Eluned Allen-Williams
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1 May 1916
Magistrate
Eluned Allen-Williams | |
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.png) Allen-Williams from a 1990 issue of The Guider magazine | |
| Born | Eluned Jocelyn Allen-Williams 1 May 1916 Littlehampton, England |
| Died | 23 December 1989 (aged 73) Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Education | London University |
| Occupations | Girl Guide executive Magistrate |
Eluned Allen-Williams (1 May 1916 – 26 December 1989) was a Girl Guide Association (GGA) executive. Between 1945 and 1946 she was a Guide International Service (GIS) volunteer, serving in post-war Europe and providing relief work in Waldbröl and Dickhause, Germany. She was heraldry advisor to the GGA from 1967.[1] She was a magistrate in East Preston, West Sussex for 27 years,[2] and was the first woman to hold the position of chair of the Arundel bench in 1975.[3]
Born to Brigadier General Sir Arthur Allen-Williams KBE, CMG (1916 – 1949) and Ursula Mary Allen, Allen-Williams had one brother and one sister.[4] She attended Rosemead School in Littlehampton[5] and Downe House School in Berkshire. She then studied science at London University. She was a "qualified hospital almoner",[6] her role being "to determine the patients' ability to contribute towards their own medical care". She spent much of her life in Littlehampton, West Sussex.[7]
In the 1930s she was an active member of the East Preston Rifle Club in Littlehampton, winning several shooting competitions.[8][9] In 1938 she was a member of the City of London Rifle Club and at that point had the best average score in the national ladies' league.[10] She was also a member of the Seagulls Ladies' Lacrosse Club and was a keen tennis player and sailor, owning an 18-foot centreboard sailing boat.[11]
She moved to Newport, Pembrokeshire, where her family came from, in 1979.[12][13]
Girl Guides
Allen-Williams joined the Girl Guide movement as a Brownie. She moved through the organisation into leadership positions which included:[14]
- Sea Ranger crew, captain, Littlehampton[15]
- 2nd Apsley Company, captain
- 2nd Sussex Lone Rangers, lieutenant
- Sussex County boating advisor
- Sussex division Guide commissioner[16]
- Sussex County ranger advisor[17]
- Headquarters Ranger trainer[18]
- Arts committee, member[19]
- Chair and subsequently president of East Preston and Rustington Girl Guides from 1973 to 1979.[20][21] When she resigned in 1979, she donated £500 to the local association. She also made an interest-free loan to help fund the building of their new headquarters.[22]
During a 16-month trip to Australia and New Zealand she attended New Zealand Guide's centenary camp and trained Girl Guide leaders in Australia.[23]
Her principal passion was sailing. She became lieutenant of Sea Ranger Ship (SRS) Victor in 1942, captain of SRS Vigilant in 1947 and lieutenant of Lone SRS Opportune in 1948.[24] She published The Girl Guide Knot Book in 1962.
Allen-Williams became heraldry consultant to the GGA in 1967.[25][26]
