The Reverend George Turner Waldegrave MBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (18 March 1889 – 15 May 1966) was the son of Reverend Samuel Edmund Waldegrave and Alice Millett.

He was the Colony Commissioner of the Boy Scout Association, Hong Kong Branch

The Scout Association of Hong Kong

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 from November 1921 to 1934 and Chaplain

Chaplain

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 in charge of the Seamen’s Institute. Waldegrave is also the founder of the first Sea Scout Group in Hong Kong. On 1934-06-04, he was awarded the MBE (Civil Division). Waldegrave revived the Hong Kong Scouting from its ebb after World War I

World War I

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. He made Hong Kong Scouting incorporated in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. Several infrastructure was built, such as the first campsite, Chaiwan Campsite in Chai Wan

Chai Wan

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Before his retirement from his commisionership, he was award The Silver Wolf

Silver Wolf

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, highest honour in The Scout Association

The Scout Association

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He held the office of Vicar

Vicar

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 of Sholing

Sholing

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, Southampton

Southampton

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from 1935 to 1959.