Here's your bedroll ...

At the start of camp - the bedroll for the week ...

Cornwell Scout Badge

John Elton showing his Cornwell Badge to fellow scouts. I think that this picture was taken on Exeter Quay where the 15th Exeter had their store in one of the arches.

This exceptional award is given in respect of pre-eminently high character and devotion to duty, together with great courage and endurance. The badge - it is not a medal - is of bronze and features the letter 'C' surrounding the Scout Badge. It may be worn by the holder after reaching the age of 20. The Cornwell Scout Badge is named after JOHN TRAVERS CORNWELL who, at the age of 15, gained the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Jutland where he continued to serve his gun on HMS Chester, though the rest of the crew were killed and himself mortally wounded. The Cornwell Scout Badge is sometimes called 'The Scouts' VC', but the Association discourages this. The endurance of a young person in hospital or facing severe disability with courage cannot be fairly compared with bravery in battle. There is bravery in each case but under different circumstances and, in this context, the Victoria Cross stands in a class of its own.

In front of the old school

Sharing photos

I found an old photo album which belonged to my father, Dan Jenkins. Dad taught at the Deaf School in Exeter in the 1950s up to 1965. He started and ran a Scout Troop at the School: it was the 15th Exeter Scout Troop. In the summer, the 15th Exeter Scouts would camp for a week at Lower Ingleigh, a farm at Ingleigh Green, Winkleigh. Lower Ingleigh was owned by Mr and Mrs Tudball. Their son, John Tudball, was a pupil at the school in Exeter.

I think that these photos are special so I decided to start this blog so that the Scouts and people connected with the School can enjoy them too.

I hope that you will post your memories on this blog. If you recognise people in the pictures, please post and tell us their names.