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Person Code
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NA14399
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1st Wick Scout Group
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Dates
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1909-
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The Boy Scout movement was founded in Britain in 1908 by Lieutenant-General Robert (later Lord) Baden-Powell (1857-1941), famous for his defence of Mafeking (1899-1900) during the Boer War. The organisation was initially for boys aged 11 to 14 or 15, and aimed to develop good citizenship, and skill in various outdoor activities. The Scouts were organised into small groups (patrols) of six or seven under a boy patrol leader. Training included tracking, reconnaissance, mapping, signalling, knotting, first aid, and other skills relevant to camping and outdoor activities. Training was rewarded by the granting of badges, and a daily good deed encouraged. Scouts had to obey the Scout Law, a simple code of chivalrous behaviour. The aims of the Scout movement are to help young people develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to be responsible, self-reliant citizens. Membership is now open to boys and girls between the ages of 10 ½ and 15 ½ .1st Wick Scouts was formed around 1909 and was initially very popular but membership declined during the First World War. Under the leadership of Scoutmaster W. H. Christie the troop was reorganised in 1923 and quickly attracted new members. Funds were raised to form a pipe band and to purchase a former factory at Harrowhill, Wick, which was used as a hall. In 2002 the group was still in existence and met at Kirkhall, Wick.
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1st Wick Scout Troop
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