1st Kenwyn (Ran at Kenwyn Church)
1st Ladock
Opened 19/03/65 & Closed after 1983
(Regisration Number: 37301)
1st Perran-ar-Worthal
Opened 19/03/1965 and closed after 1983
(Registration Number: 37302)
1st Probus
(Opened 27/08/1989 & Renamed to 1st Grampound Road from 01/01/2007)
1st Roseland
Opened 01/12/1971 & Closed approx 1996
(Registration Number: 40352)
2nd Truro (Town)
(Opened 01/10/1910)
3rd Truro (Truro School)
Opened 01/02/1911 as the 3rd Truro, closing before 1939 & Reformed as a dedicated Truro School Group in 1945, closing after 1976)
(Registration Number: 24236)
Scarf: Yellow with Green Border The first Scout Troop at the school was the 1st Truro College and first met on 7 October 1927. It filled a gap left by the Cadet Corps which had been disbanded in the early 1920s. The first Scout-Master was R.P. Ayres, one of the school's teachers. Within a year there were 88 members of the troop. In March 1928 a Wolf Cub Pack was formed under the leadership of Mrs Jervis, followed by a Junior Troop under Assistant Scout-Master R. Whittle and later a Rover Crew. Camps were held in the summer holidays and the Troop took part in and won the Heard Challenge Bowl, a county competition testing various scouting activities and abilities. The Rovers built themselves a log hut and the Scouts used the old rifle range as there headquarters. The Troop colours were dedicated on 21 October 1928. One of the founder members of the School's Troop, John Fitzherbert, was the first scout from the school to be awarded the King's Scout honour in 1929. When the school changed its name in 1931 the name of the Scout Troop changed to 1st Truro School Group. Spring Term 1932 saw a couple of 'drastic changes' to the formation and organisation of the Troop - Seniors were now 6th and 5th forms and juniors were the lower forms, the scouting timetable had to be reworked as well to accommodate the reintroduction of rugby to the school - and the introduction of grey flannel shirts instead of the old khaki jerseys. The Rovers were reformed in 1933 after a few years without any activity. Scouting activities lapsed during the 1939-45 War, and the school troop was reformed in 1945 and renamed the 3rd Truro (Truro School) Troop under the leadership of Leonard Penna. Among their other activities they produced Ascent, their own magazine.
4th Truro (College)
(Opened prior to 1920)
5th Truro (Trewithian)
(Opened prior to 1921)
6th Truro (Perranporth)
Opened 02/04/1926, Closed and Re-opened 02/01/46 and closed 1981
(Regsitration Number: 24225)
(Registered Charity Number: 1048768)
7th Truro
8th Truro
9th Truro
10th Truro (St.George The Martyr)
Opened 07/05/69 & Closed 04/06/82 following Amalgamated with 18th Truro.
(Registration Numbers: 39312/44411)
11th Truro
13th Truro (St.Pauls)
Opened 21/04/1949 & Closed in April 2006 thereafter re-opening as 12th Truro (Highertown). Last GSL was David Rudd
(Registration Number: 27259)
Started as a sponsored Group, until changed of status to 'open' Group in 1968.
Wore Grey with a Red Border which was transfered to 12th upon re-opening.) The scarf however was retained by the ESU as their scarf with the addition of a St.Pirans Badge to the rear to provide a difference between the two, as the ESU was the 13th's prior to becoming the District ESU.
14th Truro (Pencalenick) Extension Group
Opened 18/12/52 and Closed 1981
(Registration Number: 30291)
Group Started as a 'closed' Group attached to the School and listed as a 'Handicapped' Group. A Change of status in 1968 saw the Group renamed as 'Extension' Group,with a further change of staus to an 'open' Extension Group in 1971.
15th Truro (Cathedral School)
Opened 04/01/79 & Closed 1979
(Registration Number: 43023)
Sponsored Group by Prep School.
Scarf: Turquoise
16th Truro
(Group ran from St.Clement Methodist Church, now the business premise of Laymont & Shaw Wine Importers)
1st Truro School
Opened 07/10/27 & Closed in 1931
When the school changed its name in 1931, thus the name of the Scout Troop changed to 1st Truro School Group.
1st Truro College
Opened 1931 & Reformed as 3rd Truro (Truro School) in 1945
Group initially was created when the school changed its name in 1931 the name of the Scout Troop changed from the 1st Truro School Group.
Veryan
Opened 18/06/80 & Closed after 1983
(Registration Number: 43509)
Scarf: Emerald Green with White border
Truro Distict VSU (Lander)
Opened 23/06/69 & Closed 1982
(Registration Number: 39358)
Unit ran by Jim Goss
Unit wore Brown Ties and had no Unit Scarf
Grateful thanks to David Rudd for several pieces of the above information on closed groups.
Map of Truro
