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The Boys' Brigade; Founded: 4 October 1883 [1]: Founder: William Alexander Smith [1]: Founded at: Glasgow, United Kingdom [1]: Focus: The Object of The Boys' Brigade is: "The advancement of Christ’s kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-respect and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness."
The Boys' Brigade emblem on a stained glass window in a parish church. It features the anchor and the motto, "Sure and Stedfast". The object of the Boys Brigade is "the advancement of Christ's kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-respect and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness."
Sir William Alexander Smith (27 October 1854 – 10 May 1914), the founder of the Boys' Brigade, was born in Pennyland House, Thurso, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Major David Smith and his wife Harriet. He had one sister and two brothers.
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [3] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
Andy Cooney (d. 1968), a member of the Third Battalion of the Dublin Brigade and a suspected participant in the execution of the Cairo Gang; Timothy Coughlin (d. 1928), a member of the Dublin Brigade during the War of Independence who assassinated the Vice President of the Executive Council, Kevin O'Higgins.
The Boys' Brigade in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland; Boys' Brigade Learning Centre, Cambodia; Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong; C. Carronvale House; E.
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Bradford was born on 23 February 1892 at Witton Park, County Durham, to George Bradford. [1] and educated at Epsom College [2] [3] in Surrey. [4]He had three brothers, James Barker, Thomas Andrews and George Nicholson, [5] of which he was the youngest "and by far the liveliest, endowed with an excellent mind and an ebullient sense of fun".