4th Lancaster (Wesley) Troop – 1910
With Scoutmaster R E Wright (right) and PL Herbert Dobson MM (3rd from right), by Galgate Post Office, June 1910. According to the Ordnance Survey map of 1895 the post office was then situated in Chapel Street. You wouldn’t catch them standing in the road today!
6th Scout from the left is William Thompson who also won a Military Medal in the First World War and was the last Chief Constable of Lancaster.
Herbert Dobson’s army number was 2746 and Bill Thompson’s 2801 (1/5 King’s Own).
© Lonsdale Scouts Archive Collection
