14th Walthamstow Scout Group

Our Group’s origin lies in the foundation of the Scout Troop on 18 July 1916 – its first leader was William Clee, who had previously been a Scout leader in Canada. The Troop was formally registered with Scout Headquarters on 14 March 1917 and wore a blue uniform. (Although khaki was more commonly used by Scouts of the time, blue was chosen in deference to some anti World War sentiment of the time). In September 1920, we added a Cub Pack to accommodate 8 – 11 year old members.

During the 1930s, we had sufficient leaders and youngsters to add a second Troop. The two were known as ’14th A’ and ’14thB’ (this following protests, when the new one was registered as ’21st Walthamstow’ in error!) Similarly, for much of the 1950s we had two Cub Packs, known as the ‘Warwick Pack’ and the ‘Douglas Pack’ – the latter named after one of our former Cub Leaders (Mary Douglas).

When Scout Headquarters introduced Beavers (ages 6 to 8) on an experimental basis, our Group added its Colony, in