{"id":348,"date":"2012-01-13T14:37:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T14:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2014-10-03T15:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T14:38:24","slug":"the-1908-scouts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1908 Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">In the book \u2018Boy Scouts Organisation Register for The Potteries and District Boy Scouts Association\u2019 there is a list of the 34 Scouts who were in the Troop when it was written in the last half of 1908.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">After some research I&#8217;ve managed to find some information about the lives of some of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">Each entry will begin with the details as written in &#8216;Boy Scouts Organisation Register for The Potteries and District Boy Scouts Association\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">Please click on a Scout\u2019s name to read about him.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"786\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"George Walter Levi Hawkins\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/g-hawkins\/\">George Walter Levi Hawkins<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"Harry Lindop\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/h-lindop\/\">Harry Lindop<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"191\"><a title=\"Arthur Birt Walker\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/arthur-birt-walker\/\">Arthur Birt Walker<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"Percy Bearne\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/percy-bearne\/\">Percy Bearne<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"P Turner\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/p-turner\/\">P Turner<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"A Roberts\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/a-roberts\/\">A Roberts<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"191\"><a title=\"J Hollies\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/j-hollies\/\">Joseph Matthew Hollis<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"S Ratcliffe\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/s-ratcliffe\/\">S Ratcliffe<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"Arthur Goulding\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/arthur-goulding\/\">Arthur Golding<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"Percy Ramsden Cork\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/percy-ramsden-cork\/\">Percy Ramsden Cork<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"191\"><a title=\"C Sawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/c-sawyer\/\">C Sawyer<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"Harry Bearne\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/harry-bearne\/\">Harry Bearne<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"Frank Morton\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/frank-morton\/\">Frank Morton<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"Charles Burnett Lawton\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/charles-burnett-lawton\/\">Charles Burnett Lawton<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"191\"><a title=\"Harold Stevenson\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/harold-stevenson\/\">Harold Stevenson<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"Alfred Earnest Smith\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/alfred-earnest-smith\/\">Alfred Earnest Smith<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"Charles Gibbs\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/charles-gibbs\/\">Charles Edward Gibbs<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"A Wood\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/a-wood\/\">A Wood<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"191\"><a title=\"James Harold Strange\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/james-harold-strange\/\">James Harold Strange<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"R W Ler\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/r-w-ler\/\">R W Ler<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"H Leach\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/h-leach\/\">H Leach<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"George Harold Hyatt\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/george-harold-hyatt\/\">George Harold Hyatt<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"191\"><a title=\"L Wood\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/l-wood\/\">L Wood<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"A Tyler\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/a-tyler\/\">A Tyler<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"Joseph William Heath Simpson\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/joseph-william-heath-simpson\/\">Joseph William Heath Simpson<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"Thomas Horrocks Cork\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/thomas-horrocks-cork\/\">Thomas Horrocks Cork<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"191\"><a title=\"R Ler\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/r-ler\/\">R Ler<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"193\"><a title=\"R Holmes\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/r-holmes\/\">R Holmes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"Joe Simpson\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/joe-simpson\/\">Joseph (Joe) Simpson<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"194\"><a title=\"Leonard Peacock\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/leonard-peacock\/\">Leonard Peacock<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"194\"><a title=\"W Booth\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/w-booth\/\">W Booth<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"197\"><a title=\"V Booth\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/v-booth\/\">V Booth<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"207\"><a title=\"Joseph Brough Hood\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/joseph-brough-hood\/\">Joseph Brough Hood<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"194\"><a title=\"P Weaver\" href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1908-2\/the-1908-scouts\/p-weaver\/\">P Weaver<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"194\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"197\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Organisation-Register-1908-1910-Porthill-Only_Page_11.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Organisation Register 1908 - 1910 Porthill Only_Page_11\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Organisation-Register-1908-1910-Porthill-Only_Page_11_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C188\" alt=\"Organisation Register 1908 - 1910 Porthill Only_Page_11\" width=\"244\" height=\"188\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Organisation-Register-1908-1910-Porthill-Only_Page_12.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Organisation Register 1908 - 1910 Porthill Only_Page_12\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Organisation-Register-1908-1910-Porthill-Only_Page_12_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C189\" alt=\"Organisation Register 1908 - 1910 Porthill Only_Page_12\" width=\"244\" height=\"189\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">By December 1908, according to the account of the football match against May Bank Boys, \u00a0there was at least one\u00a0other\u00a0Scout called Tomkinson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the book \u2018Boy Scouts Organisation Register for The Potteries and District Boy Scouts Association\u2019 there is a list of the 34 Scouts who were in the Troop when it was written in the last half of 1908. After some research I&#8217;ve managed to find some information about the lives of some of them. 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