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Charles Dymoke Green Jr. | |
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| Chairman of the World Scout Committee | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 February 1907[1] Harpenden, St Albans, Hertfordshire[2] |
| Died | 23 October 1988 (aged 81) Watford, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire |
Charles Dymoke Green Jr. CBE (10 February 1907 – 23 October 1988) was The Boy Scouts Association's Commonwealth commissioner until 1970 and the World Organization of the Scout Movement's committee chairman.
His father, Charles Dymoke Green Senior was also an official of The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom.
In 1941, he was The Boy Scouts Association Rover commissioner in Colombo, Ceylon and organized a unit of mounted Scouts. He supported Kingsley C. Dassanaike’s work to promote Scouting for the deaf and blind.[3] In 1971, the World Organization of the Scout Movement awarded him its 63rd Bronze Wolf, its only distinction, for exceptional services to world Scouting,[4] the Scout Association of Japan awarded him its Golden Pheasant Award, its highest distinction,[5] and the Boy Scouts of America awarded him its first Silver World Award.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1
- ^ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan" (PDF). Reinanzaka Scout Club (in Japanese). 23 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Distinguished Service Awards". Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008.
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