A PROUD TROOP
TWENTIETH BLACKPOOL
SCOUTMASTER'S' BRAVERY
The proudest troop of Boy Scuts in Britain to-day is the 20th Blackpool (Ho'y Trinity) Troop, and they have every reason for their pride, because their scoutmaster has helped to write a page in Britain's history. He is Alex Pilling, the naval man in charge, of the gunners of the tanker Ohio, the outstanding bravery of the crew of which ha; thrilled {he whole free world. Before joining up, Pilling, of tli2 Blackpool Gazette and Herald, was scoutmaster of the 20th Blackpoo' Scout troop as avc.l as bbing district scoutmaster of the Blackpool (South) area. The assistant scoutmaster of the 20th Blackpool Troop, also a newspaperman, has been in hospital for 12 months following a dose of ammonia by which he was overcome when his ship was hit last year.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 06, Issue 95, 3 August 1943, Page 2
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137A PROUD TROOP Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 06, Issue 95, 3 August 1943, Page 2
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