| The Patrols of the Thirty-ninth Scout Troop A number of patrols have existed through the years. The following list is far from complete and the dates should be considered as approximate only - some of them depend upon memories of over fifty years! The large amount of information on the Seagull Patrol is a consequence of the allegiances of the author of this web site. Please supply me with more information... e-mail me now Click on Patrol name to find out more Click on the 'Patrol Shield' button above to see details of the Patrol Shield
The Badger Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Gordon Aitken (Jan 1966 - Jul 1966)
Clifford Koch (Sep 1966 - Oct 1967) | The Badgers were probably the last Patrol to make a new appearance on the scene. They were formed in 1966 but made rapid progress and won the Patrol Shield in 1967.
The Buffalo Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Rim Fothergill (Aug 1920 - Jul 1923)
Roy Cairney (Jul 1923 - Aug 1925)
Geoffrey Lord (Aug 1925 - )
Stewart Brown (Aug 1926 - )
G Kyles (Oct 1928 - ) |
The Bulldog Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Frank Stewart (Sep 1955 - May 1959)
Joey Gough (Jun 1963 - )
Kenneth Alves (Aug 1965 - Sept 1966)
Grant Crow (Sept 1967 - Jul 1968)
Bobby Barlow (Sept 1968 - Jul 1969)
Michael Parry (Sept 1969 - )
Neil Sandison (Oct 1971 - ) |
The Curlew Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
George Anderson (Aug 1921 - )
Ian Ross (Aug 1924 - ) |
The Eagle Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Arthur Wheeley (Aug 1925 - )
Patrick McCarry (Aug 1926 - )
Tony Lord (1956 - )
Rory Alves (1965 - 1966)
Tony Wilson (1966 - 1968)
Douglas McNeilage (1968 - 1969)
Hugh Carter (Oct - Dec 1969)
Peter Siller (Jan 1970 - )
Matthew Aitken (Oct 1971 - )
John Neil (Nov 1978 - Feb 1979) | The Eagles were a new patrol in August 1924 and were one of the three still in existence when the Group closed in 1979. They won the Patrol Shield in 1968 under the leadership of Tony Wilson.
The Falcon Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Chris Fiddes (Oct 1971 - )
Jeremy Lee (Oct 1974 - )
Paul Howard (Nov 1978 - Feb 1979) | The Falcons were one of the three still in existence when the Group closed in 1979.
The Fox Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
George Fraser (Mar 1922 - Aug 1923)
Eddie Walter (Aug 1923 - )
Douglas Fraser (Feb 1924 - )
Victor Beauchamp (Aug 1925 - ) |
The Hawk Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Neil McPhail (Sep 1972 - )
Brian Borthwick (Oct 1974 - ) |
The Horse Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Jack Calcott (Aug 1919 - ) |
The Lion Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Ian Paterson (May 1921 - )
Tom Skidmore (Aug 1924 - )
Stewart Millar (Jul 1925 - )
Paul Bijl (June 1978 - Nov 1978) | The Lions appear to have been one of the original patrols. They were reinstated for a very brief period in the 1970s.
The Otter Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Laurence Keiller (Aug 1925 - ) | This seems to have been a new patrol August 1925
The Owl Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Harry Roxburgh (Nov 1923 - )
Ernest Cooke (Oct 1929 - ) |
The Panther Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
G Hamilton (1948-49)
Michael Anderson (June 1978 - Nov 1978) | The Panthers existed in 1949, when they won the Patrol Shield, PL G Hamilton, Second T Kerr. They were later reinstated in the 1970s
The Peewit Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Tom Mayworth (1930 or thereabouts) | The Peewits existed in 1937, when they were joined by Douglas Figg (see reminiscences). The P.L. was the brother of a set of twins that were also in the Troop.
The Seagull Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Jack Terry (1917 - 1918)
Douglas Patullo (Aug 1921 - May 1922)
Barclay Fraser (May 1922 - July 1924)
David Keiller (Aug 1925 - Oct 1926)
Brian Patrick (at summer camp 1952)
Ronnie Gillespie (?Oct 1953 - Oct 1954)
Ian Bowden (Oct 1954 - Oct 1955)
Patrick 'Puffer' Burns (Oct 1955 - Oct 1957)
Quentin Jackson (Oct 1957 - Oct 1959
Thomas Gough (Oct 1959 - Oct 1961)
Douglas Wright (Oct 1961 - Jan 1964)
Crispin Heath (Jan 1964 - Jan 1965)
Graeme McDowall (Jan 1965 - Jan 1966)
Alan Fyfe (Jan 1966 - Sept 1967)
Alastair Norman (Sept 1967 - Sept 1968)
George Henderson (Sept 1968 - June1969)
Jeremy Lee (Sept 1974 - Sept 1975)
Hugh Neil (Sept 1975 - Apr 1978) | The Seagulls were probably one of the original patrols. They were certainly in existence in 1916 (see reminiscences) and one of their first Patrol Leaders was A J Terry, Canon Terry's son. They may have lapsed briefly between 1924 to 1925 and after a brief re-appearance in 1925 were off the scene until the 1950s. The Seagulls won the Patrol Shield in 1918, 1959, 1962, 1965 and 1966 and spawned no less than three Scout Leaders and three Assistant Scout Leaders - Quentin Jackson, Thomas Gough and Alan Fyfe; Barclay Fraser, Douglas Wright and Crispin Heath. The patrol ceased to be in June 1969 until it was reinstated by Jeremy Lee in 1974.
The Snipe Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Michael Anderson-Begg (1953 - 1954)
| The Snipes were part of the 'second Troop' in 1958 when the Troop was split. They were still around in 1963 when the Group was in its heyday and were eventually disbanded in 1965 at the same time as the Falcons.
The Stag Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
David Anderson (1918)
Alec Roxburgh (Aug 1922 - Sept 1925)
Russell Perkins ( - Dec 1926)
Ian Millar (Dec 1926 - )
Tom Kerr (Oct 1951 - Sept 1952)
Hamish Robertson (Oct 1954 - Sept 1955)
David Mauritzen (Oct 1957 - Sept 1958)
Roderick Livingston (Oct 1958 - Sept 1959)
Alistair Aitken (Sept 1966 - May 1967)
Peter Stewart (May 1967 - Oct 1968)
Michael Colville ( - Oct 1970)
John Norman (Oct 1970 - ) | The Stags appear to have been one of the original patrols. They were the first Patrol to win the Patrol Shield in 1917 and then went on to win it in 1925, 1952, 1958, 1959 and 1970.
The Swift Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Bill Sutherland (Aug 1921 - Aug 1922)
Bill Blyth (Aug 1922 - )
Stan Harland (Jul 1924 - )
George Ely (Aug 1926 - )
Willie Harvey (Oct 1927 - )
Tom Magworth (Aug 1930 - )
Miles Barrett (Jan 1965 - Jul 1966)
Michael Bain ( - July 1968)
Alan Barrett (Sept 1968 - Jul 1969)
George Burns (Sept 1969 - Jul 1970)
Nigel Beaumont (Oct 1970 - Oct 1971)
John Horne (Oct 1971 - Sep 1972)
Geoffrey Phillips (Sep 1972 - ) | The Swifts appear to have been one of the original patrols
The Tiger Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
Albert King (Aug 1921 - Apr 1923)
Sydney Calcott (Apr 1923 - Dec 1923)
Alan Belford (Dec 1923 - Apr 1923)
Renton Rutherford (Jun 1925 - Aug 1925)
Willie Lord (Aug 1925 - Oct 1928)
J Brown (Oct 1928 - )
Hector Philips (Aug 1930 - )
R K Hudson (1946-47)
L Alexander (1949-50)
Stewart Cowe (Sep 1975 - )
Gregor Anderson (June 1978 - Feb 1979) | The Tigers appear to have been one of the original patrols and won the Patrol Shield in 1921 and then for three years running, 1926 to 1928. They won again in 1947 and 1950 The patrol must have disbanded at some time in the 1950s to 1960s but was reinstated in 1975 and was one of the three still in existence when the Group closed in 1979.
The Wolf Patrol The Wolves appear to have been one of the original patrols and were on the go in 1917 or thereabouts
The Woodpigeon Patrol  | Patrol Leaders over the years
David Renton (1919 - Nov 1920)
Paul Della Torre (Nov 1920 - Aug 1922)
Bob Lamb (Aug 1922 - )
Roger Murdoch (Aug 1924 - )
George MacNair (Nov 1926 - )
G Graham (May 1929 - ) | D S S Renton recalls that he was P.L. of the Woodpigeons from its inception (see reminiscences)
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