Scouts during Wartime
Birkenhead Scout's Honour. John Pennington Bethell, a Birkenhead boy scout, has been awarded the highest award possible in the scout movement for gallantry during air raids - The Bronze Cross - which is only made to those who have shown great heroism under extreme risk. Bethell, who is only 16, is a patrol leader of the 65th Birkenhead Troop
Picture No
10636334
Media ID
48032460
Size
5348px x 7073px
(2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Scout Association
Source
Unattributed photograph from The Scout Association Archive
Date
1941
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