Guide International Service

Guide International Relief Service
Founded 1942
Membership 198
Affiliation Girl Guides Association

The Guide International Service (G.I.S.) was an organisation set up by the Girl Guides Association in Britain in 1942 with the aim of sending to Europe after World War II teams of adult Girl Guides to do relief work.[1][2] It is described in two books: All Things Uncertain by Phyllis Stewart Brown and Guides Can Do Anything by Nancy Eastick. A total of 198 Guiders and 60 Scouts, drawn from Britain, Australia, Canada, Ireland and Kenya, served in teams.[3][4] Some went to relieve the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, while others served in Malaya.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Helping Victims in Occupied Lands. Girl Guides' Service". The Glasgow Herald. Oct 25, 1943.
  2. ↑ "Guiding hand took on world Nancy Eastick, 1920-2011". The Sydney Morning Herald. April 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ Hampton, Janie (2010). How the Girl Guides Won the War. HarperPress.
  4. ↑ Liddell, Alix (1976). Story of the Girl Guides 1938-1975. London: Girl Guides Association.
  5. ↑
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