Group History

The Group was originally founded in September 1917 becoming a Sea Scout Group in the 1920s. Since the Group stated there have been several big changes to Scouting, however the Sea Scout Uniform remains largely unchanged all this time later.

Early years 1917 – 1967

Royal Navy Inspection at Bath Road during the 1950s

1967 – 1980

In 1974 the 1st Felixstowe VSU was formed.

1981-2002

In 2001 a new uniformed was launched for Scouts, while this did not effect the Sea Scout jumper the Leaders and Ventures got a slight updated blue shirt to ware.

In February 2002, the Venture Scout section was officially ended and was replaced by the new section Explorer Scouts.

As the same time in 2002 a new redesigned badge scheme was introduced with a new colour scheme and staged badges that carry across all the section.

2003-2016

100th Anniversary – 2017

In 2017 the Group celebrated its 100 anniversary with an event held at the hall on bath road.