Robert Baden Powell
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Robert Baden-Powell,1st Baron Baden-Powell22 February 1857 - 8 January 1941 (Aged 83)
Nickname: B-P Place of Birth: Paddington, London, England Place of Death: Nyeri, Kenya Service/branch: British Army Years of Service: 1876 - 1910 Rank: Lieutenant-General |
Commands Held: Chief of Staff, Second Matabele War (1896 - 1897) 5th Dragoon Guards in India (1897) Inspector General of Cavalry, England (1903)
Battles/Wars: Anglo-Ashanti Wars Second Matabele War Siege of Mafikeng Second Boer War
Awards: Ashanti Star (1895) Matabele Campaign, British South Africa Company Medal (1896) Queen's South Africa Medal (1899) King's South Africa Medal (1902) Boy Scouts Silver Wolf Boy Scouts Silver Buffalo Award (1926) World Scout Committe Bronze Wolf (1935) Groβes Dankabzeichen des ÖPB (1927) Groβes Ehrenzeichen der Republik am Bande (1931) Goldene Gemse (1931) Grand-Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1932) Order of Merit (1937) Wateler Peace Prize (1937) Order of St Michael and St George Royal Victorian Order Order of the Bath
Other Work: Founder of the international Scouting Movement Writer Artist |