3rd Enfield Company history
1940 - 1949 | click on the year you want to visit
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1940 - The Golden Jubilee of the Company
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| The Company helps with the war effort by assisting the Fire Brigade and AFC. | |
| 21st March | The 3rd Enfield win the Battalion Platoon Drill competition. |
| 20th April | Daily Telegraph Shield competition: 1st - 3rd Enfield (172), 2nd - 62 London (169), 3rd - 1st New Barnet (160). The venue is the HAC Drill House, Armiary House, City Road, Finsbury EC. The judge is the Brigade Secretary. |
| 5th May | 50th annual Inspection and Display at Chase Side School. Inspecting Officer: Major Lewis DSO, MC. New Company Colours were presented by relatives of Mr T R Plowman. |
| August | Frank Head gets married at Christ Church. |
1941
| 8th January | British Commander and Boy Scout founder Lord Robert Baden Powell dies. |
| 19th January | NCOs parade to the Parish Church for a memorial service to Lord Baden Powell. |
| August | Camp was held with London District at Eton playing fields. |
1942
The Company |
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The coloured flags showing to the audience at the Whit Monday Parade and Sports Day. The flags were to show which team had won an event. Each Company had different colours - 1st Enfield was royal blue, 2nd Enfield was yellow, 3rd Enfield was red, 7th Enfield was light blue and 11th Enfield was pink |
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| August |
44 Boys attend a Battalion Camp at Hambledon.
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1943 - The Diamond Jubilee of the Boys' Brigade
Officers and NCOs |
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| 17th March | Battalion Drill competition: The 3rd Enfield beat the 1st by 1 1/2 points. |
| 8th May |
The 3rd Enfield win the Daily Telegraph Shield for the ninth time, by a margin of 1 point at the Royal Albert Hall Display. The Shield is presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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| 12th May | Company Display, Chase Side School: The Inspecting Officer is Alan Ridge. |
| 16th October | To mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Boys' Brigade, His Majesty the King, accompanied by the Queen and Princess Elizabeth, inspected a contingent of the Brigade in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle. The 3rd Enfield is represented as the winners of the Daily Telegraph Shield. |
1944
| 27th March | The Company wins the Battalion Bugle Band competition: 1st - 3rd Enfield (172), 2nd - 1st Enfield (159). |
| May |
The Company provides an ambulance squad for the Royal Albert Hall Display.
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| December | The Company wins the Enfield Youth First Aid competition. |
1945
Officers and NCOs
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| January | Frank Head retires as Captain of the Company, and William Pinner takes over. |
| 14th April | Robert Lionel Plowman (Company Treasurer) passes away suddenly. |
| May | The end of World War II. |
| 16th May | The Company Display is held at Chase Side School. |
| 18th May |
Company performs slow time drill at the Royal Albert Hall Display.
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| 11th August | The first post-war camp is held at Whitecliffe Bay with the 2nd and 7th Enfield. |
| 13th October | The 3rd Enfield Parents Committee hold a social event. |
| December | The Company wins the Battalion Squad Drill competition. |
1946
| January | The Company wins the Battalion Ambulance competition. |
| 3rd-4th May |
The 3rd Enfield's Bugle Band wins a Band competition at the Royal Albert Hall Display.
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| 17th-24th August |
The Company camps with the 1st Barnet at Whitecliffe Bay. The Company appears in the Portsmouth Evening News (23rd August - Raiding the Cookhouse).
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| 8th October | The Rev Ebenezer Rees retires as Minister of Christ Church, after 30 years of service. The Rev Leonard Towers succeeds him. |
| December | The Company wins the Squad Drill competition. |
1947
Officers and NCOs
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| January | The Company wins the Ambulance competition. |
| 14th February | The Company wins the PT competition. |
| April | The 3rd Enfield handicraft classes start toy making and repairing classes for the Baker Street Day Nursery. This activity was reported in the Evening Star and the Brigade Gazette. |
| May |
The 3rd Enfield put on a remarkable item at the Royal Albert Hall Display, called the Sixteen Squad, in which a squad of sixteen young athletes carrying sparkling wands, gave an intricate figure marching display.
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| June |
The Company helps to repair toys for children of the local nursery, shown in the picture with Captain Bob Pinner.
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| 16th-23rd August | The Summer Camp is held at Whitecliffe Bay. |
| October | An attempt is made to destroy the Headquarters of the 3rd Enfield, the Steadfast Hut, by fire. The Headquarters were saved by the prompt action of the handicraft class of the Clay Hill Women's Institute. |
| November | The Bandmaster of the 3rd Enfield, Mr Pelgrum, passes away suddenly. |
| December | The Company wins the Squad Drill competition. |
1948 - 50th Anniversary of The Boys' Brigade in Enfield
The NCOs of Enfield Battalion |
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Enfield Battalion Diamond Jubilee Program |
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| January | The Company wins the Ambulance competition. |
| February | The Company wins the Victory Cup and the PT competition. |
| 7th-8th May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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| 17th May | Diamond Jubilee session Whit Monday Inspection and Sports: The Jubilee Spoon is presented. |
| May | Ernest Ridge dies at the age of 73. Alan Ridge dies on the 21st May. |
| November | The 3rd Enfield Old Boys Association is started, with meetings every Thursday at the Steadfast Hut. |
1949
| The Company wins the PT competition. |
Latest news 
London District Jack Petchey Awards Event
Added 4th February 2012
On Saturday 4th February, members of The Boys' Brigade in London joined together for a Jack Petchey Awards Event in Kensington Great Hall.
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London District Jack Petchey Awards Event
Added 4th February 2012
On Saturday 4th February, members of The Boys' Brigade in London joined together for a Jack Petchey Awards Event in Kensington Great Hall.
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3rd Enfield Quiz Night 2012
Added 2nd February 2012
On Saturday 28th January, the 3rd Enfield held its second annual fundraising Quiz Night.
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Enfield Battalion Company Section 5-a-side Football
Added 6th December 2011
On 3rd December, a team from the 3rd Enfield entered the Enfield Battalion Company Section 5-a-side Football competition.
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Constructing Christingles...
Added 3rd December 2011
The run up to Christmas gives the opportunity for various craft activities, one of which is making Christingles!
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Motto: Sure and Steadfast (Hebrews 6:19), Object: The advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-respect and all that tends towards a true Christian Manliness