Group History 1920 - 1929
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| 1920 | August - The First World Scout Jamboree takes place at Olympia(1) - it is attended by three Scouts from 59th Sheffield (R Clarke, E Osborne, F Tateson) Mr G S Fox is appointed Cubmaster |
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| 1921 | First Rover Crew at St Augustine's First record of a Troop Camp at Derwent [770]† |
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| 1923 | National Scout Swimming Festival, Antwerp. Six members of Troop are in the Sheffield Contingent. Winners of Boy Scouts International Shield. [See Fireking][15700][15701][15702] Money raising events are organised for new Group HQ fund |
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| 1924 | Second World Jamboree, Copenhagen, Denmark - (E Johnson) | ||||
| 1925 | The (Group's) first Thanks Badge Group is presented to Mrs C Ash | ||||
| 1926 | The first Troop Camp at Sawdon takes place The first major Scout Awards in the Troop are won |
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| 1927 | Patrol Leaders D D Ash, E Johnson and J Ash assist with the formation of 36th Sheffield (St John's, Ranmoor) Scout Troop | ||||
| 1928 | Introduction of Group System The first Group Scoutmaster is appointed - Mr T G Harding ("Pop o'the LIX") [18910] |
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| 1929 | Coming of Age World Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead - (D D Ash, J Ash, G Mason) | ||||
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(1) Events in italics refer to national Events. More information on national Scouting events can be found here
† Numbers in brackets [xxxx] are links to more information in the Group's archives
