Scouts’ origins
A camp for boys on the Poole, Dorset, island of Brownsea signified the start of the Boy Scouts’ organisation. The camp was organised by Robert BadenPowell, one of Britain’s most famous soldiers. A great lover of the outdoors, Baden-Powell put his ideas to work at the camp, held in 1907, and then published a book, "Scouting for Boys.” As a result he started
the boy scout movement, which spread quickly to become a world-wide organisation. Knighted in 1909, Baden-Powell devoted his life to scouting from 1910. In that year and with his sister, Agnes, he started Girl Guides. In 1921 he became Lord Baden-Powell and in 1929 he became Chief Scout of the World. “B-P,” as he was known to scouts, died in 1941. He was 84.
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