Awards for Special Services (1909-1995)

Silver Wolf				Medal of Merit
Sheffield Local Association Boy Scouts				Sheffield Local Association Boy Scouts
1920	Lt Col J H Leslie	DC		1911	R Gapes	PL 11th
1944	A Harland	Hon Treas LA		1921	A Harland (1932)	DC
1962	C E Holmstrom	V Chair LA		1925	T W Chapman	CM 11th
1965	J E Swinburn	Hon Sec CA		1926	Miss N Critchlow	CM 37th
Sheffield Boy Scouts City Association					G Reedman	ADC
1966	W G L Smith	ACC		1930	A W Gaskin (1938)	ADC
	A E Bell	Acting CC		1931	H H Marshall	GSM 11th
1980	G Outwin	Grp Pres 11th		1932	Capt W Harland	Chairman LA
1982	J D Breakey	Hon Sec SCSC		1933	J Cunningham	Hon Sec LA
1983	Dr W D Pugh	Chrmn SCSC		1933	V H Sandford	Hon Sec LA
1984	R Village	DC		1934	C C Hale	ADC
	G W Stephens	DC		1938	F Blackwell	GSM 84th
1987	Mrs M Ogden	CSL 287th			C H Kelk	ADC
1992	K Atkin	GSL 59th			J E Swinburn	Hon Sec LA
	G L Borwick	Chairman WA			T C Watson	SM 50th
				1939	Miss A M Partington	ADC
Silver Acorn				1940	C E Holmstrom	DC
Sheffield Local Association Boy Scouts					W G L Smith	ADC
1945	C E Holstrom	DC		1941	A Hewitt	DSM
1948	W G L Smith	ADC			R Whitworth	RSL 26th
1950	J E Swinburn	Hon Sec LA		1942	W J Gibson	ADC
1953	W J Gibson	ADC		1943	W A Vere	ADC
	H H Marshall	GSM 11th		1945	Miss F E Revill	Gen Sec LA
1954	L M Pugh	DC			S C Thornhill	ADC
1955	J Wood-Smith	ADC		1946	L D Clark	ADC
1956	A E Bell	ADC			W Hetherington	ADC
1960	W Hetherington	ADC			Miss M M Pellatt	ADC
	C H Kelk	ADC		1947	Miss M A Steers	DCM
Sheffield Boy Scouts City Association				1948	Miss L Barker	DCM
1966	G L Borwick (1981)†	ACC			A E Bell	ADC
	C O Makin (1991)	DC			J Wood Smith	ADC
	D S Cass (1981)	ACC		1949	G Ostle	ADC
	D Cooper	ACC			G Outwin	SM 11th
	W A Vere	Dist Sec		1950	Miss E I Bradford	DCM
1968	Dr W D Pugh	Chairman			L E Macnamara	DSM
	T F Johnson (1983)	GSL 210th		1951	J A Pritchard	ADC
1972	J D Breakey	Hon Sec			B Roe	GSM 183rd
	Mrs M Ogden	CSL 287th		1952	D Cass	GSM 16th
1975	F Holmes	ADC			J Wainwright (1954)	GSM
	Mrs K Makin	ADC		1953	Miss D Stringfield	CM 150th
	R Village	DC		1954	Rev A V Selle	ADC
1979	N Aizlewood	DC		1955	T F Johnson	GSM 210th
	K Atkin	ADC			P R Parramore	ADC
	J W Mee	DC		1956	K Burdett	DSM (S)
1980	E Moody (1991)	ACC			J T R Charlesworth	GSM 128th
1981	D Foster	ADC			F Miles	GSM 146th
	N G Gibson	DC			G W Stevens	GSM 232nd
	J H Harwood (1987)	ADC		1957	Miss W J Challis (1966)	DCM
	A W Irving (1992)	City Comm			R F S Jones	GSM 145th
	G E Reed (1997)	DC			A E Turner	GSM 273rd
1983	E Gale	GSL 14th		1958	Mrs K Makin (1977)	DCM
	L Longden	Scout F'wship			W Linton (1968)	GSM 84th
	W Vickers	Pres 109th			S S Webster	DSM
1984	Mrs W G Challis	Grp Sec 46th		1959	J A Beckford	DSM
	J C Hall	ADC			R P Guion	GSM 1st
	D Taylor	GSL 61st			H Middleton	GSM 87th
	M Sheppard	City Comm			D Cooper	ADC
	R Mansfield	DC		1960	G L Borwick	ADC
	E R Wheen	SL 35th			J D Breakey	Asst Hon Sec LA
1985	A Wells	Treas 16th			G E Bunting (1972)	GSM 74th
	A Ogden (1993)	GSL 287th			J H Sanders	DSM (S)
1986	C J Bell (1997)	City V Chairman		1961	F Kelk	Hon GSM 152nd
1987	F Newton	GSL 35th		1962	J A Allen	DSM
	G Herridge	V Pres Rivelin			Miss I Anstess	ACM 145th
	P Wathen (1999)	Service Team Riv			Miss M P Dearman	CM 10th
1988	H Kelford	Secretary			F H Soppitt	DCM
	R Guion	GHSC			Mrs O M Bramwell	CM 159th
1989	E Readman	D/Warden GHSC		1963	K Atkin	ADC
	R S Sanderson (1999)	Dist Chair Riv			N G Gibson (1978)	ADC
1990	G A Albiston	D C Porter			F Holmes	DSM
1991	R S Bruce	V Pres SCSC			D Lindsley	ADC
	S F Crowson	GSL 267th			D Thomas	ADC
	R H Jenkinson	AGSL 284th		1964	R Cope	DSM
	Rev E Clarkson	Rivelin SF			D Foster	GSM 181st
	K V Robinson	Ass Hon Sec			R Lowe	CM 230th
1992	P J Stevenson (2010)	DVSL Sheaf			R Village	ADC
	E Shimmin	ADC(S) Sheaf		1965	N Aizlewood	GSM 183rd
1993	W Allsop	Dist Chairman			E Green	GSM 276th
	M Smith (1999)	DC Don			J W Mee	ADC
1994	A Hanwell	V/Chairman Don		(continued)
	B Nimmo	Supporter Don
1995	G J Wilks	DC Sheaf
	K Kaye	Mem F&GP Comm
	T Biglands	ADC Sheaf

^†Year in brackets - Bar awarded

The Silver Wolf is the unrestricted gift of the Chief Scout and is only awarded for service of a most exceptional nature although the Chief Scout will usually consult the Awards Board before awarding it. It is not normally awarded until at least a Silver Acorn has been gained. In practice this means that it is seldom awarded for less than 30 years service although, because it is the Chief Scout’s unrestricted gift, no length of service is prescribed

The Silver Acorn is not normally awarded until after at least an Award for Merit has been gained and a further five years’ service has been completed. Thus, it is seldom awarded for less than 20 years service, which should be specially distinguished and appreciably better than outstanding.The Silver Acorn was instituted in 1932 as an award to rank between the Medal of Merit and the Silver Wolf. It was originally called the Silver Medal but changed to the Silver Acorn shortly after. It was also worn on the jacket and not around the neck. It was instituted as a St George’s Day Award in 1933 and the decision for it to be worn around the neck was made around 1952 when at the same time, the to the Silver Acorn was instituted. The Bar to the Silver Acorn may be awarded for at least a further 5 years of similarly distinguished service.

The Medal of Merit (now the Award for Merit) is given for outstanding service of not less than 12 years and 10 years exceptionally. It implies keen, conscientious, imaginative and dedicated service over a sustained period. The Bar to the Medal of Merit may be awarded after a period of not less than five years of further outstanding service.

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