What did Robert Baden Powell do in the army?

Answer 1

The regiment that Baden-Powell jointed in 1876 was the 13th Hussars.

They had previously been known as the 13th Light Dragoons and were a cavalry regiment of the British Army who were famous for their role in Waterloo and The Charge of the Light Brigade.

Answer 2

He joined the 13th hussars in India with the rank of lieutenant.

He enhanced and honed his military scouting skills amidst the Zulu in the early 1880s in the Natal Province of South Africa, where his regiment had been posted, and where he was Mentioned in Despatches.

Baden-Powell returned to Africa in 1896 to aid the British South Africa Company colonials under siege in Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War.

Baden-Powell was accused of illegally executing a prisoner of war, Matabele chief Uwini, in 1896, who had been promised his life would be spared if he surrendered.

He returned to South Africa prior to the Second Boer War and was engaged in further military actions against the Zulus.

Contrary views of Baden-Powell's actions during the Siege of Mafeking pointed out that his success in resisting the Boers was secured at the expense of the lives of the native African soldiers and civilians, including members of his own African garrison.

In 1910 Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell decided to retire from the Army reputedly on the advice of King Edward VII, who suggested that he could better serve his country by promoting Scouting.

On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Baden-Powell put himself at the disposal of the War Office.

Answer 3

In 1910 Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell decided to retire from the Army reputedly on the advice of King Edward VII, who suggested that he could better serve his country by promoting Scouting.

Answer 4

Forming the Scouts Organization, and later the World Organization of the Scouting Movement. He also served honorably in Her Majesty's Royal Army, and was awarded the rank of Lord.