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8th Banstead Scout Group

19/05/1946	8th Banstead (Black Prince) Sea Scouts changes name to 8th Banstead (Victory) Sea Scouts	Reg No: 24499
03/06/1981	7th Banstead amalgamates with 7th Banstead and taking the name of 7th Banstead and their registration number.

The group eventually met at Park Farm towards the end of its time.

Form C Registration

Group No: 24499
Opened : 1/5/1946
Open group.
1 officer – J J Williams
25 Sea scouts

Signed by:

Dist Sec: W A Stowe
DC: Frederick L A Gover
Meeting: Yewlands Close

Form C2 – Amalgamation of Groups

Group No: 23049
8th Banstead merged with 7th Banstead
3/6/1981
1 Scouter (Mark Naylor)
1 Instructor
14 Sea Scouts

Signed by:

DC: Tony Stephens
Dist Sec: C J Weston

Group Scout Masters/Leaders

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Rowley	Henry Thomas	GSM	12/12/1957	15/03/1958
Cole	Robert Louis	GSM	23/10/1961	28/02/1971
Chaston	Norman Alfred	GSL	15/03/1971

Scout Masters/Leaders

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Williams	Tony John	SM	31/05/1947	29/11/1951
Parks	John Francis	SM	02/12/1954	05/04/1956
Jones	Andrew	SL	15/03/1971	11/09/1975
Phillips	George William	SL	03/12/1975

Assistant Scout Masters/Leaders

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Bailey	Desmond L R	ASM	31/05/1947	19/01/1953
Brown	Roger Keith	ASM	30/01/1951	07/08/1962
Martin	Peter Vincent	ASM	02/02/1952
Graham	Ian Douglas	ASM	31/12/1954
Young	John Davis	ASM	12/12/1957
McLellan	Michael George	ASM	23/10/1961
Shipway	David	ASM	01/07/1966
Phillips	George William	ASL	16/06/1967	03/12/1975
Lambert	Graham Eric	ASL	04/12/1967	30/03/1970
Jones	Andrew	ASL	14/12/1967	15/03/1971
Mardell	Barry John	ASL	30/07/1971
Secker	Duncan Simon	ASL	14/02/1973	16/03/1976
Bingham	Keith Clive	ASL	03/12/1975

Senior Scout Masters

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Cole	Robert Louis	SM (S)	15/11/1960	23/10/1961

Cub Masters/Leaders

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Chaston	Norman Alfred	CM	28/01/1965	15/03/1971
Sprigins	Hilary	CSL	10/11/1975

Assistant Cub Masters/Leaders

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Spiteri	Maureen L	ACM	21/05/1964	31/03/1965
Chaston	Roberta J	ACSL	09/05/1967	11/09/1975
Rogers	Beryl	ACSL	02/05/1968	30/03/1969
West	Constance Ethel	ACSL	02/05/1968	30/03/1969
Bond	Judith Mary	ACSL	16/06/1970
Phillips	Judith Mary	ACSL	17/06/1974
Lewis	Douglas Arthur	ACSL	10/11/1975	31/03/1978
Bingham	Penelope Elizabeth	ACSL	10/11/1975	31/03/1978

Rover Crew Leaders

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Clayton	Arthur John	RSL	27/05/1951	30/04/1956
Cole	William John	RSL	23/10/1961	13/05/1968

Venture Scout Leaders

Surname	1st Name	Role	Appointed	Cancelled
Freeborn	John Herbert	VSL	01/07/1967	07/11/1970
Sherwin	Anthony	VSL	17/11/1970	14/06/1971
Sherwin	Anthony	VSL	14/06/1971
Welfare	Edward Charles	AVSL	09/12/1975	31/03/1978

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