Rose Kerr

1882 (age 62)

Dublin

She was one of the founders of the Rangers section of Girl Guides and was involved in the formation of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and authored numerous publications on She was awarded the Silver Fish. In 1938 she was made an O.B.E. Juliette Gordon Low persuaded Kerr to lead a Guide company in 1912. According to the story, Juliette Low using her deafness failed to hear Rose Kerr"s excuses that she didn"t have time and didn"t live in London. She gave up this company on going abroad in 1913 to Greece and later Italy. While staying at the Baden-Powell"s home, Ewhurst Place, in 1916, Olave Baden-Powell insisted that Kerr become a County Commissioner. She started as Chief Commissioner for the County of London but later turned her attention to international also. She continued to lead her own Ranger company from that time on. During, a message was smuggled to Kerr from Anni Collan, the Chief Guide of Finland. Collan wrote "lieutenant is a pity that our two countries are at war with one another - but that does not make any difference to us!" Schloesing had been a scout leader before the war, and the street where Passy Cemetery stands in Paris is named for him. The Girl Guide Association (Now Girlguiding United Kingdom) Guider County Commissioner Head of Rangers Deputy Chief Commissioner, London and the Home Counties Vice-Chairman, International Council Commissioner for Publications (first) International Commissioner Chairman of subcommittee appointed by Robert Baden-Powell to consider the formation of a World Association WAGGGS Chairman of First World Committee (first) Commissioner for Tenderfoot Countries Head of Publications Editor of The Council Fire.

Rose Kerr

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Background

She was born in Dublin as Rose Margaret Guthrie Gough, daughter of Major Wilfred A. Gough, Her father was killed in action when she was 2 and her mother remarried Captain Henry Denison to whom she became quite devoted.

Education

She studied music in Dresden.

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She was one of the founders of the Rangers section of Girl Guides and was involved in the formation of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and authored numerous publications on She was awarded the Silver Fish. In 1938 she was made an O.B.E. Juliette Gordon Low persuaded Kerr to lead a Guide company in 1912.

According to the story, Juliette Low using her deafness failed to hear Rose Kerr"s excuses that she didn"t have time and didn"t live in London. She gave up this company on going abroad in 1913 to Greece and later Italy.

While staying at the Baden-Powell"s home, Ewhurst Place, in 1916, Olave Baden-Powell insisted that Kerr become a County Commissioner.

She started as Chief Commissioner for the County of London but later turned her attention to international also. She continued to lead her own Ranger company from that time on. During, a message was smuggled to Kerr from Anni Collan, the Chief Guide of Finland.

Collan wrote "lieutenant is a pity that our two countries are at war with one another - but that does not make any difference to us!"

Schloesing had been a scout leader before the war, and the street where Passy Cemetery stands in Paris is named for him.

The Girl Guide Association (Now Girlguiding United Kingdom)

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County Commissioner

Head of Rangers

Deputy Chief Commissioner, London and the Home Counties

Vice-Chairman, International Council

Commissioner for Publications

(first) International Commissioner

Chairman of subcommittee appointed by Robert Baden-Powell to consider the formation of a World Association

WAGGGS

Chairman of First World Committee

(first) Commissioner for Tenderfoot Countries

Head of Publications

Editor of The Council Fire.

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Member of the Executive Committee.

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Friend:: Louise Rosemary "Rosie"

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