17th Cambridge

Cambridge District Scout Archive

  • Opened under SM Cutting and Duchemin.
  • In Abeyance 1916 – 1919. Reopened under Fr Charles Davidson (see ‘Catholics in Cambridge’ Nicolas Rogers)

1968 directory 17th scarf described as Maroon with dark blue band.

Confirmed 30570 from ’53

For 27th Cambridge Guides read 17th in the sentence above

Members of the 17th were involved in the British Catholic Scouts’ Pilgrimage to Rome in 1925. Rev G W H Webb was Chaplain to one of the eight groups.

JWR Archivist Mar 2019