Brownsea Island Memorial

Today we are looking at scouts paying their respects on Brownsea Island which is just off Poole Harbour, Dorset where an experimental Scouts camp was held by Baden-Powell on August 1st 1907 based on the experiences he had during the Boer war with twenty tents being pitched.

This in many ways set the path Scouting as a youth organization until recent years for boys only took and is the site of a camp which is used by the Scout association although it owned by the National Trust following a settlement in 1963.

It is hugely reassuring to know these scouts are wearing the tradition Scout uniform as suggested and approved of Baden Powell himself which has made a resurgence in recent years.