Category: History
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ERIC REED – Scout MasterEric joined 1st Sunningdale after repeatedly turning up and asking if he could join. It was only when they were taking details for an upcoming camp in Winkfield that they discovered he was only 7! When he was older, Eric used to work as a farm hand on Coworth Farm 6…
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John Henry St. Quinten Astell (owner of the Dale Lodge Estate) gifted the Sandy Lane site to 1st Sunningdale, and a wooden hut was erected, with the help of some of the Scouts.
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A troop flag was presented to 1st Sunningdale Scout Group in loving memory of John Norman Dodd, Pastor and Scoutmaster – 25th June 1936 (inscription on brass) …..and it’s still in use today!
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The 1st Sunningdale Pewitt Scout Patrol at camp in East Wittering. The Scout Leader at this time is believed to have been T.H Westmacott. He was ex-Navy and had 2 sons in 1st Sunningdale. The troop also used to put on Christmas Shows in Sunningdale Village Hall.
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The first Scout Hut was at the corner of Bedford Lane/Church Road (opposite the War Memorial and next to the CMI Building). It was opened by the then County Commissioner Major Sir Frederick Carden
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CUBS were first registered at 1st Sunningdale on 31st March 1927. The Leader, Miss Zillah Flockton had 7 Cubs in the pack.
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The first recorded Scoutmaster was Reginald Pack and in October 1919 there were 25 Scouts in the Troop. Pictured here in the less familiar dark blue shirt, dark blue shorts, dark blue socks with dark green tabs and dark green tie – no gold! Both Cubs and Scouts wore this uniform and the only difference…
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1st Sunningdale was one of the earliest Scout Groups in the country and first registered in 1910 as part of the Windsor Forest Association. They used to meet in the old stables and a bell tent in the grounds of Dale Lodge (a small local estate)
