Scouts' Hall, available for hire
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Scouts' Hall, available for hire
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 10 May 2024
Devizes scouts were formed in 1908 following the meeting of Boer War veterans Lord Baden Powell and Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Steele. Steele met Captain R.S. Gundry at Hillworth Cottage and they formed the first troop together. Their first camp was held at Lockeridge the following year. However, the 1914 camp at Savernake Forest proved to be the last as the Great War broke out shortly after and many of the scouts found themselves in a greater setting. With peace, the scouts groups reformed and the hall was formally opened on 14th July, 1919 by Lord Methuen.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.348979
Longitude
-1.990905