Cambridge District Scout Archive
Cambridge Archive
The following are taken from a card index possibly c 1941/2, hand written for personal reference and not always clear. They list the Scout Leaders that were on Active Service and those left behind.
The listings are not uniform, only the 1st clearly list local roles and the terminology is variable. There is no clear distinction between War Service, National Service and Active Service. Active Service came to mean in the fighting forces or actually fighting. National Service could cover any role that had altered your employer and /or function as a consequence of the demands of the war.
Where recorded from this card index groups that closed are also identified.
Numbers of female leaders are also identified. No women were listed as being on service.
Group/ Number of leaders/ Number in service/ Roles/ Service
| 1st | 4 (1f) | 4 | Home guard x 2, Wardens x 2 | |
| 2nd | 3 | 0 | ||
| 5th | 5 | 1 | ASM | War Service |
| 7th | 7 | 3 | ASMs | RA, RAF, Infantry |
| 9th | 7 | 2 | ASMs | War Service |
| 11th | 2 | 1 | SM | War Service |
| 12th | 10 (1f) | 0 | ||
| 13th | 4 | 1 | SM | On National Service |
| 15th | 4 (2f) | 0 | ||
| 23rd | 7 (2f) | 3 | ASM | RAF, Military Police |
| ACM | RAF | |||
| 25th | 5 | 2 | SM & ASM | Service |
| 26th | 1 | 0 | ||
| 28th | 2 (2f) | 0 | ||
| 29th/42nd | 5 (2f) | 0 | ||
| 36th | 3 | 2 | SM & ASM | On Active Service |
| 42nd | 2 (2f) | 0 | ||
| 54th | 4 (2f) | 0 | ||
| 55th | 4 (4f) | 0 | ||
| 64th | 1 | 0 | ||
| 65th | 5 | 3 | GSM & SM | On Active Service |
| ASM | Killed ’41 D Custerson | |||
| Suspended | ||||
| 30th | Suspended Sept 1940 | |||
| 41st | ||||
| 53rd | Suspended during war time |
Two Groups listed their Rover Crew
- 12th 10 Active Service, 1 ARP, 1 killed on War Service
- 23rd 3 RAF overseas, Internal 7, Army 7, Not serving 2
A note attached to the 13th appears to read ‘Norway 27/11/40′ but this was several months after the Norwegian campaign.
JWR Archivist Feb 2019
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