Rover Scouts in WW2

­The memorial window and plaque in St Isan’s Church in Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Every year the Llanishen and Lisvane Scout Group commemorates three of its former members who were killed in action during the Second World War. The three were members of the Group as boys during the 1930s and they later volunteered to join the Royal Air Force after the war began. They remained adult members of our Group as Rover Scouts. The annual commemoration takes place on the UK’s Remembrance Sunday, which is the Sunday closest to Armistice Day (11 November). It begins with a parade into the centre of Llanishen village. The group, aged from 6 years old upwards, (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers) walk from their club headquarters (Livsey Hall) to the local parish church of St Isan, carrying their flags as they go. They then take part in the remembrance service held at the church. Inside the church there is a special memorial plaque and window in honour of the three former Scouts who died.

During the service of remembrance, representatives of the Scout Group lay a wreath of poppies next to the memorial plaque and window. The national anthems of the United Kingdom and also that of Wales are then sung.

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