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Guiding’s MI5 connections
1st April 2010
- 1912 Patrol activity
- 1912 Guides making tea
Guiding is not the only organisation currently celebrating a centenary. The Florence Nightingale Institute is marking 100 years since her death, The Chartered Institute of Linguists is 100 years old and so is the University of Queensland. Another organisation celebrating 100 years is MI5.
MI5 Security Service is responsible for protecting the UK against threats to our national security. It was actually established in 1909 as the Secret Service Bureau, and was set up to combat Imperial Germany's espionage operations in the UK, particularly the danger to our naval ports.
During the First World War Girl Guides were employed by MI5 as messengers within the [Secret Service] building. The initial plan had been to use Boy Scouts but they proved feckless and noisy and the Girl Guides were a more reliable alternative.
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Article taken form the March 2010 issue of The Trefoil.
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Guiding’s MI5 connections
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