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Scouts' Roll of Honour.
Morecambe Members with the Forces.
The following members of the IVth Morecambe B.P. Boy Scouts are serving in the army: -
Edgar Hayton, 12, Poulton-square (Assistant Scoutmaster), 5th King's Own (Reserve) "H" Co, Signaller.
Albert Hodgson, 38, Green-street.
Maurice Hodgson, 38, Green-street.
Arthur Johnson, Victoria-street.
Arthur Baron, 10, Hampton-road, Sandylands.
James Swain, 29, Beecham-street.
Tom Edmondson, 36, Green-street, signallers.
Percy Dickenson, 1, East View-terrace, R.A.M.C. (Royal Military Hospital, Colchester).
John Swain, East Holme, Thornton-road, R.N.F.A. Attached R.N.D. (Crystal Palace).
(Morecambe Visitor, 13 January 1915)
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FROM SCOUT TO CORPORAL.
In the Scouts' Roll of Honour published in the "Visitor" last week, the name of Arthur Robin Browning, 22, Beach-street, Bare, Lance-Corporal 9th Royal Fusiliers, was omitted.
(Morecambe Visitor, 20 January 1915)
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Former Boy Scout.
NOW WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
Below we publish a photograph of Signaller Clarence Tomlinson, son of Mr. J. Tomlinson, a former carriage proprietor, of Morecambe.
Signaller Tomlinson, when in Morecambe, was a member of the 1st Morecambe Troop of Boy Scouts, and when his family removed to Southport he transferred to the Southport Scouts.
When the Southport Sea Scouts were formed he joined that company, and has now entered the R.N.R., and gone on one of the auxiliary cruisers as a signaller.
(Morecambe Visitor, 27 January 1915)
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A member of the 4th Morecambe Boy Scouts, who has joined the R.A.M.C. (Royal Naval Division), and who sails for Egypt this month.
(Morecambe Visitor, 3 February 1915)
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Boy Scouts on Imperial Service.
Below we publish the portraits of six members of the 4th Morecambe Boy Scouts, who have enlisted in the 5th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt. for Imperial Service. Tom Edmondson is now at Sevenoaks, and ____ proceeding on active service. The others are at present billeted at ____ with the 5th (Reserve) Battalion.
The names, reading from left to right, are: -
[Back row] Arthur Johnson, Victoria Street; Maurice Hodgson, Green Street; and James Swain, 29, Beecham Street.
[Front row] Arthur Baron, Hampton Road, Sandylands; Tom Edmondson, Green Street; and Albert Hodgson, Green Street.
(Morecambe Visitor, 10 February 1915)
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Morecambe Young Man Promoted to Sergeant.
Morecambrians, and especially the members of the Morecambe troops of Boy Scouts, will be pleased to hear of the success of J. A. Swain, a former patrol leader of the 4th Morecambe Troop.
He is the son of Mr. W. Swain, fisherman, of Eastholm, Thornton-road, and writing home to his parents on his success he said "I was flabbergasted when my promotion to Sergeant was read out."
Sergeant Swain enlisted in the Royal Naval Division Field Ambulance, on the 18th of December. He was well known and highly respected in the town, and for some time worked for Mr. F. N. Whitehead, chemist, Queen-street. He was a member of the Parish Church Choir and the Morecambe Ambulance Division.
(Morecambe Visitor, 3 March 1915)
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MORECAMBE SOLDIER WOUNDED.
News has been received that Pte. Tom Edmondson, son of Mr. Edmondson, contractor, of Green-street, Morecambe, has been wounded at the front. He is now in hospital in France. Before joining the colours Pte. Edmondson was an enthusiastic member of the 4th Morecambe Boy Scouts.
(Morecambe Visitor, 30 April 1915)
Morecambe Members with the Forces.
The following members of the IVth Morecambe B.P. Boy Scouts are serving in the army: -
Edgar Hayton, 12, Poulton-square (Assistant Scoutmaster), 5th King's Own (Reserve) "H" Co, Signaller.
Albert Hodgson, 38, Green-street.
Maurice Hodgson, 38, Green-street.
Arthur Johnson, Victoria-street.
Arthur Baron, 10, Hampton-road, Sandylands.
James Swain, 29, Beecham-street.
Tom Edmondson, 36, Green-street, signallers.
Percy Dickenson, 1, East View-terrace, R.A.M.C. (Royal Military Hospital, Colchester).
John Swain, East Holme, Thornton-road, R.N.F.A. Attached R.N.D. (Crystal Palace).
(Morecambe Visitor, 13 January 1915)
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FROM SCOUT TO CORPORAL.
In the Scouts' Roll of Honour published in the "Visitor" last week, the name of Arthur Robin Browning, 22, Beach-street, Bare, Lance-Corporal 9th Royal Fusiliers, was omitted.
(Morecambe Visitor, 20 January 1915)
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Former Boy Scout.
NOW WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
Below we publish a photograph of Signaller Clarence Tomlinson, son of Mr. J. Tomlinson, a former carriage proprietor, of Morecambe.
Signaller Tomlinson, when in Morecambe, was a member of the 1st Morecambe Troop of Boy Scouts, and when his family removed to Southport he transferred to the Southport Scouts.
When the Southport Sea Scouts were formed he joined that company, and has now entered the R.N.R., and gone on one of the auxiliary cruisers as a signaller.
(Morecambe Visitor, 27 January 1915)
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A member of the 4th Morecambe Boy Scouts, who has joined the R.A.M.C. (Royal Naval Division), and who sails for Egypt this month.
(Morecambe Visitor, 3 February 1915)
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Boy Scouts on Imperial Service.
Below we publish the portraits of six members of the 4th Morecambe Boy Scouts, who have enlisted in the 5th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt. for Imperial Service. Tom Edmondson is now at Sevenoaks, and ____ proceeding on active service. The others are at present billeted at ____ with the 5th (Reserve) Battalion.
The names, reading from left to right, are: -
[Back row] Arthur Johnson, Victoria Street; Maurice Hodgson, Green Street; and James Swain, 29, Beecham Street.
[Front row] Arthur Baron, Hampton Road, Sandylands; Tom Edmondson, Green Street; and Albert Hodgson, Green Street.
(Morecambe Visitor, 10 February 1915)
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Morecambe Young Man Promoted to Sergeant.
Morecambrians, and especially the members of the Morecambe troops of Boy Scouts, will be pleased to hear of the success of J. A. Swain, a former patrol leader of the 4th Morecambe Troop.
He is the son of Mr. W. Swain, fisherman, of Eastholm, Thornton-road, and writing home to his parents on his success he said "I was flabbergasted when my promotion to Sergeant was read out."
Sergeant Swain enlisted in the Royal Naval Division Field Ambulance, on the 18th of December. He was well known and highly respected in the town, and for some time worked for Mr. F. N. Whitehead, chemist, Queen-street. He was a member of the Parish Church Choir and the Morecambe Ambulance Division.
(Morecambe Visitor, 3 March 1915)
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MORECAMBE SOLDIER WOUNDED.
News has been received that Pte. Tom Edmondson, son of Mr. Edmondson, contractor, of Green-street, Morecambe, has been wounded at the front. He is now in hospital in France. Before joining the colours Pte. Edmondson was an enthusiastic member of the 4th Morecambe Boy Scouts.
(Morecambe Visitor, 30 April 1915)