Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett: Difference between revisions

In 1944, Rowallan accepted the position of Scottish Headquarters Commissioner for leader training. The death of [[Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers|Lord Somers]] in 1945 coincided with his demobilization from the Army and he accepted the invitation to become the [[Chief Scout (United Kingdom)|Chief Scout]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth and Empire]] from 1945 to 1959.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs295307.pdf |title=Meet the Chiefs |accessdate=2007-12-08 |month=October | year=2004 |publisher=The Scout Information Centre }}</ref>  Rowallan was awarded the [[Silver Buffalo Award]], the highest award of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite web | year = 2007| url =http://www.scouting.org/Awards/SilverBuffalo.aspx| title =2007 Silver Buffalo Awards for Distinguished Service to Youth on a National Level | format = | work =[[Scouting (magazine)|Scouting]]| publisher =Boy Scouts of America National Council| accessdate =2007-07-18}}</ref>  He received the [[Bronze Wolf]], the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the [[World Scout Committee]] for exceptional services to world [[Scouting]], in 1957. Rowallan served on the [[World Scout Committee]] of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] from 1947 until 1953. During this time, he was also a governor of the [[National Bank of Scotland]]<ref>http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160163b.htm</ref>. In 1954, a [[BR Standard Class 7|Britannia Class Locomotive]] (No. 70045) was named in his honour<ref>http://www.thescoutingpages.org.uk/railway.html</ref>. Scout camp sites in [[Riddells Creek]]<ref>http://www.rowallan.org.au/</ref> in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], and [[Wrexham]]<ref>http://www.clwydscouts.org.uk/rowallan/</ref> in [[Wales]] are named after him; as is the [[Kenya Scouts Association]] Headquarters Campsite in [[Nairobi]]<ref>http://www.kenyascouts.org/scouts_info/rowallan_national_scouts_camp.htm</ref>.

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