St George’s Day Award Recipients 2014

ROLL OF HONOUR

St George’s Day Award Recipients 2014

W e certainly have a spring in our step. National headlines proclaim our success, and the dedication and commitment of our volunteers and staff are recognised through the national honours and our good service awards. Across the country, society recognises

the value of Scouting’s non-formal education through fun and adventure, and this is down to our growing number of volunteers.

These awards give us a great sense of pride as we recognise those who have gone that extra mile with their exceptional service or acts of immense bravery in overcoming adversity. We take this opportunity each year to say a very big and heartfelt congratulations and ‘thank you’.

Congratulations

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We endeavour to ensure that all recipients are listed. If you don’t see your name listed, contact the Awards Department at Gilwell Park on 020 8433 7193 or email lynda.gray@scouts.org.uk.

Applying for AwArdsDo 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:

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.

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

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

Applications for Silver Acorn, Bar to the Silver Acorn and Silver Wolf can be submitted now for consideration in next year’s St George’s Day list, but they must be with Headquarters by 1 September. For all other applications, there is no deadline.

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

Gallantry AwardsAwards 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.

The Cornwell Scout BadgeThe Cornwell Scout Badge is awarded in respect of pre-eminently high character and devotion to duty, together with great courage and endurance to Scouts under the age of 25.Noah Duncan Cub Scout, 13th Fife (Rosyth Methodist Church), Rosyth, East ScotlandVictoria Edwards Explorer Scout, Havant, HampshireBenjamin Hart Explorer Scout, Stourbridge, West MerciaJoseph Theo Pearson Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Calne, District Scout Active Support Member, Mid Wiltshire, Wiltshire

The Bronze CrossThe Bronze Cross is the highest award of the Association for gallantry and is granted for special heroism or action in the face of extraordinary risk. Aneurin John Wyn Heath MBE Scout Leader, Gwendraeth Valley Air Scout Group, Carmarthenshire

The Gilt CrossThe Gilt Cross is awarded for gallantry in circumstances of moderate risk.Freya Abigail Chappell Scout Network Member, Central YorkshireJonathan Alexander Chappell Scout Network Member, Central YorkshireStephen John Elliott Group Scout Active Support Member, 1st Emsworth, Havant, HampshireOwen Geraint Llewellyn Taylor Assessor for Hillwalking, County Adviser for Mountain Activities, Assessor for Climbing (Single Pitch), Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Hampshire

Meritorious Conduct AwardsAwards 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.

Medal for Meritorious ConductThe Medal of Meritorious Conduct is awarded for meritorious conduct of an exceptionally high standard.Joshua Behan Cub Scout, 1st Whittlesford & Duxford, Cambridge, CambridgeshireAlex Brawn Scout, 4th Denton (St Anne’s), Tameside South, Gt. Manchester EastElliot Elfwood Cub Scout, 70th Coventry, Charterhouse, City of CoventryAdele Joyce Govett Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Headcorn, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Appointments Secretary, Training Adviser, Weald, KentKirsty Joanne Harrison Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 11th Midlothian (Penicuik), Midlothian, South East ScotlandClaire Henderson District Scout Network Leader, County TyroneAnita Mary Lowther Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Romanby Scout Group, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Northallerton, North YorkshireVictoria Saw (deceased) Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 8/14th Epsom St Barnabas & St Josephs, Epsom and Ewell, SurreyStirling Stafford Scout, 2nd Benson RAF, Wallingford, OxfordshireTrevor Daniel Thompson (deceased) Assistant Scout Leader, 236th Birmingham (St Johns Perry Barr), Tame Valley Birmingham, BirminghamLesley June Wickens Assistant District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Basingstoke East, Hampshire

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The Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious ConductA Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious Conduct is awarded for meritorious conduct of a high standard.Daniel Blackshaw Cub Scout, 1st Docking, North West Norfolk, NorfolkPeter Bradshaw Cub Scout, 71st Ayrshire (Skelmorlie), North Ayrshire and Arran, South West – ScotlandAnthony Hugh Brown Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Woodcutts, East Dorset, DorsetKathleen Theresa Chater Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 27th Derby (Chaddesden), Derby East, DerbyshirePamela Mary Clarke Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 3rd Cheam, Sutton, Gt. London South WestMax Cole Beaver Scout, 231st Sheffield (Shiregreen), Sheffield Don, South YorkshireIan Arthur Colquhoun (deceased) Scout Sectional Assistant, 1st Ashington, Wansbeck, County Assessor, NorthumberlandMichael Corbet Cub Scout, 3rd Radcliffe, Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester NorthDerrick John East District Explorer Scout Administrator, District Scout Active Support Member, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Croydon, Gt. London South WestRobert Michael Peter Easton Scout Leader, 1st Woodcutts, East Dorset, DorsetWendy Susan Gaskin Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 27th Derby (Chaddesden), Derby East, DerbyshireDr Alastair Clydesdale Graves (deceased) Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 67th Doncaster (Sprotbrough), Doncaster Danum, South YorkshireSonia Jane Grebot (deceased) Group Scout Leader, 2nd Whitton, Richmond upon Thames, Gt. London South WestKira Jarvis Scout, 1st Hatfield Peverel, Maldon and East Essex, EssexScott Jones Explorer Scout, Cheltenham, GloucestershireBenjamin Kendall Assistant Scout Leader, St Johns (Newland), City of Hull, HumbersideDavid George Knight Assistant Scout Leader, 22nd Dorking (Brockham), Dorking, SurreyBrian Lamont Scout Leader, 8th Purley & District St Mary’s Sanderstead, Croydon, Gt. London South WestYvonne Lamont Group Scout Leader, 8th Purley & District St Mary’s Sanderstead, Croydon, Gt. London South WestAshley Lawrence Scout Leader, 1st North Wingfield, Chesterfield, Scout Active Support Member, Derbyshire

Max Lenoir Scout, 1st Hatfield Peverel, Maldon and East Essex, EssexAlan Maloney Group Scout Leader, 22nd Wimbledon (Holy Cross), Training Adviser, Wimbledon & Wandle, Gt. London South WestOwen Tom Mann Explorer Scout Young Leader, 1st Iver Heath, Woodlands, BuckinghamshireChristopher Manning Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Ampthill and Woburn, BedfordshireAston Minta Beaver Scout, 3rd Radcliffe, Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester NorthLaura Jane Monahan Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Southport (Ainsdale), Southport, MerseysideDeclan Jack O’Dwyer Cub Scout, 1st Marlborough, South Hams, DevonAdam Pengelly Scout, 1st Pinhoe, Exeter, DevonWilliam Rowland Cub Scout, 14th Radcliffe – Ainsworth Parish Church, Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester NorthYvonne Christina Sansom (deceased) Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Deptford (St Nicholas’ & St Lukes), Lewisham, Gt. London SouthClaire Scarff Group Scout Leader (Acting), Beaver Scout Leader, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Feltwell, South West Norfolk, NorfolkDavid Scott Cub Scout Leader, 93rd Newcastle, District Scout Active Support Member, City of Newcastle, NorthumberlandKaren Diane Sloan District Scout Active Support Member, Gang Show Producer, Glendon, NorthamptonshireHarry Smith Explorer Scout, Ampthill and Woburn, BedfordshireAlfie-Lee Stevens Cub Scout, 3rd Leigh Park, Havant, HampshireMatthew Taylor Scout, 1st Boroughbridge, Ripon and District, North YorkshireMatthew John Thorne Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Watchfield & Shrivenham, King Alfred, OxfordshireAnne Thornton Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, Dewsbury West, Appointments Secretary, Heavy Woollen, West YorkshireNigel Graeme Turton Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Woodcutts, East Dorset, DorsetSarah Wilshaw BSc Hons (deceased) Scout Leader, 10th North Leeds, North Leeds, Central YorksAlexander John Wise Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Acomb York (St Stephen’s), York Ebor, North YorkshireMarie Wroe Group Scout Leader, 38th Rotherham, Rotherham, South YorkshireDavid Wyeth Scout, 5th Woodley, Loddon, Royal BerkshireAndrew John Young Cub Scout Leader, 1st Woodcutts, East Dorset, Dorset

Silver WolfIn recognition of services to Scouting of the most exceptional nature.The Silver Wolf 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.

Sidney Douglas Adams Camp Warden, District Scout Active Support Member, Stowmarket, SuffolkPhilip Alexander Group Chairman, 2nd Epsom (Christ Church), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Training Adviser Admin, District Supporter, Epsom and Ewell, SurreyReverend David Allen Group Vice President, 19th Bolton West (Bolton School), District Adviser Faiths and Beliefs, Bolton West, Gt. Manchester NorthEnid Judy Annear Cub Scout Leader, 1st Threemilestone (Truro), District Executive Member, Truro, CornwallStuart Eric Ballard Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Keynsham, Training Adviser, Wansdyke, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Deputy County Commissioner, AvonAudrey Bentley Group Secretary, 11th Spen Valley Hunsworth, District Secretary, Spen Valley, West YorkshireDavid Bentley Scout Leader, 11th Spen Valley Hunsworth, District Nights Away Adviser, Spen Valley, West YorkshireJohn Bilsborough District Executive Member, Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester WestGeorge Stewart Blyth Regional Camp Warden Scotland, East – Scotland Richard Alan Bourton Group Scout Leader, 1st Dorking (St Martin’s), District Cub Scout Leader, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Dorking, SurreySir William Arthur Bromley-Davenport KCVO County President, CheshireDerek William Bullimore District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Wansbeck, District Scout Active Support Member, City of Newcastle, Northumberland

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Gladys Hunter Bullimore District Nights Away Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Secretary, Appointments Secretary, Wansbeck, District Scout Active Support Member, City of Newcastle, NorthumberlandKathleen Campbell Group Sectional Assistant, 126th Lanarkshire All Saints 5th Airdrie, Calder, Clyde – ScotlandStephen Roland John Chandler Deputy District Commissioner, North East Wiltshire, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, WiltshireRoger James Cole District Scout Active Support Member, UK Arab Scout Region Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Group Adviser, 1st Broomfield, District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Camp Warden, Chelmsford and District, Essex Anne Collier Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, District Executive Member, Oldham, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Training Adviser, Gt. Manchester NorthJean Frances Cooke District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Surrey Heath, SurreyMargaret Ann Cooper District Scout Active Support Member, Adult Training Support Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Beaver Scout Leader 1st Awsworth (St Peter’s) Beauvale, County Training Manager, Local Training Administrator, Assistant County Commissioner, Trainer, Training Adviser, NottinghamshirePamela Anne Copeland District Secretary, Lilford, Local Training Manager, Gt. Manchester WestPeter Rodney Cousins Group Scout Leader, 7th Newark, Newark and District, Training Adviser, NottinghamshireDr Christopher Richard Croker BDS County Chairman, South YorkshireDr Edward Mountford Deeley Group Skills Instructor, 1st Osterley, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestMargarette Daphne Donaldson District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Richmond upon Thames, County Vice President, Gt. London South WestKenneth Charles Dulson District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, District Executive Member, Maidstone East, KentClive John Farley District Nights Away Adviser, Poole, Trainer, Local Training Manager, DorsetAlan Fish District Adviser, North Tameside, Gt. Manchester EastChristine Lesley Fitton District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Blackpool and District, West LancashireAnthony David Gait Assistant Group Scout Leader, 15th Finchley (Christ Church), Camp Warden, Barnet Borough, Gt. London NorthBrian William Greenwood Group Sectional Assistant, Group Scout Leader (Acting), 3rd Long Eaton (St John’s), Long Eaton and District, DerbyshireJacqueline Elaine Wendy Gregory Local Training Manager, County Training Administrator, Trainer, DorsetDr Graham Haddock Headquarters Sub Committee Member, National Headquarters, Training Administrator – Scotland, Greenock and District, West – Scotland, Scout Active Support Member, Chief Commissioner, ScotlandDr Richard Harrington District Scout Active Support Member, Harpenden and Wheathampstead, County Commissioner, Hertfordshire

Terence Robert Harris District Supporter, City of Nottingham, NottinghamshireAlan William Harryman District Explorer Scout Administrator, Eden, Local Training Manager, Trainer, CumbriaPeter Hart District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester WestDavid Hatliff District Scout Active Support Member, District Chairman, York Minster, North YorkshireWilliam Peter Hodgson County Skills Instructor, AvonAdam Nicholas Jollans District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, UK Kandersteg Network-Scout Active Support Unit, District Commissioner (Acting) Meon Valley, County Commissioner, HampshireTerence John Jones Group Scout Active Support Member, 1st Luton Sea Scout Group, Icknield(Luton), BedfordshireJames Kelly District Scout Active Support Member, Craigalmond, District Scout Active Support Member – Scotland, South East – ScotlandGeorge Bertram Kerr Group Chairman, 1st/4th Adlestone (St Paul’s), District Scout Active Support Member, District Secretary, Appointments Secretary, Runneymede, SurreyAlan Robert Lane Group Scout Leader, 7th Malden (St. James’), District Vice President, Royal Kingston, Gt. London South WestGeorge Anthony Leadbeater District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Knutsford and District, CheshireJohn Ralph Capper Lewis District Vice President, Bolton South with Farnworth, Gt. Manchester NorthVivienne Caroline Sterling Lewis Cub Scout Leader, 44th Swansea (Sketty Church) Swansea and Gower, Deputy Assistant County Commissioner Cub Scouts, Glamorgan WestJohn Boothroyd Lockwood District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Huddersfield South West, West YorkshireDerek Roland Marleigh Ludlow Group Scout Leader, 18th Dorking (North Holmwood), District Scout Active Support Member, District Scout Active Support Manager, Dorking, Surrey Therese MacNeil Beaver Scout Leader, 1st West Lothian, West Lothian, Trainer, Forth – ScotlandIan Andrew McLuckie Group President, 13th/21st Harrow, District Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Harrow & Wealdstone, Gt. London Middlesex WestJohn Errol McMahon County Training Manager, BirminghamChristopher Norman Moss (deceased) Assistant Group Scout Leader, Chorley Healey, Chorley, West LancashireMarian Padbury Group Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, 1st Stanningley (St. Thomas), District Executive Member, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, West Leeds, Central YorkshireGlynn Stacey Payne (deceased) District Scout Active Support Member, District Executive Member, City of Newcastle, NorthumberlandKevin Jacques Payne Scout Leader, 1st Charmouth, Dorchester and West Dorset, DorsetSusan Harris Pearson Group Administrator, 1st Glendon Sea Scouts, Wellingborough, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Assistant District Commissioner Adult Support, District Executive Member, Training Adviser, Grafton,

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County Administrator, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, NorthamptonshireGeoffrey Philip Pinney Group President, Central Taunton, District Scout Active Support Member, Taunton Deane, SomersetChristopher Trevor Pope District Scout Active Support Member, North East Wiltshire, County Treasurer, Training Adviser, WiltshireJohn Blair Potter Scout Sectional Assistant, 5th Beckenham South (St. Edmund’s), District Nights Away Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Bromley, Gt. London South EastKenneth Powell Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, District Adviser for Water Activities, Farnham, County Boat Inspector, SurreyMarina Powers Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Ballyclare (High School), South East Antrim, County AntrimJohn Michael Riddle Appointments Secretary, Oldham, Gt. Manchester NorthHenry James George Ringe Group President, 1st Crowborough, District Scout Active Support Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Training Adviser, District Secretary, Ashdown, District Administrator, East SussexDavid Laurence Shipton District Scout Active Support Member, Sutton Coldfield East, Birmingham Geoffrey Kenneth Shuttleworth Group Scout Leader, 236th Birmingham (St. Johns Perry Barr), Training Adviser, Tame Valley Birmingham, Assistant County Commissioner International, BirminghamRichard Stephen Smith Group Scout Leader, 1st Carlton in Lindrick St John’s, Bassetlaw, Training Adviser, NottinghamshireFrederick George South Scout Sectional Assistant, 29th Brighton (Preston) St John the Evangelist, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Brighton & Hove, East SussexDouglas Roger Sullivan Group President, Group Supporter, 3rd West Wickham St John the Baptist, Bromley, Gt. London South EastDean Crawley Quentin Sutton JP FRICS County Vice President, Gt. London South WestAlan Edmund Thomason Group Scout Leader, 1st Moore, Mersey Weaver, CheshireJanet Lillian June Thurnell District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, District Member, Thurrock, EssexReverend Geoffrey Elmer Walton County Vice President, DorsetNicola Jytte Wells Cub Scout Leader, 1st Sandridge, Training Adviser, District Supporter St Albans, HertfordshirePhilip Wells District Supporter, St Albans, HertfordshireDavid Clive Whittington District Advisory Committee Member, Eastleigh And District, County Vice President, HampshirePercy Arthur Williams Group President, 3rd Orpington The Pathfinders, Bromley, Gt. London South EastChristine Wright Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 20th Batley (St Thomas), Heavy Woollen, West Yorkshire

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Bar to the Silver AcornIn recognition of further specially distinguished service.The Bar to the Silver Acorn can only be awarded after a Silver Acorn has been gained.Brian Frederick John Abbott Group Scout Leader, Hillside, District Scout Active Support Member, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Thurrock, EssexNorman Alexander Allan District Secretary, Training Adviser, Borders, South East – ScotlandChristopher Henry Alleeson Assistant District Commissioner Development, District Scout Active Support Member, District Administrator, Hayes & Harlington, Local Training Administrator, County Scouter, Training Adviser, County Adviser Special Needs, Gt. London Middlesex WestEdward George Appleton Group Chairman, Dane Valley, Macclesfield and Congleton, County Treasurer, CheshireDavid Keith Ashton Group Scout Leader, 7th Batley St. Andrew’s Purlwell, District Executive Member, Heavy Woollen, West YorkshireBenjamin Bertus Balaam District Explorer Scout Administrator, Bishops Stortford and District, County Training Manager, HertfordshireKeith Raymond Barber BSC (Hons) Psych District Commissioner, District Secretary (Acting) Bury St Edmunds, Trainer, SuffolkNeil Philip Barnes District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Billericay & Wickford, Supporter of the Nights Away Permit Scheme, County Administrator, Trainer, Assessor for Kayaking River, Assessor for Canoeing River, Scout Active Support Member, County Nights Away Adviser, EssexAndrew Graham Bassett Group Treasurer, 1st Tyne Sea Scouts, District Treasurer, City of Newcastle, County Executive Member, NorthumberlandBrian Louis Beardsley District Scout Active Support Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Group Scout Leader, 1st Knottingley (St. Botolphs), District Scout Active Support Member, Pontefract & Castleford, Central YorkshireRobert Ian Beck Group Scout Leader (Acting), 2nd Huddersfield (Colne Valley), District Commissioner, Huddersfield South West, West Yorkshire

Michael Richard Bell County Executive Member, AvonKeith Laurence Bennett District Commissioner, District Secretary (Acting), Mid Wiltshire, District Administrator, Wiltshire West, WiltshireRobert Gavin Bernard Appointments Secretary, Caithness, Regional Vice President Scotland, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandYvette Ann Billings Cub Scout Leader, 5th Canvey Island Air Scout Group, Training Adviser, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Castle Point, EssexRonald David Binfield District Camp Warden, District Scout Active Support Member, Farnham, SurreyLesley Kathleen Bixby District Badge Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Wimbledon and Wandle, County Secretary, Gt. London South WestPhilip Tobias Blosse Group Chairman, 3rd Hayling (Brotherhood Own), Havant, HampshireCarol Ann Bostock Scout Active Support Member, Trainer, Training Adviser, Assistant County Commissioner, NottinghamshireEric Francis Bradley Group Chairman, 16th Croydon (Croydon Minster & St Michaels) Scout Group, Croydon, Local Training Manager, Training Adviser, Gt. London South WestMichael Brian Brazier Group Scout Leader, 1st Hayes, Hayes And Harlington, Training Adviser, Gt. London Middlesex WestJudith Margaret Brooke District Supporter, Rochdale, Gt. Manchester NorthNorman Brown Group Scout Leader, 3rd Hindley, District Executive Member, Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester WestAudrey Margaret Buchan District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestAndrew Richard Bunting MBE District Scout Active Support Member, District Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Hatfield Forest, EssexGillian MacDonald Caldwell National Headquarters Volunteer Admin, Specialist Adviser (Adult Training), National Headquarters, Group Scout Leader, 35th Glasgow (Crookfur) Eastwood, Clyde-Scotland, Trainer, Scottish Headquarters Commissioner Adult Training, ScotlandJuliet Mary Carre Group Scout Leader, 2nd Guernsey (Capelles Methodist), Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of GuernseyDavid John Carter Group Scout Leader, 1st Whitstable, Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, KentAnn Chapman Cub Scout Leader, 10th Radcliffe (New Church), Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester NorthJohn Cooper (deceased) District Vice President, Wokingham, Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, Assessor for Canoeing River, County Boat Inspector, Royal BerkshireDavid Copeland District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, Lilford, County Executive Member, Gt. Manchester WestBradley Cox MBE Scout Leader, 4th Canvey Island Sea Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, Castle Point, Assessor for Power Boating, Scout Active Support Member, Essex Kathleen Maria Coy Beaver Scout Leader, 5th Lichfield (Holycross), Lichfield, StaffordshireGeoffrey Crabb Scout Leader, 2nd Templecombe, District Scout Active Support Member, Camelot, SomersetJacqueline Lesley Craven District Scout Active Support Member, Bradford North, West YorkshireKevin Peter Cummings Group Scout Leader, 3rd Canvey Island English Martyrs, Deputy District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Castle Point, Essex

Dr John Danks Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Petteril Vale, District Executive Member, Eden, CumbriaHeather Davidson District Scout Active Support Member, Sheffield Sheaf, Training Adviser (Admin), County Adviser, County Adviser for Creative Activities, South YorkshirePaul Richard Dickson District Scout Active Support Member, UK Kandersteg Network – Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Deputy County Commissioner (Programme), County Executive Member, Gt. London Middlesex WestAdrian John Ducker Group Scout Leader, 1st Hinchley Wood, Training Adviser, Esher, SurreyRuth Dundas Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st York (Poppleton), York Ebor, North Yorkshire John Dunford Stock Control Manager, Scout Shops Ltd, HeadquartersMary Durrant District Scout Active Support Member, Stowmarket, Training Adviser, SuffolkMargaret Ellison District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Deep Sea Scouts, National Headquarters, Training Adviser, Safeguarding Awareness Co-ordinator, Local Training Manager, Royal Berkshire, District Administrator, Pang Valley, District Scout Active Support Member, Reading Central, Royal BerkshireElaine Ann Farr BSc Group Scout Leader 46th Northampton (Overstone), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Northampton, NorthamptonshireBernard Winston Farrell District Scout Active Support Member, Croydon, Training Adviser, County Executive Member, Gt. London South WestRussell Christopher Feast District Member, Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, KentDonald Harvey Fern Group President, 4th Eastleigh and District, Eastleigh and District, HampshireGerald Francis Fletcher Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Marple Scouts, Goyt, Gt. Manchester EastDavid Robert Folkerd Group Scout Leader, 25th Ealing, Ealing & Hanwell, Gt. London Middlesex WestPeter Hutchinson Forbes District Scout Leader, South Berkshire, Royal BerkshireGraham Fox District Supporter, Swindon Ridgeway, WiltshireElizabeth Jane Fraser Trainer, County Commissioner, HumbersideLynda Elizabeth Fraser Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Barry (Methodist), Barry, Area Nights Away Adviser, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganRobin Gent District Vice President, District Treasurer, Long Eaton and District, DerbyshireMichael John Gerrard District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Leader, Mid Cheshire, CheshireJohn Kenneth Gilbert Group Scout Leader, 115th Fife, Training Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Kirkcaldy, East – ScotlandElizabeth Rosemary Glindon Explorer Scout Leader, Barnet Borough, Gt. London NorthLeslie Charles Glindon Explorer Scout Leader, Barnet Borough, Gt. London NorthSusan Patricia Godding District Scout Active Support Member, District Badge Secretary, District Executive Member, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireKevin Frederick Green Group Scout Leader, 1st Shevington (Wigan), Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester WestPhilip Leslie Green District Commissioner, City of Westminster, Gt. London Middlesex West

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Anthony Charles Grogan District Adviser, Croydon, Gt. London South WestDavid George Hall Deputy County Commissioner, County Executive Member, GloucestershireJohn Hall Explorer Scout Leader, Haringey, Scout Active Support Member, Scout Active Support Manager, Trainer, Gt. London NorthAlan Jeffrey Hands Group President, 4th Poplar (Ss.Mary and Joseph), District Scout Active Support Member, District Vice President, East London, Trainer, Deputy County Commissioner, Gt. London North EastPaul James Harris District Scout Active Support Member, UK Kandersteg Network – Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, Castle Point, Essex Richard James Hart District Commissioner, Dockland Scout Project, County Administrator, Assessor for Motor Cruising, Assessor for Yachting, Assessor for Pulling, Assessor for Keelboating, Local Training Administrator, Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, Gt. London NorthMandy Jane Hawke Cub Scout Leader 3rd Hayling (Brotherhood Own), District Cub Scout Leader, Havant, HampshireRichard David Haynes Cub Scout Leader, Scout Leader, 1st Leverstock Green, District Executive Member, Training Adviser, Hemel Hempstead, Assistant County Commissioner Cub Scouts, HertfordshireAlan Hayton Assistant Camp Warden, Gt. Manchester WestAntony James Hayward District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner Activities, Wokingham, County Boat Inspector, Assessor for Rafting (Traditional), Royal BerkshireMarilyn Joyce Hendricksen Cub Scout Leader, 29th Cardiff, Cardiff East & South, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganBernard John Hill Assistant Group Scout Leader, 84th Birmingham (Trinity Methodist), Tame Valley Birmingham, BirminghamCoral May Howard District Administrator, Cole Valley South, BirminghamDavid John Hutton BSc Group Executive Member, Occasional Helper, 1st Little Stoke, District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Brunel, AvonRichard Smith Ivens District Scout Active Support Member, Gordano, County Administrator, County Associate Member, AvonMichael Jarman District Scout Active Support Member, Deep Sea Scouts, National Headquarters, District Scout Active Support Member, Icknield (Luton), BedfordshireAnthony Richard Jennions Explorer Scout Leader, Liverpool South, MerseysideJohn Johnson District Secretary, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Manager, Chorley, West LancashireSuzanne Avril Johnson District Scout Leader South Berkshire, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireDavid Alan Jones Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Rossett, Wrexham and District, Area Treasurer, ClwydJohn Robinson Jones CEng MIMech E District Secretary, Romney Marsh, Kent John Trevor Jones Assistant District Commissioner Activities, Bristol South, Assessor for Rowing and Sculling, County Adviser for Water Activities, Avon

John MacAllister Kerr Group Scout Leader, 19th Ayrshire (Killwinning), North Ayrshire and Arran, South West – ScotlandSarah Louise Kershaw Beaver Scout Leader, 13th Twickenham (St Mary), Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Richmond upon Thames, Gt. London South West Roger William Edwin Kettle Scout Active Support Member, Gt. Manchester WestAnthony Peter Kilburn District Commissioner, Swindon North, WiltshireProfessor John Richard Kirwan County Trainer, County Chairman, AvonRosmarie Kirwan County Training Manager, Trainer, Training Adviser, AvonEileen Lambourne Group Scout Leader, 1st Wootton Bassett, Swindon Ridgeway, WiltshirePhilip Alan Lamprell Group Treasurer, 3rd Orpington The Pathfinders, Bromley, Gt. London South EastDr Bruce Cochran Lane Group Scout Leader, 1st Norley, Mersey Weaver, Training Adviser, CheshireJohn William Larkin Group Scout Leader, 2nd Hemel Hempstead (Grove Hill), Training Adviser, Hemel Hempstead, HertfordshireDavid Leonard District Scout Active Support Member, District Vice President, District Supporter, Harrogate and Nidderdale, Training Adviser, Trainer, North YorkshireWilliam Frank James Lewis Group Scout Leader, 3rd Perivale, Greenford & District, Gt. London Middlesex WestSusan Lucy Lister District Commissioner, Wrexham and District, Training Adviser, ClwydIsabel Mackie Group Scout Leader, 25th Fife (Markinch), Glenrothes and Levenmouth, East – ScotlandAlan Mangles District Commissioner, Crook and Weardale, Training Adviser, DurhamPeter Thomas Marsh Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Group Scout Leader, 1st Stretford (1st Longford), Stretford, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Gt. Manchester WestRoy Masini District Scout Active Support Member, Deep Sea Scouts, National Headquarters, Scout Active Support Member, Hertfordshire, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, West London, Gt London Middlesex West, District Skills Instructor, Dockland Scout Project, Gt. London North, Assistant Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 4th Streatham (Princess Marie Louises Own Sea Scouts), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Lambeth, County Boat Inspector, Gt. London SouthGillian Irene May Training Adviser, District Administrator, Deputy District Commissioner, Barking and Dagenham, Local Training Administrator, Gt. London North EastRobert Arden Mayne Group Scout Leader, 206th Birmingham (St Laurence), Rea Valley, BirminghamDr Ian McAlpine Group Scout Leader, 3rd Shaw (St Mary’s), Crompton and Royton, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Deputy County Commissioner, Gt. Manchester NorthNeil James McLauchlan District Nights Away Adviser, Deputy District Commissioner, Wimbledon and Wandle, Gt. London South WestDavid Marc Metcalfe Camp Warden, County Scouter, CheshireDiane Jean Mills Cub Scout Leader, 1st/4th Hanworth Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestGeorge Henry Gardiner Mitchell CBE DL District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, Tynemouth, Northumberland

Bernard Moore District Nights Away Adviser, Deputy District Commissioner, Torridge, Training Adviser, Local Training Manager, County Appointments Secretary, County Executive Member, Trainer, DevonMiles Kevin Morris Group Scout Leader, 3rd Teddington (Christchurch), Deputy District Commissioner, Richmond upon Thames, Training Adviser, Gt. London South WestRichard Victor Morrison District Scout Active Support Manager, Lewisham District, Gt. London SouthGeoffrey Edward Morriss Group Treasurer, 1st Newcross (The Greys), Lewisham District, Gt. London SouthPeter Furness Moseley District Secretary, Sheffield Hallam, South YorkshireDavid John Mosley District Scout Active Support Member, District Vice President, Harrogate and Nidderdale, County Skills Instructor, County Adviser for Water Activities, North YorkshireCyril Anthony Mullen Group Scout Active Support Manager, 256th Bristol Christchurch Hengrove, Bristol South, AvonPhillip Arthur Nice Group Scout Active Support Manager, 1st Stanford-le-Hope, Group Secretary, 1st Horndon on the Hill, District Appointments Chairman, Stanford-le-Hope and District, EssexAdrian Frederick Nicholson District Member, Bassetlaw, Training Adviser, Nottinghamshire Alexander Martin Nikitits Scout Leader, 16th St Albans, Training Adviser, St Albans, HertfordshireJohn Ivan Osborne Group Scout Leader, 1st Inkpen and Kintbury, District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Kennet, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireRichard John Paragreen Occassional Helper, 1st Foxton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, County Executive Member, NorthamptonshireAntony George Parker Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Fordingham Bridge, Assistant District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Camp Warden, New Forest West, Training Adviser, Local Training Manager, HampshireDavid Perry Welsh Board of Trustees – Member, Explorer Scout Leader, Conwy, Training Adviser, Snowdonia and AngleseyElaine Janet Gray Pert Group Scout Leader, 48th Fife (Dalgety Bay), Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Roysth, East – ScotlandDavid William Pfeiffer Cub Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, 2nd Cuddington (Rowe), Training Adviser, Epsom and Ewell, SurreyBruce Poole Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, County Vice President, County Secretary, SomersetNorman Edwin Pope District Executve Member, Grafton, County Executive Member, NorthamptonshireRichard Pope Group Scout Leader, 2nd Allerton 29th Liverpool Arthur Noble Memorial Scout Group, District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Liverpool South, MerseysideDr Thomas Porter District Scout Active Support Member, District President, Urmston and District, Gt. Manchester WestPeter John Povey District Chairman, North East Wiltshire, WiltshireDavid Prescott Group Executive Member, 11th Spen Valley Hunsworth, Spen Valley, West Yorkshire

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Russell Graham Priestley Group Administrator, Scout Leader, 7th Purley All Saints Kenley, Croydon, Gt. London South WestBrian George Quinn District Scout Active Support Member, South Ribble, West LancashireJohn Paul Raine Assistant County Commissioner Scouts, Training Adviser, Gt. Manchester NorthDerek Redfern Group Scout Leader, 1st Middleton (St Leonards), Middleton, Training Adviser, Gt. Manchester NorthPatrick George Richardson District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, Daventry and District, NorthamptonshireColin Keith Rivett District Executive Member, Assistant District Commissioner Development, Training Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Hemel Hempstead, HertfordshireDavid Lawrence Rixson Assistant District Commissioner, Croydon, Gt. London South WestBruce Robinson Group Scout Leader, 3rd South Shields Sea Scouts, South Tyneside, Durham Ian Robinson Cub Scout Leader, 1st Dinas Powys, Penarth and District, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganMargaret Ellen Robinson Explorer Scout Leader, South Tyneside, DurhamSamuel Frank Robinson BSc ARCS Group Treasurer, Group Executive Member, 1st Southport (Ainsdale), District Treasurer, Southport, County Treasurer, MerseysideRuth Alison Rogers Assistant District Commissioner, District Appointments Chairman, Stretford, Local Training Manager, Gt. Manchester WestSheila Joy Rogers Group Scout Leader, 1st Robertsbridge, Senlac, East SussexJanet Vivien Rope Group Executive Member, 1st Acle, District Scout Active Support Member, East Norfolk, NorfolkRobert Trevor Salter Beaver Scout Leader, 2nd Herne Bay, Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, KentJohn Charles Sear Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Ealing & Hanwell, Gt. London Middlesex WestBarry Sheehan District Chairman, Radcliffe, County Executive Member, Gt. Manchester NorthAlan Shipway Group Treasurer, Group Sectional Assistant, 16th Fleetwood, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Wyre, West LancashireRichard Douglas Short Group Scout Leader, 1st/3rd Houghton Regis, District Scout Active Support Member, District Executive Committee Member, Dunstable, Training Adviser, County Trainer, BedfordshireReverend David Skuce District Commissioner (Acting), County Tyrone, County Training Manager, County Commissioner, County Tyrone Michael Smith District President, Eastleigh and District, HampshirePaul Robert Southcott District Skills Instructor, Dockland Scout Project, Group Scout Leader, 14th Seven Kings, Training Adviser, Ilford East, Assistant County Commissioner Activities, Trainer, Deputy County Commissioner, Gt. London North EastEdward John Sowells MBE Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, District Nights Away Adviser, Cromwell, Training Adviser, CambridgeshireJohn Martin Spence Assistant Group Scout Leader, 124th Nottingham,Training Adviser, District Administrator, City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Alan Stack Group Scout Leader, 8th Hayes, District Executive Member, Hayes and Harlington, Training Adviser, Gt. London Middlesex WestRoger Lawrence Starr BSc MPhil District Scout Active Support Member, Deep Sea Scouts, National Headquarters, County Skills Instructor, AvonIan Victor Stewart Trainer, Northern Ireland, District Commissioner, District Executive Member, South Belfast, BelfastEunice Veronica Stone Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 12th Windsor, Windsor and Eton, Royal BerkshireBarbara Eileen Stroud Cub Scout Leader, 65th Aberdeen (Milltimber), District Scout Active Support Member, Aberdeen, North East – ScotlandPatricia Swinburn District Scout Active Support Manager, Sheffield Don, South YorkshireMark Ian Tarry Assessor for Climbing (Single Pitch), County Skills Instructor, North Yorkshire, Member of Development Grants Board, National Headquarters, Deputy Chief Commissioner (England), EnglandJosephine Taylor District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Bradford South, Deputy County Training Manager, Trainer, West YorkshireKeith Charles Thompson District Commissioner, District Administrator, Stowmarket, SuffolkMary Thompson Cub Scout Leader, 1st Caithness, (1st Wick), Assistant District Commissioner Adult Training Scotland, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Caithness, Trainer, Highlands and Islands – ScotlandDavid Thornton Group Scout Leader, Dewsbury West (St Saviours), District Scout Active Support Manager, Heavy Woollen, West YorkshireLeslie John Thurston Group Member, 1st Takeley, District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Hatfield Forest, EssexPamela Tovey Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 31st Gloucester (Highnam), Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Gloucester, GloucestershireDavid Brian Treadwell Group Scout Active Support Member, 144th Birmingham (1st Sheldon), District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Leader, Spitfire, BirminghamMalcolm Basil Douglas Turner Group Scout Leader, 1st Ealing North, Ealing & Hanwell, Gt. London Middlesex WestMervyn David Twaits District President, District Scout Active Support Member, East Norfolk, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, County Executive Member, NorfolkHendrik Van Welsenes Group Scout Leader, Crofton Oak, Bromley, County Adviser For Air Activities, Training Adviser, Assistant County Commissioner, Gt. London South EastJennifer Hilary Varley Assistant County Commissioner Activities, Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, Activity Centre Staff, Central YorkshireRobert Warburton Group Treasurer, 3rd Taunton (Bishops’ Lydeard), District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Manager, Taunton Deane, SomersetAnthony Spencer Watson Group Scout Leader, 1st Bagshot, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Surrey Heath, SurreyKay Watt Beaver Scout Leader, 7th Grays, District Beaver Scout Leader, District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Thurrock, EssexPeter John Westley District Scout Active Support Member, Explorer Scout Leader, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex West

Irene Wheatley Group Executive Member, 1st Bispham, District Beaver Scout Leader, District Administrator, District Scout Active Support Manager, Blackpool and District, West LancashirePhilip Wilson Wheatley Group Executive Member, 1st Bipsham, District executive Member, District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Active Support Member, Blackpool and District, West LancashireGwen White BEM Cub Scout Leader, 14th Radcliffe (Ainsworth Parish Church), Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester NorthWilliam White Group Scout Leader, 14th Radcliffe (Ainsworth Parish Church), District President, Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester NorthRosalind Mary Wicks District Beaver Scout Leader, North West Norfolk, NorfolkKenneth James Willard Assistant Scout Leader, S.S. Peter & Paul, District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Godalming, SurreyAndrew Wilson Regional Camp Warden Scotland, Scout Active Support Manager – Scotland, Clyde – ScotlandDavid Reginald Woodward Group Scout Leader, 1st Bedworth, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Nuneaton, WarwickshireDoreen Worden Group Scout Leader, Central Ribbleton, Preston and District, West LancashireDr Andrew Charles Wright Group Scout Leader, 4th Harrow, District Scout Active Support Member, Harrow & Wealdstone, Training Adviser, Gt. London Middlesex WestHarold Ernest Wright Scout Leader, 6th Eckington, Dronfield, Derbyshire

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Silver AcornIn 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. It is seldom awarded for less than 20 years’ service.

Robin James Abbott District Commissioner, New Forest South, Training Adviser, HampshireDavid Andrew Adams District Scout Active Support Member, Duke of Edinburgh Award Training Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Assessor for Skiing, Assessor for Rafting (Traditional), Assessor for Power Boating, Assessor for Kayaking Open Inland, Assessor for Hillwalking, Assessor for Dinghy Sailing, Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, Assessor for Climbing (Single Pitch), County Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Trainer, Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme, Local Training Manager, County Scouter, County Adviser for Mountain Activities, County Skills Instructor, North YorkshireHelen Alison Adams UK Technical Adviser, National Headquarters, Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, Nottinghamshire, Assessor for Skiing, Assessor for Rafting (Traditional), Assessor for Power Boating, Assessor for Kayaking Open Inland, Assessor for Canoeing River, Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, Assessor for Bell Boating, Assessor for Kayaking River, Training Adviser, Trainer, County Scouter, County Skills Instructor, County Adviser for Water Activities, North YorkshirePaul Michael Adams Assistant Group Scout Leader, Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Hinckley (St Peters), District Executive Member, District Adviser For Shooting, Hinckley, LeicestershireMargaret Mary Allan Appointments Secretary, Borders, South East – ScotlandDavid Arthur Allen District Scout Active Support Member, Blackpool And District, West LancashireJohn Fitzgerald Allwright District Scout Active Support Member, District Treasurer, Ormskirk and District, West LancashireColin Michael Clinton Andrews Group Scout Leader 1st Poulner, Explorer Scout Leader New Forest West, Hampshire

David Attenborough District Scout Active Support Member, Camp Warden, New Greenwich, County Executive Member, Gt. London SouthCaroline Beatrice Louise Badcock Cub Scout Leader, 80th Reading (2nd Tilehurst), Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireLaura Jane Baines Group Scout Leader, Barwell, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, District Explorer Scout Leader, Training Adviser (Admin), Trainer Adviser, Hinckley, Trainer, LeicestershireGeorge Murray Bald Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 64th Edinburgh North East (Stockbridge), Edinburgh North East, South East – ScotlandMalcolm Frances Bale Group Scout Leader, 1st Watchet Sea Scouts, West Somerset, SomersetAlison Margaret Bamber Explorer Scout Leader, South Ribble, Scout Active Support Member, West LancashireRoger Edward Norman Banister District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Wharfedale, West YorkshirePamela Margaret Banks Cub Scout Leader, 13th Northampton (St. Marys Far Cotton), Northampton, NorthamptonshireGeorge Anthony Bannister Assistant District Commissioner, Appointments Secretary, Spen Valley, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, West YorkshireJoseph Barea Assistant Chief Commissioner, GibraltarNeil John Barnes Scout Leader, 1st Kirkham and Wesham, Training Adviser, Fylde, West LancashireLewis William Bathard District Supporter, District Scout Active Support Manager, Harrow & Wealdstone, Gt. London Middlesex WestPatricia Batten District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Explorer Scout Leader, Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, New Greenwich, Gt. London SouthJohn William Baxter Group Executive Member, 4th Barnehurst (St Martin’s), District Scout Active Support Member, District Chairman, Bexley, Local Training Manager, Trainer, Gt. London South EastMark Beaumont Scout Leader, Wellington St Matthews (Hull), City of Hull, HumbersideLaurence Edward Bell Cub Scout Leader, 16th Airedale (Yeadon Methodist), District Executive Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Shire Oak (Leeds), Central YorkshirePeter Robert Bench District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, Basingstoke West, HampshirePeter Fothergill Bennett Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 70th Greenock and District, District Commissioner, Greenock and District, West – ScotlandSusan Jane Best Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Wyton (RAF) Air Scout Group, District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Cromwell, Training Adviser, Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, CambridgeshirePeter James Betteridge Assistant Scout Leader 10th Romsey (Woodley & Crampmoor), District Scout Active Support Member, Romsey, HampshirePhillip Leonard Bicknell District Vice President, Greenford & District, Gt. London Middlesex WestAlexander Edward Bienkov Group Scout Leader, 10th Royal Eltham, Explorer Scout Leader, New Greenwich, Gt. London SouthDavid Herbert Birkinshaw District Badge Secretary, District Executive Member, District Nights Away Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Bradford South, West Yorkshire

Nigel Paul Board Assistant Group Scout Leader, Scout Leader, 1st Wargrave, District Nights Away Adviser, Lodden, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireJacqueline Ann Boden District Secretary, Rea Valley, BirminghamLance Booth Group Scout Leader, 1st Woodville (St Stephens), South Derbyshire, DerbyshireBrenda Boothman Group Executive Member, 1st Cookham, District Scout Active Support Member, District Skills Instructor, Maidenhead, Royal BerkshireMartin John Booy District Commissioner (Acting), District Executive Member, Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Vale District, Area Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganJill Wendy Bowman Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader) Blythe, Scout Active Support Member, SolihullJohn Anthony Victor Bowman Assistant Camp Warden, Chelmsford and District, EssexBenjamin John Bradley Assessor for Hillwalking, HampshireChristopher John Bradley Group Chairman, 231st (Shiregreen), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Sheffield Don, South YorkshireDr Christopher George Brammer Deputy Chief Commissioner (Region Support) – Scotland, ScotlandDavid William Bramston Regional Commissioner, West Midlands, HeadquartersGraham Alan Brant District Commissioner, Kingswood, AvonJoan Margaret Bridge Cub Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 5th Tower Hamlets (West), East London, Gt. London North EastDavid Harry Brotherhood Assistant Scout Leader, 4th Mansfield Woodhouse (St Edmunds), District Scout Active Support Member, Mansfield, Training Adviser, NottinghamshireAndi David Brown Cub Scout Leader, 9th Greenford (Holy Cross), District Cub Scout Leader, Greenford & District, Gt. London Middlesex West David Brown Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 132nd Derby (2nd Chaddesden), District Scout Active Support Member, Derby East, DerbyshireJohn Gavin Brown Camp Warden, Orwell, Camp Warden, SuffolkRobert Wallace Brown District Administrator, District Chairman, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Blyth Valley, NorthumberlandAnn Elisabeth Buchan District Scout Active Support Member, North Dorset, District Scout Active Support Member, Dorchester and West Dorset, Scout Active Support Member, County Member, County Appointment Advisory Committee Member, DorsetDavid Buchan District Scout Active Support Member, North Dorset, District Scout Active Support Member, Dorchester and West Dorset, Scout Active Support Member, DorsetMaurice Edward Buchan District Scout Active Support Member, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestJohn Norman Buckley District Badge Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Lonsdale, West LancashireDonald Bullimore District Scout Active Support Member, Surrey Heath, SurreySylvia Margaret Bunn District Scout Active Support Member, Ashford, KentAndrew John Burchell District Nights Away Adviser, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex

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Peter Brian Burgess Group Chairman, 2nd Tonbridge (Parish Church), Tonbridge, Kent Simon Andrew Burgess BA(Hons) PGCE (Music) Group Scout Leader, 1st St. Mary’s, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Leeds Templars, Training Adviser, Local Training Manager, Central YorkshireMargaret Burnley Cub Scout Leader, 39th Bradford South (Southfield Lane Methodist), District Executive Member, Bradford South, West YorkshireDavid John Burns Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 104th Edinburgh North East, Edinburgh North East, South East – ScotlandKathleen Elizabeth Burrell Group Executive Member, Farsley, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Explorer Scout Administrator, West Leeds, Training Adviser, Central YorkshireRosemary Jane Burrell Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 1st North Walsham, North East Norfolk, District Scout Active Support Member, Southern Norwich, NorfolkDavid Malcolm Burrows Group Scout Leader, 1st Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire Tony Alan Butler District Scout Active Support Member, National Catholic Scout Fellowship, National Headquarters, Assistant Scout Leader, 244th Birmingham (Holy Name), Tame Valley Birmingham, BirminghamJanice Margaret Butterworth Group Scout Leader, 2nd Ramsbottom (St Paul’s C.E), Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Ramsbottom, Gt. Manchester NorthGillian Margaret Caine Group Scout Leader, 1st Spen Valley, Training Adviser, Spen Valley, West YorkshireAlexander Clive Carr County Adviser for Climbing, BuckinghamshireJanet Cartwright Assistant Scout Leader, 22nd Huddersfield (Shelley), Huddersfield South East, County Skills Instructor, West YorkshireRussell Catlow Group Scout Leader, 5th Blackpool, District Scout Active Support Member, District Executive Member, Blackpool and District, West LancashireDavid Miles Chadwick Group Skills Instructor, 1st Sandle Heath New Forest West, Assessor for Dinghy Sailing, Assessor for Mine Exploration, Assessor for Power Boating, Assessor for Caving, HampshirePeter Chambers MBE District Scout Active Support Member, Network Russia, National Headquarters, District Treasurer, District Nights Away Adviser, Sheffield Hallam, District Scout Active Support Member, Sheffield Sheaf, Training Adviser, Trainer, South YorkshireAnne Elizabeth Chapman District Secretary, District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Network Russia, National Headquarters, District Scout Active Support Member, Appointments Secretary, Bradford North, Training Adviser, Aire Valley, Local Training Manager, Local Training Administrator, West YorkshireLawrence Christopher Chapman District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Lowestoft, Training Adviser, Assessor for Kayaking Sea, Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, SuffolkChristine Charlton Group Scout Leader, 46th Ormskirk (Mawdesley), District Cub Scout Leader, District Executive Member, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Ormskirk And District, Local Training Manager, Trainer, West LancashireDavid Edgar Charlton Group Executive Member, 5th Whitley Bay (St. George’s) 1st Cullercoats, Whitley Bay and District, County Chairman, NorthumberlandDonald Cheyne Scout Leader, 2nd Rhiwbina, Afon, Area Adviser for Mountain Activities, Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan

Marion Lilian Christmas MBE Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Hampshire Ann Clark Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Trainer, Deputy County Commissioner, Assistant County Commissioner International, Assistant County Commissioner Cub Scouts, Assistant County Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Training Adviser, Hereford & WorcesterRichard Simon Clark District Scout Active Support Member, Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, Billericay & Wickford, Scout Active Support Member, EssexBarbara Pauline Colby District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Yeovil and District, SomersetPatricia Ann Coles Group Scout Leader, 1st Finedon, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Wellingborough, Scout Active Support Member, Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, NorthamptonshireMichael Allan Cook District Scout Active Support Member, Sutton Coldfield East, BirminghamAlan Montague Victor Cooke Group Scout Leader, 2nd Hook (St Paul’s), Royal Kingston, Gt. London South WestAndrew James Cooper Beaver Scout Leader, 38th Rossendale, Rossendale Valley, East LancashireRichard Charles Cooper District Scout Active Support Member, South East Europe Scout Active Support Unit (SEENet), District Scout Active Support Member, Southern Stars UK Scout Active Support Unit, District Scout Active Support Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, District Explorer Scout Leader, Petworth and Pulborough, Assistant County Commissioner International, West SussexRichard Lawrence Coppock Assistant County Commissioner International, LeicestershireGraham Alan Cotgreave Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 17th Barrow-in-Furness (St Perrans), District Nights Away Adviser, South West Lakes, CumbriaIan Cotterill Cub Scout Leader, 64th Nottingham, City of Nottingham, NottinghamshireAllen Cowburn Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 26th Halifax (Bradshaw St Johns), Halifax, West YorkshireGordon Cowie Group Scout Leader, 1st Gullane, East Lothian, South East – ScotlandDaniele Louise Cox Cub Scout Leader, 1st Hertford Heath, District Nights Away Adviser, Hertford, HertfordshireJohn Charles Cox District Chairman, Wiltshire West, WiltshireMary Elaine Coyte Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Petersfield, HampshireSonia Clare Crabb Training Adviser Admin, District Scout Active Support Member, Meon Valley, Training Adviser Admin, Training Adviser, HampshireRupert Backhouse Crisp JP Group Treasurer, 1st Blofield and Brundall, District Appointments Chairman, Eastern Norwich, NorfolkJohn Steven Cronin Group Chairman, 1st Doddington, Fenland, Cambridgeshire, Group Scout Leader (Acting), 1st City of London Lord Mayor’s Own, District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Camden City & Islington, District Commissioner, Haringey, Local Training Manager, Trainer, Gt. London NorthGeoffrey William Crookes Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 7th Peterborough Helpston Village, Medehamstede, CambridgeshireAlistair John Cubbin District Commissioner, Wallasey, Merseyside

Anthony James Cumes District Scout Active Support Manager, District Executive Member, Christchurch and District, DorsetJames Cumming District Commissioner, Training Adviser, North Ayrshire and Arran, Trainer, South West – ScotlandJohn Reginald Leonard Davies Group Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, 1st Shanklin, East Wight, Isle of WightPatricia Irene Davies Group Chairman, 15th Penarth (Owen-Dicks) Elfed Avenue United Church, District Executive Member, Penarth and District, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganCarolyn Jane Davis Group Scout Leader, 4th Rushden (Whitefriars), District Executive Member, Training Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Nene Valley, Training Adviser, NorthamptonshireKeith Ian Davis Cub Scout Leader, 1st Woodham Ferrers, District Cub Scout Leader, Chelmsford and District, EssexChristine Ann Dawson Group Treasurer, 11th Spen Valley Hunsworth, Spen Valley, West YorkshireJames Dawson District Scout Leader, Deputy District Commissioner, Ellesmere, Gt. Manchester WestPeter William Dawson Group Scout Leader, 1st Mirfield, District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Heavy Woollen, West YorkshireChristopher Mark Denham Group Scout Leader, 6th Brighton (St Wilfrids), Deputy District Commissioner, Brighton & Hove, Local Training Manager, East SussexAlison Mary Denyer Assistant Scout Leader, 6th Brighton (St Wilfrids), Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Brighton & Hove, District Scout Active Support Member, Eastbourne and District, East SussexNicholas Sinclair Dewdney Scout Leader, 12th Hampstead St Paul’s School, District Nights Away Adviser, Camden City & Islington District, Deputy County Commissioner, Trainer, Gt. London NorthJohn David Dighton Group Scout Leader, 2nd Stanford-le-Hope, District Skills Instructor, Stanford-le-Hope and District, EssexSharon Angela Donohoe Scout Leader, 2nd Pembroke (Castle), Pembrokeshire District, Assistant Area Commissioner Scouts, PembrokeshireJason Ormerod Dugdale District Commissioner, Exeter, Training Adviser, DevonGenevieve Martha Dunbar Cub Scout Leader, 28th Croydon Our Lady of the Annunciation, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Croydon, Gt. London South WestMalcolm Dyer Assistant Group Scout Leader, 46th Northampton (Overstone), Training Adviser, Northampton, NorthamptonshireMichael Richard Dyer Scout Leader, 6th Tynemouth (Holy Saviour’s), Tynemouth, NorthumberlandJohn Henry Dymond Group Scout Leader, 25th Forth Valley (Balfron), Training Adviser, Stirling and Trossachs, Forth – ScotlandAndrew William Edmonds District Chairman, Wimbledon and Wandle, Gt. London South WestBrian Leslie Edwards Scout Sectional Assistant, Chadwell St Mary, Assistant Camp Warden, District Scout Active Support Member, Thurrock, EssexMichael David Edwards Assistant Scout Leader, Cookridge Village, District Nights Away Adviser, Shire Oak (Leeds), Central YorkshirePatricia Marilyn Edwards Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 11th Blackpool Raikes Parade Methodist, District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, Blackpool and District, West Lancashire

10 April/May 2014

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Alison Jane Eggitt Cub Scout Leader, 1st Old Malden St John the Baptist, District Cub Scout Leader, Royal Kingston, Gt. London South WestAnthony Dennis Elgar District Nights Away Adviser, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Executive Member, East Wight, County Adviser for Shooting, Isle of Wight Carole Mary Ellis District Scout Active Support Member, Woodlands, Buckinghamshire Joan Winifred Eminson Group Scout Leader, 25th Lewisham North, Lewisham District, Gt. London SouthKathleen Evans Cub Scout Leader, 79th Reading Norcot and Kentwood, District Scout Active Support Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Pang Valley, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireChristopher Michael Eyre Group Scout Leader, 16th Sheffield (Westbourne), Sheffield Hallam, South YorkshireSimon Andrew Fairless Explorer Scout Leader, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Torfaen, GwentKenneth Robert Falconer Assistant Scout Leader, 28th Braid, Braid, Scout Active Support Member – Scotland, South East – ScotlandSusan Elizabeth Farrar Group Scout Leader, 17th Chelmsford Salvation Army, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Chelmsford and District, EssexElizabeth Wallace Hendry Findlay Group Scout Leader, 24th Glasgow (Bearsden), District Nights Away Adviser, Great Western, Clyde – ScotlandPeter Frederick Fitzgerald Assistant District Commissioner, Hertford, HertfordshireCarole Louise Fleming Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 1st Hoveton and Roxham, Training Adviser, North East Norfolk, NorfolkStuart Andrew Fletcher Cub Scout Leader, 1st Marple Scouts, Goyt, Gt. Manchester EastDavid Richard Floyd District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, District Executive Member, Bexley, Gt. London South EastChristine Ford Group Scout Leader, 94th Lanarkshire (9th Coatbridge), Calder, Clyde – ScotlandMary Elizabeth Ford Cub Scout Leader, 1st Bethersden, Ashford, KentRosemary Ann Elizabeth Forde Specialist Adviser (Adult Training), National Headquarters, Headquarters Commissioner Adult Training, Northern Ireland, Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Cladagh, Fermanagh, County Training Manager, County Treasurer, County Administrator, County FermanaghPamela Forshaw District Scout Active Support Member, 2nd Gilwell Park Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, District Treasurer, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Pontefract & Castleford, Activity Centre Staff, Central YorkshireEdna May Fox Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, Orsett & Bulphan, Thurrock, Essex Richard William Fox District Scout Active Support Member, Scouts of the World Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Manager, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Greenford & District, Gt. London Middlesex WestJohn Richard Foxwell Group Sectional Assistant, 7th Hanwell (St Thomas’), District Commissioner (Acting), Ealing and Hanwell, Gt. London Middlesex WestNeil Kingsley Freeman Group Scout Leader, 1st Send (St Mary’s), District Scout Active Support Member, Woking, Surrey

David Sidney Fricker District Executive Member, District Supporter, Southwark District, Gt. London SouthAnthony Galliano Branch Member, GibraltarEileen Lillian Maud Galling Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Central Dorchester, District Scout Active Support Member, Dorchester and West Dorset, DorsetBarbara Dorothy Garner District Commissioner, Southgate, Training Adviser, Trainer, Gt. London NorthElizabeth Garvie Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 6th West Lothian (Broxburn and Uphall), West Lothian, Forth – ScotlandAntony Mark Garvin Group Scout Leader, 1st Mylor, Falmouth and District, Assistant County Commissioner Scouts, CornwallKathleen Mary Geeves Cub Scout Leader, 16th Wellingborough (St Barnabas), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Wellingborough, NorthamptonshireMyra Ethel George Group Secretary, 1st Slough, Slough, Royal BerkshireFrances Gibbs District Scout Active Support Member, Eastbourne and District, Trainer, Safeguarding Awareness Co-ordinator, East SussexSuzanne Elizabeth Gidlow Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 23rd South West Cheshire (2nd Wheelock), South West Cheshire, CheshireJames Peter David Gilbert Assistant Scout Leader, 76th Sheffield (St Peter’s) Ellesmere, Sheffield Don, South YorkshireValerie Avis Gleave Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 24th Edmonton, Enfield, Gt. London NorthKeith Ernest Gleen Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Martlesham, Deben, Deputy County Commissioner, Trainer, Training Adviser, SuffolkElizabeth Janet Godden Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd Romford, Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Romford, Gt. London North EastRichard Ian Golding Group Scout Leader, 3rd Kingston (All Saint’s), Royal Kingston, Training Adviser, Gt. London South WestSandra Goode Assistant Cub Scout Leader, Group Executive Member, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Royal BerkshirePaul Andrew Goon Training Adviser, District Commissioner, Cole Valley South, BirminghamBrenda Graham District Secretary, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Pontefract & Castleford, Central YorkshireGillian Grainger Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Weatherden & Haughley, Stowmarket, Training Adviser, SuffolkJenifer Carol Green Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Shevington (Wigan), Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester WestJohn Greenhalgh Group Scout Leader, 19th Bolton West (Bolton School), District Nights Away Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Bolton West, Gt. Manchester NorthDr Howard Greenwood BSC (Hons) PHD CCHEM MRSC Group Scout Leader (Acting), Scout Leader Warton (St Oswald’s), District Executive Member, Lonsdale, West LancashireDavid Griffiths District Scout Active Support Member, City of Portsmouth, Hampshire, District Active Support Member, Brownsea Island, District Scout Active Support Member, Woodhouse Park Active Support Unit, National HeadquartersDavid Thomas Griffiths District Scout Active Support Member, Deep Sea Scouts and Admiral Lord Nelson Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters

Michael Grime District Scout Active Support Member, National Catholic Scout Fellowship, National Headquarters, Group Scout Leader, Bold Venture Park, District Nights Away Adviser, District Secretary (Acting), Appointments Secretary, District Commissioner, Darwen, County Scouter, East LancashireSteven Gurmin Group Scout Leader, 169th Birmingham West (1st Quinton), Rea Valley, BirminghamVictor Hadley Group President, Dewsbury West (St Saviours), Heavy Woollen, West YorkshireClive Crompton Hailey Group Scout Leader, 4th East Barnet (Sea Scouts), Training Adviser, Barnet Borough, Gt. London North John David Harris Group Scout Leader, 17th Lewisham North (3rd Lee Good Shepherd), Lewisham District, Gt. London SouthAmanda Elise Margaret Harrison Group Scout Leader, 37th Chingford (SS Peter & Paul), District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Chingford, Trainer, Gt. London North EastIeuan Paul Havard Scout Leader, 94th Penarth Guide and Scout Group, Penarth and District, Area Skills Instructor, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganNicola Sian Havard Group Scout Leader, 94th Penarth Guide and Scout Group, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Penarth And District, Training Adviser, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganJune Ann Heathcote Group Scout Leader, 1st Chase Terrace, District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Assistant District Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Cannock Chase, Training Adviser, StaffordshireSusan Jane Hedges Cub Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, Group Scout Leader (Acting), 7th Bramshill (Hook), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Bramshill, HampshireGordon Henshaw District Vice President, Flintshire, ClwydIan Charles Drummond Hill District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestAnne Marie Hilton District Scout Active Support Member, Derby South, Scout Active Support Member, DerbyshirePeter Brinsley Hilton Group Treasurer, 35th Derby (Markeaton), Derby East, District Scout Active Support Member, District Supporter, Derby South, DerbyshirePeter William Hobson District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Derby East, DerbyshireValerie Anne Hodgson County Training Manager, Training Adviser, Trainer, Northumberland Raymond Hollands Scout Active Support Member, County Vice President, County Executive Member, NorfolkJeremy Stuart Holmes District Scout Active Support Member, UK Kandersteg Network-Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Scout Leader, 180th Sheffield (Holy Trinity Milhouses), Sheffield Hallam, South YorkshirePauline Carol Holmes Group Scout Leader, 1st Rugeley, District Cub Scout Leader, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, District Nights Away Adviser, Cannock Chase, Training Adviser, Staffordshire Richard John Skerrett Holmes Scout Active Support Member, Gt. London North, District Scout Active Support Member, District Treasurer, North East Wiltshire, Scout Active Support Member, Wiltshire

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Robert Michael Hopkins Scout Leader, 15th Chelmsford (St Johns), Chelmsford and District, EssexBeverley Jayne Howard Group Scout Leader, 46th Bradford North, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Bradford North, West YorkshireJohn Edger Hudson (deceased) Assistant Scout Leader, 1st St Leonards Forest, Horsham Weald, Assessor for Kayaking Open Inland, Assessor for Kayaking Sea, West SussexRobert Ian Humphrey Training Adviser, Farnham, SurreyBrian James Huntley Group Scout Leader, 4th Heston, District Scout Active Support Member, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestTony Hurst Cub Scout Leader, 112th Leicester Little Hill Wigston Magna, Cub Scout Leader, 41st Leicester (St. James The Great), Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Leicester South East, LeicestershireRobert Hussey Deputy District Commissioner, Bristol South, AvonRichard William Hyland JP District Scout Active Support Member, Assistant District Commissioner Adult Support, Spitfire, Local Training Manager, BirminghamLinda Margaret Inglis Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 10th Craigalmond, Training Adviser, Craigalmond, South East – ScotlandNoel Alexander Irwin District Commissioner, Lisburn And District, County AntrimCarol Anne James Area Appointments Chairman, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganAndrew Jennings Assistant Group Scout Leader, Group Administrator, 46th Scarborough (Westborough), Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, Scarborough and District, Local Training Administrator, Trainer, Training Adviser, Safeguarding Awareness Co-ordinator, North YorkshireTerence Malcolm Jennings Appointments Secretary, District Chairman, Dronfield, DerbyshireSylvia Marilyn Elizabeth Johns District Cub Scout Leader, District Scout Active Support Member, Blackpool and District, West LancashireIan Christopher Johnson Scout Leader, 1st Hartford (Northwich), Mid Cheshire, CheshireStella Ann Johnstone District Appointments Chairman, Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, District Scout Active Support Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, Ely, Training Adviser, Cambridgeshire Glyn Jones District Commissioner, Chesterfield, DerbyshireKenneth William Edmund Jowett Scout Leader, 13th Erith (Christ Church), Bexley, Gt. London South EastAndrew John Kemp Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Ockenden, Thurrock, EssexAllen Kerr District President, Edinburgh North East, South East – ScotlandChristopher John King District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Training Adviser, Letchworth and Baldock, HertfordshireLinda Mary Kirby Cub Scout Leader, 42nd Ormskirk ( Skelmersdale St Paul’s), District Cub Scout Leader, Ormskirk and District, West LancashireSusan Sebbie Klesel Group Scout Leader, 4th Hounslow, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestDarron Knibbs Explorer Scout Leader, CRAI, Mid GlamorganSimon Ananda Kularatne District Scout Active Support Member, Blackpool and District, West Lancashire

Kathleen Barbara Lakin Group Scout Leader, 1st Olton, Cole, Scout Active Support Member, SolihullIan Lavens Assistant District Commissioner Beaver Scouts, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Bablake, City of CoventrySusan Leonard Cub Scout Leader, 4th Worsley (Christ The King), Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Commissioner, Ellesmere, Campsite Management Committee Member, Gt. Manchester WestStephen Graham Lewis Scout Active Support Member, Wales, Explorer Scout Leader, CRAI, Mid GlamorganWilliam Linley Group Chairman, 53rd Lanarkshire (1st East Kilbride), Training Adviser, Strathcalder, Clyde – ScotlandKeith Lofthouse Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd Ramsbottom (St Paul’s C.E), Ramsbottom, Gt. Manchester NorthFrancis Joseph Loveder Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireJennifer Ann Lowe District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestLinda Gladys Lythaby Group Sectional Assistant, Group Executive Member, 3rd North Watford (1st Abbotts Langley) Watford North, HertfordshireDonald Cowie MacDonald District Chairman, District Executive Member, Lodden, Royal BerkshireCharles William MacIntosh Scout Leader, 87th Craigalmond (Granton Seaway), Craigalmond, South East – ScotlandPauline Maddocks Cub Scout Leader, 1st Southgate, District Supporter, Crawley, West SussexSimon John Maddocks Group Treasurer, 1st Southgate, District Treasurer, Crawley, West SussexCarol Anne Majury Group Scout Leader, 110th Belfast (St Bernadette), South East Belfast, BelfastJohn Arthur Herbert Marsden Group Supporter, 1st Horsell, District Scout Active Support Member, Woking, SurreyMiriam Irene Marshall District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Deep Sea Scouts, National HeadquartersNicholas James Mason County Nights Away Adviser, Trainer, Queen’s Scout Award Co-ordinator, Assistant County Commissioner Explorer Scouts, Hereford & WorcesterChristopher John Matthews District Chairman, Wolds & Coast, HumbersideCarol Ruth Galbraith McCallum Group Scout Leader, 32nd Greenock and District, District Badge Secretary, Training Adviser, Greenock and District, West – ScotlandCharlotte Dorothy McCarthy Cub Scout Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st Holdgate-York, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, York Ebor, Training Adviser, North YorkshireGillian Anne McDonald Group Scout Leader, Broadstone, Poole, DorsetMargaret Mary Hughes McDowall Group Scout Leader, 13th Medway (St Michaels Chatham), Medway Towns, Kent, District Scout Active Support Manager, National Catholic Scout Fellowship, National HeadquartersDonald Patrick McEvoy National Headquarters Volunteer, National Headquarters, Group Scout Leader, 12th Bangor, North Down, County DownDavid Frederick Duncan McGregor Group Scout Leader, 12th Eastleigh (Bishops Stoke), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Eastleigh and District, Hampshire

Ian McGregor Assistant Group Scout Leader, 7th West Lothian (Brucefield), West Lothian, Forth – Scotland Sidney George McIlroy Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, West – ScotlandHelen Elizabeth Medland Assistant Group Scout Leader, 27th Croydon (St Mildreds), Croydon, Gt. London South WestGraham John Meikle JP District Media Development Manager, Axe, County Appointments Secretary, Scout Active Support Member, County Executive Committee Member, County Appointments Chairman, AvonJanette Mellor Deputy District Commissioner, Sheffield Don, Local Training Administrator, Training Adviser, South YorkshireAnthony Albert Edward Mills Group Scout Leader, 72nd Lambeth St John’s School Waterloo, District Nights Away Adviser, Lambeth, Gt. London SouthDiana Betty Mills Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 6th Ashford, Ashford, KentDorothy Ann Minchin District Commissioner, South East Berkshire, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireDavid Scott Mitchell Group Scout Leader, 7th Stirling (Beechwood), Training Adviser, Stirling and Trossachs, Forth – ScotlandMichael Thomas Mobbs Group Scout Leader (Acting), Scout Leader, 63rd Reading (St Michael’s), Assistant District Commissioner Scouts, District Scout Active Support Member, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireAngela Jeannette Moore Scout Leader, 1st Edgehill and Torridge, Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), Torridge, Trainer, Training Adviser, DevonJane Anstee Moore Beaver Scout Leader, 1st Twyford, District Beaver Scout Leader, Lodden, Local Training Administrator, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireStephen Albert Charles Moore District Adviser for Water Activities, Hitchen South, Assessor for Kayaking Sea, Assessor for Kayaking River, Assessor for Kayaking Open Inland, Assessor for Canoeing Sea, Assessor for Canoing River, Assessor for Rafting (Traditional), Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, County Boat Inspector, Scout Active Support Member, HampshireGillian Morgan Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 32nd Swansea (Rhyddings Park), Swansea and Gower, Glamorgan WestAdrian Charles Mori Scout Leader, 7th Hitchen South (Bursledon) Hitchen South, District Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Hitchen North, Training Adviser, HampshireMavis Middleton Morris Cub Scout Leader, 1st Shevington (Wigan), Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester West Edward Alexander Morrow Group Scout Leader, 53rd Lanarkshire (1st East Kilbride), Training Adviser, Strathcalder, Clyde – ScotlandStephen John Morton District Chairman, District Scout Active Support Manager, UK Arab Scout Region Scout Active Support Unit, District Scout Active Support Member, SE Europe Scout Active Support Unit (SEENet), National Headquarters Volunteer, National Headquarters, Deputy District Commissioner, Chorley, Assistant County Commissioner International, County Member, W LancsAndrew David Musk BSC (Hons) District Occassional Helper, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Cub Scout Leader, S.S. Peter and Paul, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Deputy District Commissioner, Godalming, SurreyJohn Frederick Myers District Secretary, Yeovil and District, Training Adviser, SomersetRobert Meikle Naysmith Group Scout Leader, 66th Edinburgh North East (Charlotte Chapel), Edinburgh North East, South East – Scotland

12 April/May 2014

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Linda Jane Neale Specialist Adviser (Adult Training), National Headquarters, Assistant Chief Commissioner Wales (Adult Training), Training Administrator, Area Commissioner, Training Adviser, Trainer, Snowdonia and AngleseyBrenda Dorothy Nettles District Scout Active Support Member, Sutton Coldfield East, BirminghamAlan Henry Newman Scout Leader, 4th Poplar (Ss Mary and Joseph), District Scout Active Support Member, East London, Gt. London North EastJohn William Nimmo Group Scout Leader, 2nd Haddington, East Lothian, South East – ScotlandLynnette Elizabeth Norris Group Scout Leader, Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 8th Aldershot Church of the Ascension, Blackwater Valley, Training Adviser, HampshireNigel D Norris MBE Group Scout Leader, 27th Plymouth (Compton Methodist Church), Plymouth, Training Adviser, DevonJoseph Oglesby Group Scout Leader, 61st Sheffield (Wincobank), District Scout Active Support Member, Sheffield Don, South YorkshirePeter Daniel Oliver Trainer, Deputy County Commissioner, MerseysideIrene Elizabeth Orford District Commissioner (Acting), East Grinstead, County Commissioner, West SussexJohn Melvin Owen Group Supporter, Cestrian, District Scout Active Support Member, Chester and District, CheshireAndrew Papka Group Chairman, 76th Sheffield (St Peter’s) Ellesmere, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Scout Active Support Member, Sheffield Don, Training Adviser, South YorkshireAnn Parker Assistant Scout Leader, 26th Picton (Childwall), Liverpool South, MerseysideMarion Dorothy Parker District Scout Active Support Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Adur Valley, West SussexLynn Diana Peck District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Chingford, Gt. London North EastShirley Patricia Pecover Assistant District Commissioner Special Needs, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Training Adviser, Bromley, Gt. London South EastBrian Pendlebury Group Scout Leader, 37th Blackpool (St Paul’s), Blackpool and District, West LancashireStephen Graham Peters Scout Leader, 1st Norbreck, Training Adviser, Blackpool and District, West LancashireAndrew Paul Pevy District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, South Berkshire, Royal BerkshireSimon Douglas Ian Pickett BSc (Hons) District Commissioner, Pang Valley, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireJames Edwin Pothecary Group Treasurer, 3rd Hanworth, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestWilliam Peter Pretty District Explorer Scout Leader, Slough, County Nights Away Adviser, Royal BerkshireIan Christopher Pugh District Executive Member, Northampton, NorthamptonshirePamela Grace Puxty Group Executive Member, St Paul’s-Maidstone, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Maidstone East, KentBarbara Quinn District Badge Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, South Ribble, West Lancashire

Kathryn Elizabeth Quinn Deputy District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Manager, Training Adviser, Huddersfield North, West YorkshireAnthony Charles Martin Racher District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Harrow & Wealdstone, Gt. London Middlesex WestAnthony John Railton Group Scout Leader Stakeford, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Wansbeck, NorthumberlandSusan Mary Raine Scout Leader, 44th Bury (R.O.B.O.T.), Bury, Gt. Manchester NorthJane Ramage Scout Active Support Member – Scotland, Regional Secretary – Scotland, South East – ScotlandJacqueline Anne Rampall Group Scout Leader, 1st St Lawrence in Thanet, Thanet, KentJeremy Leigh Ray District Scout Active Support Member, Cardiff East & South, Scout Active Support Member, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganAndrew Allen Redhead Deputy Island Commissioner, Bailiwick of GuernseyPhilip Christopher Reed Group Scout Leader, 1st Great Glen, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Market Harborough, LeicestershireDavid Clement Reid Group Treasurer, 1st Helensburgh, District Skills Instructor, Dunbartonshire, West – ScotlandPaul Barry Remblance Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Lavenham, Appointments Secretary, Assistant District Commissioner, Sudbury, Training Adviser, SuffolkNigel Anthony Riordan Scout Leader, 1st Hammersmith, District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, West London, Gt. London Middlesex WestPeter Archibald Dunlop Ritchie Group Sectional Assistant, Group Chairman, 28th Glasgow Giffnock, Eastwood, Clyde – ScotlandRhona Mairi Rutherford Robb Cub Scout Leader, 28th Glasgow Giffnock, Training Adviser, Eastwood, Clyde – ScotlandSimon George Main Robb District Explorer Scout Commissioner, District Nights Away Adviser, Eastwood, Clyde – ScotlandBryan Roberts Group Supporter, 1st Milford, Godalming, SurreyAvril Ann Robertson Cub Scout Leader, 88th Forth Valley (Braehead), Training Adviser, Stirling and Trossachs, Forth – ScotlandColin Dick Robertson Scout Leader, 4th/6th Forth Valley, Stirling and Trossachs, Deputy Regional Commissioner – Scotland, Regional Adviser International – Scotland, Forth – ScotlandKenneth John Alexander Robertson Explorer Scout Leader, Eastwood, Deputy Chief Commissioner (Programme) Scotland, Scottish Headquarters, ScotlandAdrian John Robinson District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Manager, Lichfield, StaffordshireAlan Gordon Robinson Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 2/88th Manchester (2nd Didsbury), Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, District Nights Away Adviser, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Manchester South, Training Adviser, Gt. Manchester EastBrian Leonard Robinson Assistant Scout Leader, Penistone Scout Group (17th Barnsley), Barnsley, County Training Manager, Trainer, South YorkshireSamuel Frank Robinson BSc ARCS Group Treasurer, Group Executive Member, 1st Southport (Ainsdale), District Treasurer, Southport, County Treasurer, Merseyside

Gillian Alexandra Root Group Scout Active Support Member, 1st Stanford-le-Hope, Training Adviser, District Scout Leader, Stanford-le-Hope And District, Local Training Manager, EssexMichael John Rose Scout Active Support Manager, Training Adviser, County Adviser For Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, WiltshireAnthony Ross Group Scout Leader, 45th Nottingham (Sherriff’s Own), District Nights Away Adviser, City of Nottingham, Training Adviser, NottinghamshireSusan Lesley Ross BA CA Group Scout Leader, 26th Craigalmond (Craigsbank), District Scout Active Support Member, Training Adviser, Craigalmond, South East – ScotlandJeremy Brian Rowe District Commissioner, Training Adviser, Penwith And Isles of Scilly, CornwallDeborah Christine Ryan District Scout Active Support Member, UK Kandersteg Network – Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Cub Scout Leader 2nd Bengeo, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Hertford, HertfordshireJohn Francis Salisbury Cub Scout Leader, 1st Middleton (St Leonards), Middleton, Gt. Manchester NorthDorothy Maisie Salmon District Badge Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Hatfield Forest, EssexTrefor Miles Salter District Scout Leader, Hertford, HertfordshireDavid Ivor Sands Campsite Management Committee Member, Watford North, HertfordshireAnthony Edward Sangster Area Chairman, PembrokeshireMatthew Brett Savage Assistant Scout Leader, Group Scout Leader, 10th Feltham, District Nights Away Adviser, Thameside Grand Union, Gt. London Middlesex WestRichard John Scruby Group Scout Leader, East Tilbury, Thurrock, EssexPatricia Sharp Assistant District Commissioner Group Support, Training Adviser, Bromley, Gt. London South EastRobin Henry Sharpe MA (Hons) District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Wolds & Coast, HumbersidePeter Robert Shattock Group Secretary, Group Supporter, 3rd Hertford, Hertford, Hertfordshire David Arvin Shaw District Scout Active Support Member, Brownsea Island, Deep Sea Scouts, National Headquarters, Scout Leader, 12th Windsor, District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Windsor and Eton, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireJohn Kenneth Shaw Scout Active Support Member, Gt. Manchester WestKaren Shenton Group Secretary, 80th Reading (2nd Tilehurst), Appointments Secretary, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Pang Valley, Training Adviser, Royal BerkshireNicholas Shepherd Scout Active Support Member, Trainer, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganRonald Albert Shepherd Group Supporter, Group Vice Chairman, 14th Bromley, Bromley, Gt. London South EastCatherine Ann Shone Group Scout Leader, 30th Brighton (2nd Patcham), Training Adviser, Brighton and Hove, East SussexPaul Graham Skilton Group Scout Leader, 2nd Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire District, Area Appointment Advisory Committee Member, PembrokeshirePaul Michael Skipper Assistant Group Scout Leader, 87th Birmingham (Bierton), Spitfire, Birmingham, Scout Active Support Member, Camp Warden, Warwickshire

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Colin Fred Smith District Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Shire Oak (Leeds), Central YorkshireDavid Ryder Smith Scout Leader, 3rd Altrincham (Grammar School), Altrincham and District, Gt. Manchester WestPenelope Sowter Assistant Beaver Scout Leader, 132nd Derby (2nd Chaddersden), District Executive Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Derby East, DerbyshireStephen David Spreckley Scout Leader, 1st Marple Scouts, Goyt, Gt. Manchester EastRobert Edmund Stanfield District Commissioner, Bristol SouthMartin Frank Stanworth Group Scout Leader, 6th Eastcote, Ruislip Eastcote Northwood, Gt. London Middlesex WestJulia Stenhouse District Commissioner, Tynemouth, Training Adviser, NorthumberlandJohn Charles Stevens District Scout Active Support Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Chairman, Romsey, HampshireErnest Roy Stevenson Assistant Cub Scout Leader, 27th Derby (Chaddersden), District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, Derby East, Training Adviser, Derbyshire Gordon James Stevenson Scout Leader, 48th Fife (Dalgety Bay), Training Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Rosyth, East – ScotlandDavid Stokes Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Winlaton, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Blaydon and District, Assistant County Commissioner Explorer Scouts, Training Adviser, County Executive Member, DurhamCaroline Stone Group Scout Active Support Member, 9th West Wickham (Special Needs), Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Bromley, Gt. London South EastJohn Ian Stone Group Scout Leader, 9th West Wickham (Special Needs), Bromley, Gt. London South EastMark Trevor Strain District Commissioner, District Scout Active Support Member, Worcester, Trainer, Training Adviser, Hereford & WorcesterToby John Stromberg District Adviser for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, District Explorer Scout Commissioner, Training Adviser, Watford South, HertfordshireJanet Kathleen Stuckey Group Administrator, Cub Scout Leader, 1st Ingrave, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Explorer Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Brentwood and District, Trainer, EssexJanet Sutton District Scout Active Support Member, Scout Communications Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Cub Scout Leader, Group Scout Active Support Member, 163rd Birmingham (1st Wylde Green), Sutton Coldfield West, BirminghamJohn Joseph Swarbrick District Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Fylde, West LancashireRoger William Taplin Group Scout Leader, 1st Marshfield, Cotswold Edge, AvonPhilomena Taylor Cub Scout Leader, 80th Glasgow (Roman Catholic), Great Western, Clyde – ScotlandSarra Lisa Taylor-Brown Scout Leader, Group Scout Leader (Acting), 9th Greenford (Holy Cross), District Scout Leader, Greenford & District, Training Adviser, Trainer, Gt. London Middlesex WestColin Gareth Thomas District Supporter, District Scout Active Support Member, Epsom and Ewell, SurreyMarie Cherryl Thomas Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leader), District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Crompton and Royton, Gt. Manchester NorthChristine Ann Thompson District Supporter, Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester West

Stewart Thompson District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, Wigan and District, Gt. Manchester WestSusan Tichener Group Secretary, 1st Halton (RAF) Scout Group, District Secretary, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Vale of Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireJohn Richard Tonge Group Scout Leader, 127th Oldham (St Thomas Moorside Church), District Appointments Chairman, District Executive Member, Oldham, County Executive Member, Local Training Manager, Gt. Manchester NorthHenry James Sydney Treveil Group Chairman, 16th Erith, Bexley, Gt. London South EastPaul Duncan Trott County Commissioner, GloucestershireStephen George Tucker Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Dunbartonshire, West – ScotlandMichael Peter Tullberg Assistant Scout Leader, 9th St. Albans, District Nights Away Adviser, District Adviser for Water Activities, District Scout Active Support Co-ordinator, District Scout Active Support Member, St Albans, Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, Assessor for Kayaking River, Assessor for Kayaking Open Inland, Assessor for Canoeing River, Assessor for Dragon Boating, HertfordshireJudith Ann Turner Beaver Scout Leader, 16th Hendon (St Mary Magdalene), District Badge Secretary, District Beaver Scout Leader, Barnet Borough, Training Adviser, Gt. London NorthPeter Alan Turner Scout Active Support Member, Gt. London South WestSharon Ann Vanns Assistant Group Scout Leader, 6th Tonbridge (Hadlow), District Cub Scout Leader, Training Adviser, Tonbridge, KentDennis Vasey District Adviser For Shooting, District Scout Active Support Member, District Scout Leader, Scarborough and District, North YorkshirePeter Robert Volkner Assistant Group Scout Leader, 1st St Austell, Mid Cornwall, Assistant County Commissioner Cub Scouts, CornwallAlan Edwin Wade District Scout Active Support Member, Pang Valley, Royal BerkshireJohn Wainwright Group Scout Leader, 267th Sheffield (Dore) Sheffield Hallam, South YorkshireGeorge Peter Walker Assistant Scout Leader, 5th Dundee (Downfield), Training Adviser, Dundee, Scottish Headquarters Commissioner Scouts, ScotlandWilliam George Wallace District Scout Active Support Member, Torfaen, GwentDamian John Walsh Training Adviser, Deputy District Commissioner, Watford North, Local Training Manager, Hertfordshire William Edward George Ward Group Treasurer, Chislehurst (Invicta), Bromley, Gt. London South EastGarry James Warr Scout Leader, 30th Northampton (Abington Avenue), Northampton, NorthamptonshireTerence Watson District Adviser for Shooting, District Scout Active Support Member, District Scout Leader, Scarborough And District, North YorkshireIan Kendall Weatherall District Administrator, District Executive Member, District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, District Scout Active Support Member, Ely, Training Adviser, County Secretary, CambridgeshirePaul Ian Webb Assistant Scout Leader, 1st Shirley, Blythe, Assistant County Commissioner Scouts, SolihullTheresa Ann Webb Cub Scout Leader, 1st Romford (St Edwards), District Nights Away Adviser, District Scout Active Support Member, Romford, Gt. London North EastJennifer Wheeler Cub Scout Leader, 1st Bury St Edmunds Mayor’s Own, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

David Eric White Scout Leader, 1st Roffey, Horsham Weald, West SussexDouglas James Whitehead Assistant Group Scout Leader, 15th Edinburgh North East (5th Portobella), District Explorer Scout Leader, Edinburgh North East, South East – ScotlandKeith Whitham BSc (Hons) Assistant Group Scout Leader, 9th Airedale, District Scout Active Support Member, Shire Oak (Leeds), Training Adviser, Central YorkshireDerek Bryan Whittaker Group Scout Leader, 1st Littlebourne, Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, Training Adviser, KentJennifer Ann Whittaker Cub Scout Leader, 1st Littlebourne, Canterbury Whitstable & Herne Bay, Training Adviser, KentLesley June Wickens Assistant District Commissioner, Basingstoke, Training Adviser, HampshireBarclay Robert Wiggins District Scout Active Support Member, International Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Appointments Secretary, District Scout Active Support Member, Assistant District Commissioner General Duties, District Explorer Scout Administrator, West Devon, Local Training Administrator, DevonDeborah Anne Wilkinson District Scout Active Support Member, York Ebor, Assessor for Rafting (Traditional), Assessor for Kayaking Open Inland, Assessor for Canoeing Open Inland, Trainer, County Skills Instructor, North YorkshirePaul Willicombe District Scout Active Support Member, Cardiff East & South, Area Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Area Supporter, Area Executive Member, Area Nights Away Adviser, Cardiff & Vale of GlamorganJacqueline Susan Willis District Scout Active Support Member, Thameside Grand Union, District Commissioner, West London, Trainer, Gt. London Middlesex WestAgnes Moore McIntyre Wilson Group Scout Leader, 3rd Blackpool (St Marks), Blackpool and District, West LancashireJames Fairgreave Wilson Regional Treasurer – Scotland, East – ScotlandLinda Maxine Wilson Cub Scout Leader, 1st Haverfordwest, Assistant District Commissioner Cub Scouts, Pembrokeshire District, PembrokeshireNicholas James Winter District Scout Active Support Member, International Scout Active Support Unit, National Headquarters, Scout Active Support Member, Wales, Deputy District Commissioner, Bristol South, AvonBarbara Wood Assistant Group Scout Leader, Sell’s Seventh (Icknield Luton), Icknield (Luton), BedfordshireTrudy Doreen Woodcock Group Scout Active Support Member, 1st Trent Side, District Scout Active Support Member, Central Notts, NottinghamshireAnn Margaret Woolsey Beaver Scout Leader, 9th Greenford (Holy Cross), District Beaver Scout Leader, Greenford & District, Gt. London Middlesex WestGraham Leslie Wrenn Group Executive Member, 18th Norwich (1st Hellesdon) ELO, District Scout Active Support Manager, Northern Norwich, NorfolkFrances Lilian Wright County Supporter, County Treasurer, SomersetJames Andrew Wrigley District Appointments Chairman, Assistant District Commissioner Adult Support, Wellingborough, NorthamptonshireAlan Blair Yarker District Supporter, Halifax, West YorkshireAndrew James Young Scout Active Support Member, County Administrator, County Nights Away Adviser, Kent, Group Scout Leader, 2nd Benson (R.A.F.), Thames Chiltern, Assessor for Climbing (Multi Pitch), Manager of the Active Permit Scheme, Assessor for Ice Climbing, Assessor for Hillwalking, Oxfordshire

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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.

Dean Graham Jefferys BA MA PGCE FInstLM National Headquarters Volunteer, Headquarters, Training Adviser (Admin), Greater London, Group Member, 2nd Elm Park, Group Scout Leader, 1st Harrow Lodge, Hornchurch, Trainer, Campsite Management Committee Member, Greater London North East, Regional Commissioner, Greater London

Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good ServiceIn 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.

Teri Adams Training Adviser, Chingford, County Training Manager, Trainer, Greater London North East, P & D Administrative Assistant, HeadquartersKathryn Elizabeth Andrews LLB PGDip Group Scout Leader, 5th/9th Chelmsford (St Andrews & All Saints), Chelmsford and District, Essex, Regional Development Officer, HeadquartersFrances Beck Accounts Receivable Supervisor, HeadquartersBianca Cole Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, Southend West, Scout Active Support Member, Essex, P & D Adviser, HeadquartersChristian Eric Doll District Appointment Advisory Committee Member, Sittingbourne and Milton, Kent, Regional Administrator, Deputy Regional Commissioner, South WestGemma Louise Gurden Regional Development Manager, HeadquartersMark Daniel Guy BSc (Hons) Cub Scout Leader, 1st Barnham, Arundel and Littlehampton, West Sussex, District Scout Active Support Member, FLAGS, National Headquarters, Regional Development Officer, HeadquartersJohn Frederick McAtominey Scout Leader, 4th Chester-le-Street, District Executive Member, Chester-le-Street, Training Adviser, Durham, Regional Development Officer, HeadquartersJean Elizabeth Watson District Appointments Advisory Committee Member, Brunel, Scout Active Support Member, Avon, Scout Active Support Manager, Regional Development Officer, Headquarters

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

Amir Aziz Cheema Assistant Explorer Scout Leader, District Commissioner, Brunel, Muslim Scout Fellowship, HeadquartersSarah Elizabeth Dawson District Scout Active Support Member, Selby, County Commissioner, County Administrator, North YorkshireJames Paul Hopkins BVeTMed MRCVS Area Media Development Manager, Ceredigion, Chief Commissioner, WalesRichard Ieuan Jackson Area Commissioner, BrecknockThomas Jowett District Scout Active Support Manager, Deep Sea Scouts, HeadquartersJessica Kelly Assistant Scout Leader, 2nd Muswell Hill, Haringey, District Skills Instructor, Training Adviser, Dockland Scout Project, Greater London North, Adventure Development Manager, HeadquartersDavid Gareth Watson Scout Active Support Member, Glamorgan West, Chief Commissioner WalesJulia Margaret Westall P & D Administrative Assistant, Headquarters

Good Service AwardsApplications 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 eight 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.

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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.