Scouting in Greater London Vane. Vane later became the second President of the British Boy Scouts which had begun in Battersea, London. In 1909, the London Diocesan Boy Scout Corp, was formed by the Church of England. One of the oldest Scout Groups in London is the 1st City of London Scout Group, which is still notable as the only Scout Group in the traditional City of London. In September 1909, a Boy Scout Rally at Crystal Palace was attended by 11,000 Scouts including a patrol of "Girl Scouts". The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held at Olympia, London in the summer of 1920.
International Boy Scouts, Troop 1 from which the ribbon depends bears the words "FAITH AND FORTITUDE". International Boy Scouts, Troop 1 International Boy Scouts, Troop 1 was founded in 1911 as Japan's first Scout troop and, despite its early multinational character, was originally registered with the London headquarters of the Boy Scouts as "British Scouts in Foreign Countries", which was the only option at the time due to the Boy Scouts' "nationality requirement" and no international Boy Scout office. The troop's character, and Scoutmaster, changed and it was recognized as a mixed-nationality, or "international" troop in 1918. After formation of the World Scout Bureau, Troop