Be Prepared is the Scouts motto and they certainly seemed to be with large numbers enlisting in the first few months of the First World War.
The Bradford
Telegraph and Argus published in December 1914 a list of 144 men from Scout
groups across the country that had already joined to serve with the colours.
This lists gives the regiment to which they joined as well as their position
within the Scouting organisation. A number joined the Bradford Pals and the
Royal Field Artillery and other local regiments but there is also one example
of someone joining the Canadian Volunteer Force. Another states he is joining the Bradford City Volunteer Force which acted
as a home guard in Bradford. I was sorry to see that two men had unfortunately
died before the list was published only a few months after they enlisted.
