3rd World Scout Jamboree

The 3rd World Scout Jamboree was held in 1929 at Arrowe Park in Upton, near Birkenhead,[1][2] Wirral, United Kingdom.

From 29 July to 12 August 1929, the third World Scout Jamboree was held at Arrowe Park in the village of Upton, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) from the town of Birkenhead, United Kingdom.

[3][4] The camp was organized in eight subcamps, around a specially built town in the middle, called Midway, where Scouts could purchase materials.

Staff dealt with a range of problems from minor cuts, burns and sprains to fractures and head injuries.

The hospital canteen provided meals for patients and the 50 members of staff, including many special diets, all cooked on open fires.

This hospital had the far-reaching effect that many heads of Boy Scout movements from other countries saw the excellent work of the Girl Guides and changed their attitudes towards them.

[7] On Baden-Powell a peerage was to be conferred by King George V, as was announced on 2 August by the Prince of Wales who attended the Jamboree in Scout uniform.

[3][8] In the morning of Sunday 4 August, an open-air thanksgiving service was held, presided by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, and by Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, for Protestant and Catholic Scouts; and later that day a service was also held in Liverpool Cathedral.

Then he sent the golden arrows as peace symbols to the North, South, West, and East, through the spokes of the Wheel of Friendship.

Cartoon in Punch , published in 1929 for the 3rd World Scout Jamboree
Polish Scouts with Golden Arrow.
1931 memorial sculpture for the 3rd World Scout Jamboree at Arrowe Park