{"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"sidebar","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EAround the White House at Gilwell Park hang a series of paintings that capture the early ethos and activities of the Scout movement. They also act as lasting memorial to the artist and pioneering \u003Cstrong\u003EScout Ernest Stafford Carlos\u003C/strong\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EErnest studied at the Lambeth Art School and Royal Academy before becoming a successful artist. As his career developed, his works started to tell stories with a social conscience. His work \u2018Rejected and Dejected\u2019 was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1908 and showed a former soldier he\u2019d met at a Church Army Shelter. The portrait had a powerful impact and was later used on Labour Party election leaflets.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EErnest\u2019s awareness of the social issues facing London\u2019s poor led to his involvement in Scouts. Working alongside other early Scouts pioneers, such as Roland Philipps and Anthony Slingsby, Ernest helped take Scouts into London\u2019s most at need communities. He founded the 107th London Scout Troop in Camberwell, South London. Being part of Scouts provided new inspiration for Ernest\u2019s artwork.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EErnest created a series of Scout paintings, which captured the public imagination and were reproduced many times. Millions of people will have seen one of his paintings without even knowing it, as a copy of The Pathfinder has appeared on the set of Coronation Street for over 50 years.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the outbreak of the first world war, Ernest tried to join the army, but was rejected on medical\u00A0grounds. Alongside his work in the community, he continued to paint Scouts, including in his painting Coast Watching (1915), which shows two Sea Scouts supporting the war effort on the home front.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1916, Ernest enlisted again. This time he was successful. He initially served as a Private, but soon received a commission to serve as a Second Lieutenant with the East Kent Regiment.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the 14 June 1917, after just three months on active service, Ernest was killed by shellfire as he led his platoon in an attack. 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