BOY SCOUTS’ HEROIC CONDUCT
LONDON, May 27.
A squad of Boy Scouts were heroes on the occasion of a recent heavy German aerial attack on a definite objective in south-west England. Equipping themselves with an Auxiliary Fire Service trailer pump which they dragged into action behind their scoutmaster’s car, a fire-fighting squad from the 2nd Saltash Scout Troop volunteered to deal with the fire, although warned they would be subjected to constant bombing. The party had not been working long before a 17-year-old lad was pierced right through the body by shrapnel. The leader of the party, aged 18, had just refused relief in the most dangerous position when he was killed by a bomb. His younger brother was injured in the arm and leg and made no mention of his injuries, but volunteered to fetch a stretcher party and dragged himself along the ground for half a mile till an ambulance picked him up.
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Southland Times, Issue 24447, 29 May 1941, Page 5
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