1. BOY SCOUTS CONTRIBUTION TO WW1 PRESENTED BY BARRY GROVES – IW SCOUT ARCHIVIST

2. BOY SCOUTS CONTRIBUTION TO WW1

3. The Government used Scout images to encourage enlistment

4. Subliminal pressure using Scout image in 1915

5. Due to the lack of male leaders {serving in the War}, many women were encouraged to take on Scouting roles doing an amazing job, or neighbouring Groups shared leaders

6. Scout performing a war duty, handing out cigarettes and chocolates to soldiers

7. Scouts letter offering his services to Lord Kitchener

8. Most famous Scout from WW1 John {Jack} Cornwell V.C.

9. I.W. Sea Scout dated 1914 Sea Scouts only started in 1909

10. Sea Scouts on the water just prior to outbreak of WW1

11. First ever Sea Scout Camp planned for August 1914 in Hampshire & IOW

12. YMCA Huts in the UK and France for soldiers to recuperate when not fighting

13. Scouts bought many ambulances to serve on the War Front in France

14. WILLIAM HUBERT STUART GARNETT {Left} Kenneth Gordon Garnett {Right}

15. Vera Barclay Pioneer in developing the Wolf Cubs

16. Newport Scouts protecting the Carisbrooke Reservoir from poisoning

17. On sentry duty (with stave) at Carisbrooke Reservoir in 1914

18. Collecting waste paper was a very valuable role Scouts took on

19. Scouts learning how to catch rabbits using ferrets and nets

20. Scouts carried messages for the forces and police using cycles

21. Scouts converted open spaces into vegetable gardens

22. Scout stretcher party

23. Scout Air Raid Precautions Armband (from Zeppelins)

24. Scout Looking out for fifth columnists

25. Ventnor Scout Patrol WW1 – carried out registration of all aliens in the Village

26. Scouts questioned anyone near the beaches – this was an official photographer being questioned

27. Scouts carried out jobs where there was a shortage of men – here forestry

28. Coastal look-out

29. Scouts “guarding” railway lines

30. Sea Scouts took on Coastal Duties such as rescuing people from ships

31. Scouts who carried out War Duties were awarded a special badge(s).

32. Sea Scouts were welcomed by the Royal Navy as most could use signal flags

33. Scouts carried out Coast Watch Duties replacing Royal Navy Personnel

34. Sea Scouts firing a rocket to warn life boat crew of a vessel in distress

35. Sea Scouts mastering the use of a Breeches Buoy

36. Collecting scrap metal

37. Scouts camped on farms and brought in the harvest – here flax

38. As well as harvesting they also tried to control the vermin that ate stored crops

39. Scouts at Winchester giving out Cigarettes and Chocolate to US soldiers leaving for France 1917

40. 19 Scouts or Scouters won the Victoria Cross

41. 3 scouts or scouters won AN ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE

42. 19 scouts or scouters won the distinguished service order

43. 231 scouts or scouters won the military cross Including Victor Lavars of Ryde

44. 16 SCOUTS OR SCOUTERS WON THE DISTINGUISED FLYING CROSS

45. 3 SCOUTS OR SCOUTERS WON THE DISTINGUISED FLYING MEDAL

46. 1 SCOUT OR SCOUTER WON THE AIR MEDAL

47. 123 SCOUTS OR SCOUTERS WON THE DISTINGUISED CONDUCT MEDAL

48. 365 SCOUTS OR SCOUTERS WON THE MILITARY MEDAL

49. Two of the I.W. Great War Memorials 1st Newport & South Wight District

50. “We will remember them”
I have identified 56 Isle of Wight Scouts & Leaders who died in WW1. 84,000 Scouts & Leaders served in WW1 Over 8,00 of those made the ultimate sacrifice

51. A Scout memorial raised at a Scout campsite in Oxshott by Kingston District. It honoured the 70 members of the district who were killed during the First World War.

52. The Nation Scout Memorial Staffordshire Arboretum

53. Chief scouts message to scouts

54. Honour bestowed on Scouts every Remembrance Day

55. Thank You