Alfred William "Fred" Hurll

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(1905–1991) was

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's General Secretary and then Chief Executive Commissioner.

Background

Hurll and T. Glad Bincham visited post- war Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France in October 1945. They made contacts with the leaders of the

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in these countries and learnt of how

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had played a part during the occupation and how it proposed to meet the future. In Luxembourg, they were received by

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, the Scout Commissioner, who had been elected mayor of the ruined town of Echternach the day before and was already drawing up plans for its reconstruction. Hurll and

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, the Boy Scouts Association Commissioner for Relations, were the organizers of the 1st World Scout Indaba (a gathering of Scout Leaders from around the world) which took place at Gilwell Park for a week in July, 1952. In 1957, Hurll was Deputy Camp Chief at the

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which was held at Sutton Park,

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. In 1966 Hurll was cited as being confident that the movement could reach one million members by 1975. In 1969, Hurll was awarded the

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's 54th '' Bronze Wolf'', its only distinction, for exceptional services to world Scouting.

Works

* 1961:

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurll, Alfred 1905 births 1991 deaths Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Scouting and Guiding in the United Kingdom