Boys' Brigade: The Netherlands


Figure 1.--The pjhotograph here shows (left to right) GEERT BYSMA and JAN REXNTJES, aged 15 and 16 respectively, both of the le Hoogkerke B.B. Group of Holland, studying the model of the camp lay-out with Jim Henderson (17) from the 1st Dunoon Group of Scotland. He is a piper in the Boys Brigade Band, and a Corporal.

We have very little information about the Dutch Boys' Brigade, but we know that there were Brigade units in the Netherlands. As in Britain, the Brigade had more of a Christian focus and for many years a Protestant focus. The Brigade was founded in the Netherlands during 1935. We know that it was operating in the 1950s. The photograph here is dated August 12, 1954 (figure 1). It was a press photograph entitled, "Camping on Eton's Playing Fields". The caption read, "To mark the centenary of the birth of Sir William Smith, founder of the Boy's Brigade, a 10-day camp, starting today, is being held on the playing field of Eton. 2500 members of the Brigade from all over the world are attending this camp. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS: (left to right) GEERT BYSMA and JAN REXNTJES, aged 15 and 16 respectively, both of the le Hoogkerke B.B. Group of Holland, studying the model of the camp lay-out with Jim Henderson (17) from the 1st Dunoon Group of Scotland. He is a piper in the Boys Brigade Band, and a Corporal." We do not know the Brigade's current status in the Netherlands.








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Created: 3:23 AM 1/17/2008
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