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 The Cornwell Award and Hertfordshire Scouting
Hertfordshire has had Seven Cornwell Scout Badge Awards between 1943 and 1988. There have also been Seven Cornwell Scout Certificates, a lower grade (now discontinued). These were awarded between 1963 and 1978. Every young persons case was different but typically, a recipient would be aged about 11, and will have encountered or already joined Scouting with some crippling disease. This would have meant enduring hospitalisation over several years. There would have been some respite recovery and all this time the Scout would have carried on with badge work keeping in touch with his peers and Leaders with a cheery smile and generally being an example for all other young Scouts to follow. The old eighth Scout Law - “A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties”. List of Hertfordshire Cornwell Badge Award or Certificate holders in date order. | Badge | 1943 | Boy Scout Alan Kerrs | 2 St Albans Troop | | Badge | 1945 | Wolf Cub Geoffrey Berry | 1 St Albans Pack | | Badge | 1947 | Boy Scout Graham Carson | 1 Broxbourne Scout Troop | | Cert. | 1950 | Wolf Cub N.Hignett | 5 Berkhamsted Pack (Thomas Coram School) | | Cert. | 1952 | Boy Scout A.Carter | 2 Ware Scout Troop | | Cert. | 1963 | Wolf Cub D.C.Hunt | 1 Park Street Pack | | Badge | 1964 | Senior Scout Barry Nelson | 1 Bennetts End Troop | | Cert. | 1964 | P.L. David Grossman | 9 Potters Bar Troop (Lochinver House School) | | Cert. | 1967 | Scout C.J. Oldman | 5 Potters Bar Troop (King Charles the Martyr) | | Badge | 1970 | P.L. Nicholas Byrne | 4 Potters Bar Troop | | Cert. | 1972 | Cub Scout C.Lowe | 1 Batchworth Pack | | Cert. | 1978 | Sixer Claus Donald | 1 Wormley Pack | | Badge | 1985 | Cub Scout Steven Woolf | 1 Buntingford Pack | | Badge | 1988 | Scout Michael Wilshire | 1 Hatfield Troop (Viscount Cranborne`s Own) |
I believe the only survivor is Steven Woolf, now living in London. Records of Cornwell Scout Awards and the citations of the Badge holders only, are held in a special folder within the County Scout Museum at Well End Campsite. Citations of all Gallantry Awards (the Cornwell Award is not for Gallantry but young people have to be very brave during their illness) are held in a separate folder. Please contact the County Archivist for a viewing and guided tour. If you are contemplating a nights-away event, and wish to visit then, please give good notice. Frank Brittain
County Archivist
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