Memorial at Nunhead Cemetery commemorating eight members of the 2nd Walworth Scout Troop and a boy from TS ‘Arethusa’ who died in 1912 following the capsize of their cutter
Location
Nunhead Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'TO COMMEMORATE / THE SCOUTS OF / THE 2ND WALWORTH TROOP / DROWNED OFF LEYSDOWN / ISLE OF SHEPPEY, / ON 4TH AUGUST 1912 / GONE HOME / WILLIAM BECKHAM AGED 12 / ALBERT DACK AGED 11 / ALBERT FILMEN AGED 14 / HARRY GWYNN AGED 13 / PERCY HUXFORD AGED 12 / JAMES SKIPSEA AGED 12 / EDWARD SMITH AGED 11 / AND FRANK MASTERS AGED 14 / OF THE TRAINING SHIP / ARETHUSA', 'THIS STONE ERECTED / IN 1992 REPLACES THE / MEMORIAL DESIGNED / BY / SIR GILES GILBERT SCOTT / DONATED BY / KELLAWAYS FUNERAL SERVICES / & FRANCIS CHAPPELL / MONUMENTAL MASONS LIMITED / WITH THE HELP OF / THE FRIENDS OF / NUNHEAD CEMETERY'
Details
Type: Memorial
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 12
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Patrol Leader
Organisation: Boy Scouts
Dack, Albert
Age: 11
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Scout
Organisation: Boy Scouts
Filmer, Noel
Age: 14
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Scout
Organisation: Boy Scouts
Filmer, Thompson
Age: 12
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Scout
Organisation: Boy Scouts
Gwynn, Harry
Age: 13
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Patrol Leader
Organisation: Boy Scouts
Huxford, Percy
Age: 12
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Scout
Organisation: Boy Scouts
Skipsea, James
Age: 12
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Scout
Organisation: Boy Scouts
Masters, Frank
Age: 14
Date of Death: 4/8/1912
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Trainee
Organisation: Arethusa
Extra
Bibliography: Roy Masini 'Sea Scouting: a history, 1909-2009'pp. 19-33.