Leader Timeline (1911 - )
We need your help to be able to list all our leaders. Who do you remember? Any little snippet of information can help - although, yes, we know your cub leader was called Akela! The dates below are taken from Group records, but some dates are approximate. Can you help? Were you a Leader?
Please email us with any information and / or photographs, to info@20th.org.uk
1911
Formation of the Group by
A J Cooper of Whirlow Lane
A Corker of Parkhead
30 Scouts
1919
Scout Leader D J Cooper
Assisted by A J Shoulder (requires verification)
1929
Group Scout Master (GSM) - Alver W Savidge of Clifton House, 286 Dobbin Hill
Cub Master - Miss Vera Tomline of 64 Banner Cross Road, assisted by Miss E Whitaker of 4 Bents Green View.
W A Baldwin
1931
Group Scout Master (GSM) - Rev. Sam Price
K Sumerstone
Alec Robson
Frank New
1936
Group Scout Master (GSM) - Rev D N E Brinbe
1937
T W Coker receives his Scouter’s Warrant.
Numbers were no growing so fast that two Troops had to be formed, with Leaders W H Warner, Rev C C A Hick, JF Hudson, J V Osbourne, Mrs. P B Wharton, D Moore, M Pell and M Butterfield.
1949
Group Scout Master (GSM) - W (Skip) Newsome
1958
Group Scout Master (GSM) - H Nicholson
1961
Jim Buckley
Jim Buckley – Group Scout Master (GSM), then Group Scout Leader
Ian Mckens
1962
Jeff Kenyon
Scout Leader Jeff Kenyon marries Cub Leader Pat Southall.
Rover Leader - Syd Shepperd.
Mid 60s
Wednesday Cub Leader - Janet Spilsby.
Monday Cub Leader - Alan Smith.
Early 70s
Wednesday Cub Leader - Brian Webb.
Friday Scout Leader - Alan Bovil, then Pete Selby, assisted by Pete (Quilly) Darwin.
Mid 70s
Monday A Pack Cubs - Ken Watson (1975) and Derek Jones, Beryl Smith.
Scout Leader - Brian (Cap) Read (dates required).
Tuesday Cubs - John Whiteway and Vernon Haw, plus Heather Daniels and Melany Haw.
John Whiteway
Vernon Haw
Melany Haw
Wednesday Cubs – Phil Morely, Dave Dickenson, then Melany Haw.
Thursday Scouts – Vernon Haw, John Whiteway.
1978
Reg Lilley starts helping with Monday Cubs.
1980s
Monday Cubs Trevor Beck
Wednesday Cubs Cub Leader – John Smith, then Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson
Tuesday B pack – Reg Lilley, followed by Peter Gandy
Thursday Scouts – Melany Holmes (nee Haw), Andrew Watson, Emma Manning.
1986
Nadine Lilley & Judy McMurray launch Beaver section.
Nadine Lilley
Judy McMurray
1989
Malcolm Tummon and Bob Foster assist Peter Gandy at Tuesday Cubs.
1990s
Group Scout Leader (GSL) - Reg Lilley.
1990 Jeremy Holmes launches EMU – Ecclesall’s first Venture Scouts ( Cutler’s were a district unit).
Friday Scouts - Pete Selby, Pete (Quilley) Darwin, Martin Wade.
Thursday Scouts - new assistant leaders Simon Millard, Richard Spragg.
Group Scout Leader (GSL) - Vernon Haw (retires end of 1999). His daughter Melany takes over as Acting GSL.
David Reed becomes B Pack Cub leader, renamed as Merlin pack. Assisted by Tim Watts.
Squirrel Pack - Stuart Gibbons.
Beaver Leaders - Paul and Rhona Huntington.
2000
A Pack: Paul and Rhona Huntington and Deborah. Assisted by Liz Cowan and Ian Lee (who ran the section while new leaders were found).
Beavers - Sian Stockham and Lucy Benham.
2001
David Reed retires and Tim Watts becomes Merlin pack Akela. Assisted by Melanie Holmes, who leaves the Scout section.
Thursday Scouts - Andrew Watson, Nick Bryan and Graham Brown.
2002
Paul and Rhona Huntington and Deborah step down as cub leaders. Nick Bryan becomes GSL.
Monday Cubs (Squirrel Pack) - Tony Richardson and Betty Plews.
ACSL - Adam Soanes.
2003
Graham Brown launches Wednesday Scouts, with the help of David Mason.
Sian Stockhan becomes the first leader of the new Explorer section EXU.
Beavers, now assisted by Jonathan Thornton and Alex Smith.
2004
Beaver Leaders - James Marsden and Tom Lindop.
2005
David Adams receives ASL Warrant for Wednesday Scouts, helped by James Hogg.
Beaver Leader - Diane Watts.
2009
Wednesday Scouts - Nick Bryan and Sian Stockham.
2010
Wednesday Scouts - David Cattel.
2011
Tuesday Cubs - Tim Watts and Sam Watts.
Wednesday Scouts - Melany Holmes.
2014
Explorer Leaders - Graham Brown and Tony Richardson (as Sian Stockham steps down).
Thursday Scouts assisted by Jonathan ‘JT’ Thornton, Sam Lindop and James ‘Gremmers’ Newsome.
2015
Tony Richardson takes over as GSL from Nick Bryan
2016
Wednesday Beavers - launched by Diane Watts.
Thursday Beaver Leader - Phill Tate.
2017
Wednesday Beavers - Allison Amos (taking over from Diane Watts who retires as a group leader).
2018
Simba (Thursday) Cubs launched by Phill Tate.
Thursday Beaver Leaders - Adam Shearn and Kirsty Gillrass.
Silver Acorn awarded to Tony Richardson (GSL) for at least 20 years of service to Scouting.
2019
Sharon Brown Takes over Wednesday Beavers and Lucy Benham returns to Lead Thursday Beavers.
2021
Simon Jones Takes over as leader of Simba Pack as Phill Tate moves to Merlin Pack Cubs.
Friday Scouts is Launched by Andrew Brown, with Rosa Smart and Luke Capel.
