Alec J. Spalding MBE (1923-08-09–2007-10-02) was a prominent figure in the UK Scout Association, serving in the 24th Glasgow (Bearsden) Scout Group for over fifty years. In recognition of his service to Scouting, he received the Silver Wolf and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died of cancer at age 84.
Spalding attended Glasgow Academy, and went on to study Agriculture at the University of Glasgow. His studies were in...
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Alec J. Spalding MBE (1923-08-09–2007-10-02) was a prominent figure in the UK Scout Association, serving in the 24th Glasgow (Bearsden) Scout Group for over fifty years. In recognition of his service to Scouting, he received the Silver Wolf and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died of cancer at age 84.
Spalding attended Glasgow Academy, and went on to study Agriculture at the University of Glasgow. His studies were interrupted by his military service, but were resumed after the war. He graduated with a BSc in 1948.
Spalding volunteered to join the Royal Navy in the early 1940s and served as a radar operator in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the rest of World War II until being demobilized in 1946.
After graduation, Spalding worked as an agricultural economist at the West of Scotland Agricultural College from 1948 to about 1954. He went on to work at Scottish Agricultural Industries until taking early retirement in 1981.
Spalding was a Boy...
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