Wood Badge Holders
Wood Badge is the highest achievement award for adult leaders in SCOUTS South Africa, including Scouters, registered Rovers, and individuals holding designated or honorary ranks who complete their respective courses of training. The badge symbolizes a Scouter's advanced training completion and membership in Scouting's elite group of leaders.
History
The first Wood Badge course was conducted by Robert Baden-Powell at Gilwell Park in September 1919. In South Africa, the initial Wood Badge training began with a Cub course in January 1926. Despite financial constraints faced by the Cape Province Headquarters, the course was self-supporting and took place at St John's Hostel in Cape Town. Subsequently, the first Scout course occurred in the grounds of the 1st Claremont Troop, and the second Cub course was held at Bamboo Vlei, Ottery.
Significance and Regalia
The Wood Badge consists of two wooden beads from a necklace originally belonging to King Dinizulu. Additional beads are awarded to those who advance further in training roles: one extra bead for Assistant Adult Leader Trainers and two extra beads for Leader Trainers. These beads are worn on a leather bootlace around the neck when in uniform. Completion of the Wood Badge grants life membership to the 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group and the rights to wear distinctive regalia including:
- The 'Gilwell Grey' scarf, coloured dove grey on the outside and warm red on the inside.
- A patch of the Maclaren tartan at the apex of the Gilwell scarf.
- A special leather Wood Badge Woggle.
Usage
The Gilwell scarf is permitted for wear by any Scouter who has completed the relevant training and been awarded their Wood Badge. It is specifically worn at SSA Training activities and Gilwell Reunions by warranted National Training Team members or Wood Badge holders. This scarf and the accompanying regalia signify a Scouter's commitment to the highest standards of Scouting leadership and their role in fostering the development of youth within the Scouting movement.
The beads should always be worn when the scouter is in uniform.
Wood Badge Recipients
Please note: The list below is an incomplete record of Wood Badge recipients within Scouts South Africa. As this is a work in progress, we invite anyone with additional information or corrections to contribute, helping us ensure the accuracy and completeness of our historical records.
Group, Region and Type are at the time the Wood Badge was achieved. Type is the type of Wood Badge (Cub, Scout, Rover, etc), not the role at the time.
| Year | Surname | Name | Group | Region | Type | Certificate Number | WB3 | WB4 | Gone Home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrahams | Nimmy | ||||||||
| Abrahams | Mark | ||||||||
| 2011 | Achmat | Carmiela | 1st Bellville South | Western Cape | GSM/ District Commissioner | ||||
| Adams | Stanley | ||||||||
| Adams | Faizal | ||||||||
| Adams | Winston | ||||||||
| 1991 | Adonis | Marlene | 2nd Elsies River | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| 2025 | Adriaanse | Lesley | 1st Bellvile South | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| Alexander | Donald | Yes | |||||||
| Alford | Colin | ||||||||
| Allin | Dudley | ||||||||
| Ambrose | Thomas | ||||||||
| Arendse | Charmaine | ||||||||
| 2025 | Arros | Godwin | 2nd Elsies River | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| Badham-Thornhill | Freda | ||||||||
| 1988 | Bailey | Joan | Impeesa District | Western Cape | |||||
| Beckett | Harry | ||||||||
| Bentley | Tania | ||||||||
| Beukes | Letitia | 1st Milnerton | Western Cape | ||||||
| Beukes | Gerry | 1st Milnerton | Western Cape | ||||||
| Berry | Tarl | ||||||||
| Bird | Errol | ||||||||
| 1992 | Bishop | Judy, now Judith | 1st Victory Park, now at 1st Claremont | Transvaal, now in Western Cape | Cub | CWB2 92 003 | Yes | ||
| Black | Derrick | ||||||||
| Blackie | Sydney | ||||||||
| Blencowe | Caroline | ||||||||
| 2019 | Bosch | David | 1st Muizenberg | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| 1983 | Bosch | Peter | |||||||
| Botha | Timothy | ||||||||
| 2019 | Bowen | Devon | Table Bay Rover Crew | Western Cape | Rover | ||||
| Bredenkamp | Andre | ||||||||
| Brickhill | Quinton | ||||||||
| Brickhill | Dinny | ||||||||
| Britz | Charles | ||||||||
| 2024 | Brown | Candice | 1st Darling | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| Brunt | Michael | ||||||||
| Callanan | Robert | ||||||||
| Cairncross | Cyprian | Impeesa District | Western Cape | ||||||
| 1996 | Cameron | Mike | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Chapman | Debby | ||||||||
| Chapman | Mark | ||||||||
| 2018 | Cheney | Michael | |||||||
| 1996 | Cheney | Jeremy | 1st Durbanville | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Cleophas | Colleen | ||||||||
| Coetzee | Terence | ||||||||
| Combrink | Quinton | ||||||||
| 2022 | Cotton | Irma | 2nd Rondebosch | ||||||
| Dale | Brendan | ||||||||
| Davies | Jacqueline | ||||||||
| Davies | Norman | ||||||||
| Day | Robin | ||||||||
| De La Hunt | Garnet | Scout | Yes | ||||||
| De La Hunt | Garnet | Rover | Yes | ||||||
| De La Rosa | Margaret | ||||||||
| 2025 | de Villiers | Kirschner | 1st Henley | Gauteng | Scout | SAS 2598 | |||
| 1999 | De Wit | Christine | Kanonkop District | Western Cape | |||||
| Dellenbach | William | ||||||||
| Donaldson | Shelley | ||||||||
| 1996 | Dondolo | Zukile | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Driver | Yvonne | ||||||||
| Dunhofen | Jurgen | ||||||||
| Duthie | Michael | ||||||||
| Eames | Michael | ||||||||
| Eastman | Margaret | 12th Green and Sea Point | Western Cape | ||||||
| 1986 | Eastman | Michael | 1st Camps Bay | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Ellman | Marcelino | ||||||||
| 2025 | Esau | Giekmah | 1st Panorama | Western Cape | |||||
| Farnham | Patrick | ||||||||
| February | Brian | ||||||||
| Figaji | Brian | ||||||||
| Fisher | Alexander | ||||||||
| 1996 | Fleischer | Wayne | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Flowers | Frank | Yes | |||||||
| Foley | Peter | ||||||||
| Foot | Andre | ||||||||
| Ford | Hughlene | ||||||||
| 1986 | Forshaw | Nigel | 2nd Bergvliet | Western Cape | Scout | SAS 358 | Yes | Yes | |
| 1993 | Forshaw | Nigel | 2nd Bergvliet | Western Cape | GSM/ District Commissioner | SAS 277 | Yes | Yes | |
| Fortuin | Jonathan | ||||||||
| Fortuin | Sandra | ||||||||
| Foster | Peter | Scout | |||||||
| 1996 | Foster | Stanton | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Franklin | Andrew | ||||||||
| Fredericks | William | ||||||||
| Frost | Thomas | ||||||||
| 2025 | Gammon | Emily | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| 2019 | Gammon | Susan | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| 1996 | Gascoigne Taylor | Chris | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| George | Terrence | ||||||||
| Gillett | Colleen | ||||||||
| Glass | Russel | ||||||||
| Goldschmidt | Richard | ||||||||
| Gomez | Mary | 1st Kalk Bay | Western Cape | Cub | |||||
| Goslett | Stephen | ||||||||
| 2019 | Grantham | Simon | 1st Somerset West | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Gray | Peter | ||||||||
| Gray | Christopher | ||||||||
| Green | Gillian | ||||||||
| Green-Thompson | Avril | ||||||||
| Greenwood | Annabelle | ||||||||
| Hack | Trevor | ||||||||
| 1996 | Hall | Teague | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Hampshire | Renee | ||||||||
| 2022 | Hapgood-Strickland | Gavin | 1st Strand | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| 1996 | Hartman | Maureen | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| 1996 | Hector | Karen | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Hendricks | Chris | ||||||||
| Hendricks | Sophia | ||||||||
| Hendricks | Veronica | ||||||||
| 2018 | Henshilwood | Gunther | 2nd Bergvliet | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| 1992 | Henshilwood | Renate | |||||||
| Hodgson | Andrew | ||||||||
| Hoffman | Theresa | ||||||||
| 2019 | Hope | Russell | Table Bay Rover Crew | Western Cape | Rover | ||||
| Hopkins | Audrey | ||||||||
| Howell | Charles | ||||||||
| 2016 | Hultzer | Ryan | 9th/16th Cape Town | Western Cape | Scout | SAS 2319 | |||
| 2022 | Innes | Chantel | 1st Edgemead | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| 1996 | Innes | Paul | 1st Goodwood | Western Cape | Scout | SAS 1249 | |||
| 2013 | Innes | Paul | 1st Bothasig | Western Cape | SGL/ District Commissioner | SAG 479 | |||
| Jack | Niall | ||||||||
| Jackson | Ann | Yes | |||||||
| Jaftha | P | ||||||||
| Jaftha | P | ||||||||
| Jassiem | Yusuf | ||||||||
| Jeftha | Gail | ||||||||
| Johnston | Arlene | 2nd Somerset West | Western Cape | Cub | |||||
| Johnston | Arlene | ||||||||
| Jonas | Nicola | ||||||||
| Jood | Wayne | 2nd Elsies River | Western Cape | SGL/ District Commissioner | |||||
| Kellerman | Ian | ||||||||
| Kent | Shantel | ||||||||
| Kenyon-Hoare | Alan | ||||||||
| Kets | Sean | ||||||||
| Khan | Kulsum | ||||||||
| Knaggs | William | ||||||||
| 2019 | Knight | David | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Scout | SAS 2498 | Yes | No | |
| 2023 | Knight | David | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | SGL/ District Commissioner | Unknown | Yes | No | |
| Knight | Richard | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Scout | Unknown | Yes | |||
| 1996 | Koker | Robert | 1st Somerset West | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Konning | Rex | Scout | |||||||
| Konning | Rex | Cub | |||||||
| Konning | Rex | GSM/Commissioners | |||||||
| Kotze | Errol | Yes | |||||||
| Kushner | Dale | ||||||||
| La Cock | Olive | ||||||||
| Lane | Christopher | ||||||||
| 2022 | Lee-Wright | Angela | 1st Muizenberg | Western Cape | SGL/ District Commissioner | No | No | ||
| 2025 | LeJeune | Daniel | 1st Claremont | Western Cap | Scout | No | No | ||
| 1996 | Lequime | Marc | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Little | Howard | ||||||||
| Lorimer | Lynda | ||||||||
| Lowndes | Janette | ||||||||
| Lulofs | Rupert | ||||||||
| Lyons | Gregory | ||||||||
| Macey | Hugh | Yes | |||||||
| 1999 | Mackay | Carol | 2nd Somerset West | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| 2016 | Mackay | William | 2nd Somerset West | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Mackay | William | 2nd Somerset West | Western Cape | SGL/ District Commissioner | |||||
| 1996 | Mackrill | Chris | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Magner | James | ||||||||
| Magwaca | Violet | ||||||||
| 1996 | Makile | Andrew | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Manning | Phil | ||||||||
| Marankey | Seamus | 1st Matroosfontein | Western Cape | Scout | SWB15/05 | ||||
| Marks | Mark | Western Cape | Yes | ||||||
| Marks | Vivien | Western Cape | Cub | Yes | |||||
| Martin | Jenny | 2nd Kenridge | Western Cape | SGL/ District Commissioner | |||||
| Masoed | Shaheed | ||||||||
| Matsimella | Robin | ||||||||
| Mauritz | Phillip | ||||||||
| Mbambezeli | Monwabisi | ||||||||
| McDiarmid | Shirley | ||||||||
| Meder | Gail | ||||||||
| 1996 | Melim | Jeff | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Merryweather-Smith | Joy | ||||||||
| Meyer | Peter | ||||||||
| Miles | Charles | (1st Durbanville?) | Scout | ||||||
| Milne | Lyneth | ||||||||
| Milner | Patrick | ||||||||
| Miszewski | Kuba | ||||||||
| 1996 | Mollentze | Stephanus | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Montauban | Andre | ||||||||
| 1957 | Morgan | Charles | Scout | Yes | |||||
| 1965 | Morgan | Charles | Commissioners | Yes | |||||
| 1996 | Moss | Jon | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| 1975 | Mutti | John | Western Cape | Scout | SAS 879 | ||||
| Myburgh | Julia | 1st Naruna Constantia | Western Cape | Cub | |||||
| Nasiep | Fagrie | ||||||||
| Ncapayi | Sipho | ||||||||
| Niddrie | Peter | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 1996 | Nixon | Ian | 2nd Bergvliet Sea Scouts | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Ntunja | Albert | Yes | |||||||
| O'Donoghue | Kevin | ||||||||
| Packwood | Edna | ||||||||
| 1996 | Page | Jorncy | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Papier | Maureen | ||||||||
| Papiso | Nocwaka Gloria | ||||||||
| 1926 | Peake | George | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Scout | Yes | |||
| 1928 | Peake | George | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Rover | Yes | |||
| 1929 | Peake | George | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Cub | Yes | |||
| 2024 | Petersen | Alban | 1st Darling | Western Cape | SGL/ District Commissioner | ||||
| Petersen | Walter | ||||||||
| Petersen | Paul | ||||||||
| Peterson | J | ||||||||
| Peterson | J | ||||||||
| 1948 | Philander | Alex | 1st Salt River | Western Cape | Scout | Yes | |||
| Pilkington | Julie | ||||||||
| Pope | Derek | ||||||||
| Pope | Wilmot | ||||||||
| Pretorius | Jane | ||||||||
| Prince | Charles | ||||||||
| Pringle | Barbara | ||||||||
| Raad | Aussie | ||||||||
| Raad | Jason | ||||||||
| Raad | Penny | ||||||||
| Raine | Alister | ||||||||
| 1995 | Ravenscroft | Stuart | 1st Edgemead | Western Cape | GSM/ District Commissioner | SAG 316 | |||
| 1924 | Rayner | Carl | Yes | ||||||
| Rebelo | Anthony | ||||||||
| 2024 | Rijs | Melissa | 3rd Pinelands | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Rijs | Theo | ||||||||
| Ritchie | Robert | ||||||||
| 1955 | Roberts | Denzil | 1st Hill | Transvaal / Gauteng | Scout | Yes | |||
| 1996 | Roman | Godfrey | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| 1961 | Rose | Ed | Scout | Yes | |||||
| 1968 | Rose | Ed | Rover | Yes | |||||
| 1932 | Rose | Hazel | Yes | ||||||
| Roux | David | ||||||||
| 1986 | Salway | John Robert | 2nd Bergvliet | Western Cape | |||||
| Samodien | Salliem | ||||||||
| Sands | Michael | ||||||||
| Saunders | John | Yes | |||||||
| Savage | Graham | ||||||||
| 2018 | Sazman | Gilzean | 2nd Plumstead | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| 2024 | Schneeberger | Orsella | 1st Hermanus | Western Cape | Cub | ||||
| 2025 | Schreiber | Robert | 1st Rosebank | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| Schrick | Thomas | ||||||||
| Shaw | Phillip | ||||||||
| Shears | Cliff | ||||||||
| Shears | Mary | ||||||||
| 1996 | Shelly | David | 2nd Bergvliet Sea Scouts | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| 1996 | Siebert | Kevin | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Smallman | Tracey | ||||||||
| Smith | Roger | ||||||||
| Smuts | Evan | ||||||||
| Solomon-Jilmeet | Roshaan | Scouting in Schools | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| 1999 | Spies | Annsley | 1st Rocklands | Western Cape | Group Scouter | Yes | |||
| Starke | Andrea | ||||||||
| Statham | Peter | ||||||||
| 2022 | Steinhofel | Richard | Western Cape | Cub | |||||
| Steven-Jennings | Sally-Ann | ||||||||
| Stevens | Cecil | ||||||||
| 1996 | Stopford | Gregory | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Storkey | Donovan | ||||||||
| Strong | Jennifer | ||||||||
| Symons | Julyan | ||||||||
| Tabata | Sigqibo | ||||||||
| 2018 | Thomas | Conrad | Two Oceans District | Western Cape | |||||
| Thomas | Mary | 1st Plumstead | Western Cape | Cub | |||||
| 2005 | Thomas | Shane | |||||||
| Titus | Aneesa | ||||||||
| van Aarde | Llewellyn | ||||||||
| 2025 | van Antwerpen | Monet | - | Western Cape | Scout | ||||
| van Eyk | David | ||||||||
| 1996 | van Staden | Hendrik | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Velaers | Adrian | ||||||||
| 2012 | Viljoen | Sue | 1st Naruna Constantia | Western Cape | |||||
| 1996 | Villet | William | Western Cape | Scout | |||||
| Vincent | Graham | ||||||||
| Wallace | Faith | ||||||||
| 2018 | Webb | Ian | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Cub | SAC 2348 | |||
| 1967 | Webb | John | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Scout | SAS/444 | Yes | ||
| 2022 | Webb | Jonathan | 1st Claremont | Western Cape | Scout | SAS 2564 | Yes | ||
| Webster | Ingrid | ||||||||
| Williams | John | ||||||||
| Williams | Brenda | ||||||||
| Wilson | Nigel | ||||||||
| Withers | Gavin |