Tracing- The John Adams Cup

[Yonno]

Hi,  my uncle John Edgar Adams was in the 1st. Corringham, Essex scout a patrol leader. He was killed in 1932 when he was 12 years old.  There was a huge funeral held in Corringham.  MY grandparents had a silver cup engraved in his memory,and presented it to the scouts.  My grandmother did try to find out as to it's whereabouts before she died.

This is a hard one I know, it could even be in someone's shed  or just lost.

[louisa maud]

Hi Yonno
Me again, I am a local to Corringham, I will see what I can come up with, I have contacts within the scout movement as my grandchildren are scouts

Do you have any paper clippings about it?

LM

PS I have been in touch with the local scout master and hope to get back to you if she can find out something, if not I will contact 1st Corringham Scout group

[Dean1]

Hi,

Somewhere in Essex there must be memorabilia to the Gilwell Park World Scout Jamboree held in the 50's.   I wonder if the cup could have ended up there.    Gilwell Park is near Upton in Essex I understand - the other place it may have gone to is his old school.

Sue   

[Yonno]

Hi, I did contact the Media & Communications Manager at Stanford-le-hope, he sent me some newspaper cuttings, they were hard to read, I don't think they would work on this site. He didn't come up with any news regarding the cup.   Evidently John was on his way to school in Stanford,  my old school actually.
I have a photo of the cup from my grandmother's photo album, I could put it up although one cannot read it as there is some glare from the light.

Yonno

[Dean1]

Hi Yonno,

How about putting the story in a free local Essex paper with your picture of the cup and funeral picture.   Someone must know something.

I don't know the Essex papers but I bet someone on here will.

Sue

[Yonno]

That sounds a good idea   Y

[louisa maud]

Hi Yonno
I have been in contact with the person concerned who I know is well connected to the local scout groups, she is going to find out for me where this cup has gone, unfortunately for us she is away from Wednesday for a few days so she night not get back to  me before then but she will find out all she can
Gilwell Park has a museum so it might well be there but I am confident she will find out for me

regards

LM

[louisa maud]

Another update
This is being brought up at 1st Corringham meeting next, so hopefully I can find out where the cup went

regards

Louisa Maud

[Yonno]

Thank you Louisa.