General Smuts

Cambridge District Scout Archive

C T Wood’s album

Whilst visiting Queens’ College Cambridge in 1917 General Smuts inspected the 9^th Cambridge Scout Troop and was given this Scout escort. Important visitors to Cambridge were often given an escort. There is no history of other Scouting involvement.

‘In 1917, when I was also S-M. of two other Troops and D.S-M. as well, we moved our H.Q. to the Albert Institute in Grafton Street. That year General SMUTS visiting Cambridge, inspected the Troop;’    C T Wood History of 9^th Cambridge