Scouts remember
06/11/2009
The 8th West Wickham Scouts will be forming part of the Guard of Honour at this year’s Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, to be televised on BBC1 at 9.15pm Saturday evening.
Ten Scouts will be joining The Scout Association’s Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and invited members of the general public to honour those who have given their lives in service of their country.
Over six million people watch the Festival of Remembrance on the BBC. The Scouts will lead people into the hall before taking their place in front of the stage for the service.
Stuart Haydon, Group Scout Leader for the 8th West Wickham, described it as an ‘honour’ and said the Scouts were ‘very much looking forward to representing the UK’s young people at the event.’
A contingent from The Scout Association lead by Queen’s Scouts will also be working at the event and on the Sunday taking part in the service at the Cenotaph in central London. The Queen’s Scout Award is Scouting’s highest achievement awarded for supporting the local community and completing an adventurous expedition, usually abroad.
A number of Queen's Scouts from the London area will also be forming the Guard of Honour outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. One of these is Ben Richardson, who was recently presented with his Queen's Scout Award. Ben’s adult volunteer role in Scouting is County Commissioner for the whole of South-East London with the responsibility of supporting and managing 10,000 young people and adults in that area.
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