History

Our History Timeline

Brief History Timeline and Key Dates of the Boys’ Brigade and the 1^st Loughborough Boys’ Brigade

1854 – William Alexander Smith born (27^th October).
1883 – BB Founded in Glasgow (4^th October)
1886 – First BB Camp (Tignabruaich)
1908 – Scout Movement Formed (by Baden Powell, developed from the BB)
1909 – William Alexander Smith knighted (July)
1914 – Sir William Alexander Smith died (10^th May)
1917 – Boy Reserves started
1926 – Amalgamation of the Boys’ Brigade with the Boys’ Life Brigade
1933 – Jubilee Celebrations

1938 – 1^st Loughborough BB Formed (15^th August)

1959 – 1^st Loughborough Life Boys started (now Juniors)

1963 – 1^st Loughborough BB celebrated its 25^th year

1976 – World Conference (of the Boys’ Brigade) formed
1983 – Centenary Celebrations

1988 – 1^st Loughborough BB Celebrated its 50^th Year

1993 – Junior Section 75th Anniversary (previously The Life Boys’)

1998 – 1^st Loughborough BB Diamond Jubilee

2002 – World Conference renamed to Global Fellowship of Christian Youth
2004 – 150^th Anniversary of the Founder’s birth
2008 – 125^th Anniversary of the Boys’ Brigade

2008 – 70^th Anniversary of the 1^st Loughborough BB

2011 – BB celebrated 125 Years of camping
2012 – BB celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

2013 – 1^st Loughborough BB celebrated its 75^th Year

2017 – Nationally, Juniors celebrated its 100^th birthday

2018 – 1^st Loughborough BB celebrated its 80^th Year

2023 – 1^st Loughborough BB celebrated its 85^th Year