Book Of Remembrance

This page contains information about past members of the County who have “Gone Home”.

The details and information of past members who have been recorded in this Book of Remembrance have been resourced from Orders of Service, including Eulogies and Tributes presented by family members and Scouting colleagues, and from obituary reports in past County and District News editions.

If you have any further information or have a copy of the Service Sheet or photograph of the person concerned that can be added please get in touch.

Foreword by Capt. Don Woodhouse OBE County Chaplain

Within the Scout family our lives are touched by the dedication and example of those who have encouraged and guided us and been truly role models.
Though they ‘have gone home’ we are grateful and know that in a real way they continues to be a blessing.

With the pace of modern life it can be easy to forget former Leaders and friends but anniversary events do remind us of them.

A book of Remembrance is an important way of continuing to give thanks and under God it can be a dynamic for action and service.

It is a truth that God works through the lives and example of others, out of gratitude we too are called as adopted words from the Scout Hymn puts it –

Lord makes me fit to serve
With all my heart
And in your service I would
Play my part.

This “Book of Remembrance” will grow with additional names and information and I am sure as a loving tribute to those who have “Gone Home”.

This foreword remains here as an introduction to the Book of Remembrance although Don Woodhouse has “Gone Home”.

The entries in this Book of Remembrance are arranged in order of surname. Click on each name to see their obituary [providing one has been received]. 

• Bernard Frank Archer – 10 September 1927 to 2 February 2015
• Joan Arnold – 29 March 1914 to 10 August 2005
• Vic Arnold – died August 2010
• Tom Baillie – 1927 to 25th December 2009
• Les Beckwith– died 21 November 2011
• Frank Blewett OBE – 24 January 1913 to 16 June 2004
• Peter John Blundell – 16 December 1938 to 16 August 2018
• Nigel Boardman
• Frank Bodley – 1921 to 2012
• Tony Bolton OBE – 1926 to 2009
• Nicky Bowditch – 1962 to 2007
• Simon Anthony Bowles– 22 August 1981 to 3 January 2005
• Beryl Bridges – died 27 January 2010
• Valerie Bright – 24 November 1947 to 7 January 2010
• John Brooke– 21 August 1929 to 27 December 2011
• Joyce Brown – 1 April 1931 – 22 June 2021
• Lily Carter – 1920 to 2017
• Bryan Alfred Child – 1927 to 2019
• Edward Cyril Clark – 28 August 1940 to 17 December 2013
• Ken Crisp – 20 July 1931 to 11 June 2020
• John Crook– died 1997
• Ron Cross– 5 May 1917 to 3 May 2013
• Peter Darlow – 19 October 1961 to 8 July 2009
• Eric Dicker – 14 April 1940 to 24 January 2021
• Peter Dunlop – died 16 March 2007
• George Duvall– 1915 to 1 May 2007
• Mick Else– 26 July 1951 to 16 March 2016
• John Evans– 1923 to 3 February 2013
• Alan George – 21 March 1947 to 20 March 2005
• Daphne Gibson– 3 January 1947 to 6 October 2010
• Neville Richard Gill – 1 November 1922 to 18 May 2012
• Keith Gillard – 4 June 1949 to 3 January 2019
• Charles Glover– 1917 to 2004
• Nancye Goodall – 19 November 1921 to 3 November 2008
• Peter Goodall – 6 December 1948 to 30 April 2019
• John Guthrie– 1928 to 2007
• Pam Hall– died 17 November 2004
• Gerald Hallam– 1929 to 2009
• Grace Hayden– 15 April 1925 to 6 July 2012
• Ted Hayden – 9 October 1927 to 19 November 2013
• Roy Haynes– died 2005
• John Heath – 1 April 1921 to 10 February 2016
• Bob Hebley– died 27 February 1984
• George Hickson– died 2012
• Charles Hill– 27 February 1924 to 7 December 2010
• Eunice Hill – 10 May 1940 to 10 December 2015
• David Hollier– 30 June 1934 to July 1999
• Joan Hooper– born 1928, died 1 November 2007
• Kevin Horsey– 1914 to 2006
• Derek Inwood– 14 July 1929 to 1 May 2011
• Harold Jupp –  19 February 1930 to 20 December 2018
• Harry Knight– died May 1984
• Pat Knight– died 14 November 2009
• Ken Lightfoot
• Arthur ‘Doc’ Lindley– 18 May 1921 to 20 October 2012
• Bob Lynch– died 24 March 1984
• Dr Henry Mandiwall– died 1986
• Charlie Manfredi– died 2010
• Doug Mason– died 16 October 1985
• Pauline May– died 11 January 2010
• Ian McGregor– died 6 June 1986
• Wendy Meade– 9 October 1948 to 17 February 2011
• Harry Mees– 1920 to 2008
• Fr John Michael Miller – 19 January 1923 to 25 October 2020
• Stanley Mills– 5 May 1931 to 29 November 2014
• Joan Moore– died 2012
• Derek Morrow-Thomas– 1928 to 2007
• H Morton Neal– 21 November 1931 to 8 June 2021
• Steve Newell– died 21 October 2013
• Gwen Owen– 9 January 1931 to 9 November 2016
• Joan Oxenham – died 15 September 2023
• Peter Oxenham– 8 March 1948 to 16 May 2015
• Henry (Harry) Charles Paterson– 1929 to 2016
• Harry Paterson– 16 February 1932 to 1 May 2012
• Edward ‘Ted’ Peck– 4 June 1937 to 15 February 2021
• John Pither– died 20 August 2008
• Gilbert Robert Powell– died 20 March 2013
• Arthur Primmer– died 1983
• John Rapley– 1911 to 2006
• Colin Ludlow Rennie– 1 February 1932 to 5 March 2006
• Ian Riches– 15 January 1956 to 1 January 2012
• John Ridout– 1935 to 2005
• Jim Riordan– 1938 to October 2005
• Ted Rist – died 11 July 2012
• Evelyn Rogers– died June 2014
• Robert Edwin Rowland– 1914 to 2002
• Jeremy Sadie– died 9 June 1986
• Les Salmon– 8 October 1933 to 29 July 2012
• Colin Sharp– 7 March 1944 to 28 July 2011
• Roy Skelly – 6 January 1950 to 27 January 2018
• Margaret Smith – February 1928 to 21 March 2014
• Ray Smith – 1925 to 2019
• Rex Smith – 13 March 1946 to 7 December 2023
• Peter Springthorpe – died 2011
• Ron Stone
• Dora Jean Stroud– 1930 to 2007
• Reg Styles– 8 December 1937 to 18 December 2014
• Clive Thomas– 1935 to 2007
• John Thurman OBE – 4 April 1911 to 10 April 1985
• David Towler – 6 January 1937 to 6 June 2023
• Patricia Turmer– 24 December 1941 to 23 July 2017
• Shirley Tye – 25 October 1928 to February 2020
• Stuart James Walton – 14 February 1977 to 2nd April 2018
• Percy Watson– died 18 December 1983
• Brenda Watts– died 2001
• Den West– 1934 to 2005
• Albert Henry Wheeler– 31 August 1922 to 24 February 2009
• Fred Webb MBE – 21 June 1927 to 23 December 2018
• Barry Welch – 10 May 1943 to 30 September 2022
• Colin Whitehead – 12 April 1938 to 27 March 2013
• Ormonde Patrick Quinlan Whiteman – 1917 to 2008
• Bruce Williams
• Peter Williams – 2 August 1948 to 27 July 2015
• Revd Paul Wilson
• Clifford Winkley – 31 May 1962 to 9 March 2014
• Donald Woodhouse OBE – 8 October 1920 to 18 January 2013
• John Woodhouse – 1921 to 2008
• W ‘Bill’ Wright – 2 August 1942 to 30 August 2022
• Michael John Wylie – 31st July 1952 to 12 February 2023
• John Yerbury– 1925 to 2008