Year | The
Girls' Brigade | The
Girls' Guildry | The
Girls' Life Brigade |
| |  |  |  |
1893 | The
Girls' Brigade formed at Sandymount, Ireland by Miss Margaret Lyttle. Its aim
"the extension of Christ's Kingdom among girls" | | |
1900 | | The
Girls' Guildry formed in Scotland with the aim of helping girls to become mature
Christian women | |
1902 | | | The
Girls' Life Brigade formed in England. The motto was "to save life"
and the aim "to help and encourage girls become responsible, self-reliant
Christian women" |
1909 | Adopted
motto "Onward and Upward" | | |
1923 | | HRH
Duchess of York (later to become Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother)
became the Patron to The Girls' Guildry First
overseas company formed in Jamaica by Mrs Olive Miller (nee Wright) | |
1925 | | | Companies
formed in Capetown, South Africa and Riga, Latvia (closed in 1935) |
1927 | | | Companies
formed in Singapore and Australia |
1928 | | | Work
began in New Zealand |
1930 | | | First
International Rally at the Royal Albert Hall, London |
1931 | | | Work
began in Canada |
1934 | | | Work
began in American Samoa |
1936 | | | HRH
The Duchess of Gloucester became Patron to The Girls' Life Brigade |
1938 | | | Work
began in Malaysia at Penang by Elsie Lynne |
1939 | Companies
formed in Northern Ireland. | | |
1942 | | | Work
began in Nigeria |
1943 | | | Work
begain in Bermuda |
1946 | | Work
began in the Cayman Islands by Mrs Olive Miller | Work
began in Niue, Nauru and Tokelau Islands |
1949 | Work
began in England | | Work
began in the Solomon Islands |
1950 | | Companies
opened in Zambia | Work
began in Zambia |
1951 | | | Work
began in Zimbabwe and Samoa |
1952 | | | Work
began in Hong Kong |
1953 | Work
began in the Falkland Islands (closed 1989) | | |
1954 | | | Hilda
Rae appointed as Overseas Secretary |
1955 | | | Work
began in Ghana at Accra |
1956 | | | Work
began in Sierra Leone |
1957 | | | Queen's
Badge inaugurated |
1958 | Work
began in Canada | Work
began in the Bahamas by Miss Cynthia Love | |
1959 | | | Work
began in Papua New Guinea |
1960 | | Work
began in Zimbabwe | Work
began in Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands |
1961 | | | Work
began in the Gilbert Islands |
1962 | | | Work
began in Vanuatu and Uganda |
1963 | | | Work
began in Rwanda and the Windward Islands |
1964 | Historic
Decision By Three Organisation To Amalgamate |
| | | Pacific
Fellowship formed in Suva, Fiji |
| | | | Work
began in Burundi |
1966 | | | Headquarters
opened at Parsons Green, London |
1967 | | | Work
began in Kenya |
| | | Pacific
Fellowship Council met in Fiji |
1968 | The
inaugural meeting of Brigade International Council was held on the 10th June and
was attended by 19 countries. Miss Joan Chenhalls MBE was elected as the first
President and the International Award was started. |
1970 | Work
began in Brunei |
1971 | Work
began in Haiti |
1972 | The
Pacific Fellowship Council met in New Zealand |
1973 | The
Brigade International Conference and Fonomarae were held in New Zealand. Mrs Margaret
O'Rourke was elected as the second President and Ghana, Grand Cayman and Samoa
were accepted as full members. The Atlantic and Pacific Committees were formed.
Work began in Uganda and the Cook Islands. |
1974 | Work
began in USA, Belize and Aruba |
1975 | The
Pacific Fellowship Council met in Fiji |
1976 | Work
began in India and Bangladesh |
1977 | The
Margaret O'Rourke scholarship was established after Mrs O'Rourke's death. |
| | The
Pacific Council Fellowship met in New Zealand |
1978 | The
third Brigade International Conference was held in Grand Cayman. Mrs Tay Poh Luan
was elected as the third President |
1979 | The
Pacific Fellowship Fonomarae was held in Perth, Australia with the Fellowship
Conference held in New Zealand |
1980 | The
International Fonomarae was held in Scotland. Work began in Brazil |
1983 | The
fourth Brigade International Conferece was held in Singapore. Mrs Elizabeth Nicoll
OBE MA was elected as the fourth President and the Cook Islands were accepted
as a full member. The first Caribbean Conference was held in Jamaica. |
1984 | The
Asia-Pacific Committee office was set up in Auckland, New Zealand. |
1985 | The
Pacific Fellowship Conference was held in New Zealand |
1986 | The
second Caribbean Conference was held in Trinidad & Tobago |
1988 | The
fifth Brigade International Conferece was held in the Cook Islands. Miss Betty
Allen AM was elected as the fifth President and Niue and Bahamas/Turks/Caicos
were accepted as full members. The International Office moved to Norfolk, England.
|
1989 |
The third Caribbean Conference was held in the Bahamas |
1990 | Work
began in Botswana, Romania and Swaziland. The Brigade was reformed in the USA |
1991 |
Zambia was accepted as a full member. Ireland and Northern Ireland became two
separate members |
1992 | The
first All Africa Conference was held in Zambia. The fourth Caribbean Conference
was held in the Cayman Islands. Kenya, Hong Kong, St Kitts and Trinidad and Tobago
were accepted as full members. Work began in Tonga. |
1993 | The
sixth Brigade International Conference was held in Dublin, Ireland. Mrs Iva Good
was elected as the sixth President. Centenary celebrations were held world-wide.
Bermuda was accepted as a full member. |
1994 | Fifth
Caribbean Conference in Antigua. |
1995 | Second
All Africa Conference in Kenya. British Virgin Islands accepted as full member.
Work began in Ramallah and in Thailand. |
1996 | Sixth
Caribbean Conference held in Bermuda. |
1997 | Third
All Africa Conference in Zimbabwe. |
1998 | The
seventh Brigade International Conference was held in Brisbane, Australia. Mrs
Jill Clarke was elected as the seventh President. The structure of Girls' Brigade
International changed. Atlantic and Pacific Committees ceased to exist. International
Fellowships began - 5 Fellowships - Africa, Asia, Caribbean & Americas, Europe
and Pacific. |
1999 | The
International President's Committee met in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
2000 | The
International President's Committee met in Glasgow, Scotland. |
2001 | The
International President's Committee met in Boston, USA. The International Office
moved to Glasgow, Scotland (June 2001). Tanzania, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Solomon
Islands and Tuvalu accepted as full members. |
2002 | The
8th Brigade International Conference was held in Thailand. Miss Hee Piang Chin
was elected as the 8th President. Mrs Jill Clarke, CNZM - appointed International
Vice Patron. |
2003 | The
International President's Committee met in Singapore. |
2004 | The
International President's Committee met at IHQ, Glasgow. The International Fonomarae
was held in Glasgow, Scotland. |
2005 | The
International President's Committee met in Livingstone, Zambia. |
2006 | The
9th International Conference was held in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Mrs Ruth
Chikasa (Zambia) elected as 9th International President. Canada and Philippines
accepted as full members. Miss Sheena MacFarlane, OBE - appointed International
Vice Patron. |
2007 | International
President's Committee met in Auckland, New Zealand. Mrs Masiofo Fetaui Mata'afa
- International Vice Patron died November 2007. |
|
2008
|
Mrs
Elizabeth Nicoll, OBE, MA - Past International President and
International Vice Patron died 5 July 2008. The International
President's Committee met in Boston, USA. |
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