HV Marsh

HV Marsh was a well-to-do building merchant in Pietermaritzburg and was a much respected Scouter. He was the first South African to go to Gilwell in London to take a Wood Badge course (at his own expense), and to return to impart his knowledge to Scouters in South Africa. HV Marsh was the owner of Lexden (named after a little village near Colchester, Essex, where he was born) which he later donated to the Scout movement for training purposes.

The HV Marsh Award for Scout Journalism was named in his honour.

A note from HV Marsh appears on the flyleaf of a book called The Angler In South Africa which was presented to Baden-Powell when he visited South Africa in 1926. HV Marsh was the Assistant Commissioner of Natal at the time.