Whilst “scouting” for pictures of the Boy Scout Memorial for the last post, we came across this picture of Lord Robert Baden-Powell (and wife Olave’s) gravestone. Note the circle with the dot inside; ostensibly this is the traditional Boy Scout trail sign for “I have gone home.”
Today Robert Baden-Powell is best known as the founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1908, but in the Edwardian era his name was synonymous with the Boer War, and specifically the 217 wretched days from October 1899 to May 1900. The resistance of the town of Mafeking, an overnight stop on the vital rail [...]
It was then 4.45, and a bewildering moment for the brigadier, who had a great bulky convoy to protect and had it in a defenceless position.
I think I would not take any reward to bear the responsibility of acting at such a moment. Shots were sounding quicker, but one could see nothing except the surrounding [...]
