5th October, 1914

Boy Scouts carrying staves much bigger than themselves...

Lilian Spender

Political observer, philanthropist and wife of Wilfred Spender

The Ward was crammed with people [...] Boy Scouts carrying staves much bigger than themselves, who were apparently quite competent to keep people back! I only got a glimpse of the King & Queen* as they were in a closed motor [...]

*On a visit to Military/Naval hospitals in England at the outbreak of the First World War.