資料：1941年1月9日《The Hongkong Telegraph》第2頁
Chief Scout Passes On
Nairobi, Jan. 8.
Lord Baden Powell, 83 year old Chief Scout, died at Nyeri, Kenya, at 6.10 a.m. today. His conditions first gave rise to anxiety in November when he began to suffer from heart attacks and in the middle of the month his condition was described as critical. He pulled through but had been in ill health since.
Until he was 80 years of age Lord Baden Powell retained his health and vigour to remarkable degree. When it began to fail he built himself a bungalow on the slopes of Mount Kenya where with Lady Baden Powell he made his home. He paid his last visit to England in May 1938.
A soldier who became famous in the South African war as a General, Baden Powell became a world figure by founding the Boy Scout Movement in 1903. So great was the growth of the movement that in 1920 when the first Jamboree was held in London 27 nations were represented and Baden Powell was proclaimed Chief Scout of All the World.
Before his death the boy scouts and girl guides throughout the world numbered nearly 5,000,000.
Scouts in all parts of the world will attend synchronised services in memory of the Chief Scout. Imperial Headquarters have not yet decided whether the services will be held on January 12 or 19.
Baden Powell will be buried at Nyeri tomorrow. – Reuter.
翻譯：
童軍總領袖與世長辭
1月8日，內羅比(Nairobi)
貝登堡勳爵(Lord Baden Powell)，83歲的童軍總領袖，於今日早上6時10分，在肯尼亞尼耶利(Nyeri, Kenya)與世長辭。11月時，他因患上心臟病而引起了廣泛關注，於月中病情甚至轉為危殆。雖然身體其後康復，但處於虛弱狀態。
在步入80歲前，貝登堡勳爵一直保持着驚人的健康與活力。當他的身體開始轉差時，他在肯尼亞山(Mount Kenya)的山邊購置了一座平房，並與貝登堡夫人(Lady Baden Powell)遷入居住。他於1938年5月最後一次踏足英格蘭。
這位士兵經歷南非戰役後成為了將軍，貝登堡的事蹟由1908年創辦童子軍運動開始聞名於世。運動發展之極速，在1920年在倫敦舉行的第一次童軍大集會(Jamboree)，27個國家派出代表出席，而他其後亦獲推舉為世界童軍總領袖。
直至離世一刻，世界各地的童子軍及女童軍人數已接近500萬。
世界各地的童軍將為總領袖舉行追悼會，英國童軍總會則暫定於1月12日或19日舉行。
貝登堡的靈柩將於明日在尼耶利下葬。
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