We had a quick stop before lunch to visit the Ferme Olivier Cemetery, a site of historical significance to the Scouting movement.

With 18 flag bearers standing tall, accompanied by a bugler, our young people took part in a moving ceremony to remember those who gave their lives during the First World War. The service included Scouts reading aloud the Exhortation and the Kohima, echoing with meaning among the rows of headstones.

Among those buried here is Mark Noble, one of the Scouts who attended Baden-Powell’s very first Scout camp on Brownsea Island in 1907. For our Scouts, standing at his resting place was a powerful reminder that the Scouting story is deeply connected to world history — and that some of the very first Scouts went on to serve their countries.
This was a lovely way to reflect on the trip and gave us our final act of remembrance.