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A statue of a Boy Scout, as a monument to the 3rd World Scout Jamboree at Arrowe park in 1929. It was restored in the 1980s.

Title

Monument to the World Boy Scout Jamboree

Date

1931

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 1500 x W 100 x D 80 cm (E)

Accession number

CH49_RB_S003

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Boy Scouts' Association

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

11th October 1931

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on a top section of the plinth, INSCRIBED ON A STONE PANEL:PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH OF / BIRKENHEAD BY THE BOY SCOUTS / ASSOCIATION TO COMMEMORATE / THE WORLD JAMBOREE / ST. ARROWE PARK 1929; at the bottom of the plinth on the front: THE CHIEF SCOUT’S FAREWELL BIDDING - TODAY I / SEND YOU OUT FROM ARROWE TO ALL THE WORLD / BEARING A SYMBOL OF PEACE AND FELLOWSHIP / EACH ONE OF YOU AN AMBASSADOR BEARING A / MESSAGE OF LOVE AND FELLOWSHIP ON THE WINGS OF / SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH / FROM NOW ON THE SCOUT SYMBOL OF PEACE IS / THE GOLDEN ARROW. CARRY IT FAST AND FAR; between the two above, a brass plaque with white lettering: This Statue was re-unveiled by / THE CHIEF SCOUT / MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL J.H. WALSH / C.B.D.S.C. / ON 11th June 1983

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