1911 - 1930
20 July 1911
20th Sheffield Scout Group registered.
The group was formed with:
2 leaders (A J Cooper of Whirlow Lane and A Corker of Parkhead)
30 Scouts.
Edgar Moore in 1911, one of the first Scouts at Ecclesall.
Originally, the Troop neckerchief was dove grey.
Space was provided in the Sheffield Telegraph newspaper for reports on Scout Troops.
At the commencement of The Great War, the scouts were put to guarding the reservoirs. Camps were set up at Redmires and Strines Reservoirs.
Scouts continued to provide service to the war effort, working with the police and fire service.
1915
Whirlow Mill
Meetings were held at the Old Grinding Mill at Whirlow. The Troop inventory showed:
2 tents (which increased to 3 in 1916)
8 bicycles
A trek cart.
To date, the uniform had been blue, but now any colour could be used - as long as it was uniform throughout the Troop.
Sheffield was divided into Districts; Ecclesall being in the Western District.
1917
During 1917, Scouts continued their war duty by acting as hospital orderlies.
The Group now consists of
4 Leaders
12 Senior Class
8 Tenderfoot
20 Wolf Cubs
3 tents, 6 bicycles and a drum and fife band.
1918
Senior Scouts were renamed Rover Scouts. The first Rover Crew called The Lord Mayor’s Own Troop of Baden Powell Rovers, was formed with a Den in the Wicker.
1919
The Group now meets in Ecclesall School Room.
Scoutmaster is D J Cooper of Broad Oak, Park Head
Assisted by A J Shoulder
30 Scouts
1920
Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell (Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL 1857 - 1941), proclaimed first Chief Scout of the World at the 1920 World Scout Jamboree, Olympia, London.
Scouts in uniform given a concession to travel half-fare with Sheffield Transport.
1923
Troop meetings are now held in the Church Institute on Ringinglow Road. The following year the institute was renamed as the Memorial Rooms, in honour of the fallen.
Scoutmaster - Harry James Ashford
23 Scouts
3 Rovers
The Pack registration document shows
Cubmaster - Harry James Ashford
ACM - William Henry Kent, both of 40 Carrington Rd, Endcliffe
18 active Cubs
This is also the first record of the Group meeting at the Memorial Hall.
