Baden-Powell
Started scouting movement
Robert Baden-Powell was a British army officer who founded the Scout movement in 1907, establishing a worldwide organization for youth development emphasizing outdoor skills, citizenship, and character building.
His name is synonymous with scouting itself: Every Scout knows Baden-Powell.
The hyphenated surname sometimes appears alone to mean the movement's principles or methods.
Youth outdoor leadership group
- Girl GuidesYouth movement for girls
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- troopMobile group, organized
campfire · merit badge · woodcraft · neckerchief · Cub Scouts · youth movement · camping · knots
Encirclement forcing surrender
- Boer WarAnglo-Dutch colonial conflict
- cavalryMounted military force
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
colonel · defense · South Africa · intelligence · guerrilla warfare · mounted infantry · colonial · campaign
One who begins something
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- youth leadershipYoung people in charge
- character buildingDeveloping moral strength
- citizenshipStatus as state member
service · conservation · peace · education · philanthropy · autobiography · memorials · centenary
Boy Scouts
Youth outdoor leadership group
- Girl GuidesYouth movement for girls
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
- patrolRegular surveillance route
troop · campfire · merit badge · woodcraft · neckerchief · Cub Scouts · youth movement · camping · knots · tracking
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- Boer WarAnglo-Dutch colonial conflict
- cavalryMounted military force
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
British Army · colonel · defense · South Africa · intelligence · guerrilla warfare · mounted infantry · colonial · campaign · regiment
founder
One who begins something
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- youth leadershipYoung people in charge
- character buildingDeveloping moral strength
citizenship · service · conservation · peace · education · philanthropy · autobiography · memorials · centenary · values
- Scoutingbadges, scout, Boy Scouts, campfires, scouts
- British CommandersMontgomery, Wellington, Kitchener, Marlborough, Cromwell
- Compound SurnamesDay-Lewis, Saint-Laurent
- EdwardiansKing Edward VII, George V, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling
- military leadersGeorge Washington, Napoleon, generals, general, commander
- Wartime Scoutsscout troops, merit badges, camping skills, outdoor skills, knot tying