M Taylor, Local Training Administrator, formerly Appointments Secretary, District Executive Member, District Scout Fellowship Member, Maidenhead, Royal Berkshire Janet Taylor, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, Skegness Spilsby and District, Lincolnshire Paul J Thornton, formerly District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Assistant District Commissioner, East Glanford, Training Adviser, Humberside Linda G Thorogood, formerly Group Scout Leader, Group Supporter, 1st Cranham (All Saints), Assistant District Commissioner (Beaver Scouts), Deputy District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Hornchurch, Greater London North East David V Tilley, formerly Scout Leader, Bushbury Scout Group, Wolverhampton North, West Mercia Gordon B Titherly, County Training Manager, East Sussex Tracey S Titherly, Cub Scout Leader, Group Contact, 1st Hampden Park, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), District Nights Away Adviser, Eastbourne and District, East Sussex Andrew Tombs, Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Watchfield and Shrivenham, King Alfred, Oxfordshire Rachel M Townsend, Assistant County Commissioner (International), Surrey John M Toy, Group Scout Leader,1st Twyford, Loddon, Royal Berkshire Julia F Tuck, County Member, Secretary – Norwich Area Scout Trust, Norfolk

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Norwich (Sprowston), Eastern Norwich, Norfolk William P Whitehouse, District Commissioner, Potteries North, Staffordshire Carol A Wickington, District Executive Member, District Treasurer, Squirrels Heath, Greater London North East David E Wilkins, Group Scout Leader, 14th Huddersfield (United Church Marsden), Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire Paul Wilkinson, Scout Leader, 1st Chelmsford, Chelmsford and District, Essex, Assistant Director of Programme and Development, Headquarters Terry W Willcox, Assistant Scout Leader, 11th Durham (Newton Hall), Durham City, Assistant County Commissioner (Scout Fellowship), Durham Christopher I Willett, Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd Dereham (Toftwood), Central Norfolk, Norfolk Richard S Willgoss, District Vice President, District Scout Fellowship Member, East Wickham and Welling, Greater London South East Christopher Williams, District Commissioner, Sutton, Greater London South West David Williams, District Scout Fellowship Chairman, District Scout Fellowship Member, Uxbridge and District, County Child Protection Co-ordinator, Greater London Middlesex West Janet H Williamson, Assistant County Secretary, Cheshire Margaret Williamson, District Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Blackpool and District, West Lancashire Jeanette T Wilson, District Cub Scout Leader, Appointments Sub-Committee Member, District Executive Member, Nene Valley, Northamptonshire Malcolm A Wilson, Cub Scout Leader, 32nd West Hull (Church of The Ascension), West Hull, Humberside Martin Wilson, Group Scout Leader, 1st Emmbrook, Wokingham, Royal Berkshire Patricia M Winn, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Laceby, Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Humberside Peter J Wood, Group Executive Member, 1st Southport (Ainsdale), Southport, Merseyside David R Woodward, Group Scout Leader, 1st Bedworth, District Nights Away Adviser, Nuneaton, Warwickshire Mazel A Woodward, formerly District Commissioner, Uttoxeter, Training Adviser, County Executive Member, Staffordshire Margaret D Wriderholt, District Scout Fellowship Member, Chingford, Greater London North East Barry J Wright, Assistant District Commissioner (Activities), Explorer Scout Leader, District Scout Fellowship Member, Erith and Crayford, Greater London South East George H Young, District Treasurer, Borders, Regional Treasurer, South East-Scotland Raymond W Young, District Scout Fellowship Member, Lincoln, Lincolnshire Ruth M Young, Group Scout Leader, 1st Charminster, Assistant District Commissioner (Special Needs), District Scout Fellowship Member, Dorchester, Dorset

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St George’s Day Awards

Good Service Awards Applications for Good Service can be submitted at any time of the year and if approved, the Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service, Award for Merit and its Bar are awarded usually within six weeks of application being received.

Applications for the Silver Wolf, Silver Acorn and its Bar are usually considered for inclusion in the St George’s Day Awards list, although they can be requested ‘out of season’ given exceptional circumstances.

Nominations that are made by Headquarters for members of staff or some County/Area Appointments for their service to Scouting occur once a year within the St George’s Day Awards.

Bar to the Award for Merit

‘In recognition of further outstanding service’ (Headquarters and County/Area appointments only) This particular award is given after the Award for Merit has been gained and a further five years’ outstanding service completed.

Simon P Aulton, Regional Development Manager - South East, Headquarters Debbie A Evans, Regional Development Officer - South West, Headquarters Anthony Lyon, District Scout Fellowship Member, Haltemprice, Humberside, Regional Development Manager - North East, Headquarters Bruce Murdoch, Development Grants Board Manager, Headquarters

Award for Merit

‘In recognition of outstanding service’ (Headquarters and County/Area appointments only) The Award for Merit is given for ‘outstanding service’ of not less than 12 years, but exceptionally after ten years.

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

Neil D Addington, Centre Manager, Youlbury Scout Activity Centre, Headquarters Catherine L Cooper, Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 38th Rossendale, Rossendale Valley, formerly County Commissioner, East Lancashire

David S Leitch, County Commissioner, County Fermanagh Margaret Marsden, Appointments and Membership Adviser, Headquarters Barnaby S Poulton, Programme and Development Adviser, Headquarters Michael J Prudom, District Commissioner (Acting), East Hull, District Commissioner (Acting) Bridlington, District Commissioner (Acting) Directly Administered Humberside, County Commissioner, Humberside David Ross, Business Development Manager, Scout Shops Ltd, Headquarters Reverend Richard C Winslade, County Scouter, Bedfordshire, Chair of the Faiths and Beliefs Support Team, Headquarters Daniel R Wood, Committee of the Council Trustee, Chair of the Operations SubCommittee, Headquarters

Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service

‘In recognition of good service’ (Headquarters and County/Area appointments only) This award is given in respect of not less than five years’ good service, which stands out. It is the Chief Scout’s recognition of the very real contribution made to the Association by the individual concerned.

Lynn D Brushwood, Fundraising Manager - Legacies and International, Headquarters Jack Gilbert, Fundraising Consultant, Headquarters Rosemarie Iwachow, Company Administration Officer, Scout Shops Ltd, Headquarters Paula Robinson, Information Centre Adviser, Headquarters Sharon Smithen, Office Services Administrator, Headquarters George T Stemman, Painter, Driver, Handyman, Headquarters Andrew J Thorp, formerly Deputy District Commissioner, Southgate, Training Adviser, Greater London North, Media Relations Officer, Headquarters

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