Youth Period
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, known as B.-P., was born in London on 22nd February 1857. His father, Reverend Baden-Powell, a Professor at Oxford University died when B.-P. was only three years old. B.-P. was the 6th son and the 8th of 10 children of his father. He studied at Charterhouse School where he began to exploit his interest in the arts of Scouting and woodcraft. He and his brothers were always in search of adventure. He spent his holidays camping, hiking and sailing. In all this, B.-P. was learning tent pitching, map and compass use, and wood-fire cooking.
Army Period
B.-P.'s academic result at school was not very outstanding. But he had excellent performance in the open examination for the Army and was commissioned straight into the 13th Hussars, bypassing the officer training. He served in India, Afghanistan and South Africa with the 13th Hussars. In 1897, he was promoted to command the 5th Dragon Guards. B.-P. firstly introduced Scouting training in the 5th Dragon Guards and gave badges to award the soldiers when they achieved certain standards. In 1899, he helped defend Mafeking during its 217-day siege in Boer War in South Africa. By using the local boys as messengers in the corps during the siege, he was strongly impressed the courage and resourcefulness of the boys. The siege of Mafeking ended on 17th May 1900. He became a national hero for his success in the defending.
During the 217-day siege, B.-P.'s book 'Aids to Scouting' was published and became very popular. When he returned to England as Inspector General of Cavalry, it was found that the book was widely used by youth leaders and teachers in the country.
Scouting Period
In 1907, he led a groups of 20 youths plus his nephew and an older brother of the boys on camp to Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset to have an experimental camp in order to test his ideas in practice. In 1908, his another book 'Scouting for Boys' was published. It was regarded as training aid for many organisations. Boys also tried the ideas by forming themselves into Scout Patrols. Scouting gradually became a worldwide Movement. 'Scouting for Boys' has been translated into many different languages and dialects. He had established an office to handle the large number of enquiries concerning the Movement in 1908. With the advice of His Majesty King Edward VII, B.-P. retired from the Army in 1910 and fully concentrated in the Scout Movement. He was enthusiastic in the development of Scouting and also its sister Movement, Guiding. He traveled all over the world in order to encourage the growth of the Movements. In 1912, he married Olave Soames who was very helpful in all his work. In 1920, B.-P. was acclaimed as Chief Scout of the World in the 1st international Scout Jamboree took place at Olympia, London. In 1929, at the 3rd World Jamboree held in Arrowe Park, to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the publication of "Scouting for Boys", he took the title of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell and Gilwell Park became the International Training Centre for Scout Leaders.
In 1938, he returned to Africa for his semi-retired life in Nyeri, Kenya because of his ill health. He died on January 8, 1941 at the age of 83.
青年時期
在一八五七年的二月廿二日，童軍創辦人貝登堡出生於英倫。
他的父親是一個牧師，曾在牛津學院教授幾何學，但是在貝登堡三歲時，他的父親逝世了。他的母親是海軍中將史密夫之女。貝登堡死了父親以後，家庭生活全賴他母親人一負擔。
貝登堡共有兄弟姊妹五人，貝登堡年紀最少。他的大哥威笙頓在海軍部工作，假期裏喜歡和弟妹們泛舟。所以貝登堡對於航海、划舟等技能十分熟習。
一八七零年貝登堡進入卻特書院念書，一八七二年轉入葛多明書院深造。在學校中，成績平常，沒有什麼特別的地方，但是他喜愛戲劇、歌唱、繪畫、觀察鳥獸生活、狩獵、烹飪等。
軍旅時期
在十九歲的時侯參加了騎兵隊，在第十三騎兵團為准尉，駐防在印度。當時他每年的薪金只得一百二十磅。所以他時常繪寫漫畫給館來增加收入。直到一八八一年升為上尉。
後來在一八八七年的時候，他在南非洲任駐軍的司令官。一八九五年，他率領軍隊平服西菲洲阿善提王的叛變。在此次行軍中，須在最短時間內步行走過一五零哩的大樹林和許多急激的河流，所以在這次戰爭中，除了他因功升為上校外，並且使他得到許多先鋒工程的知識，和土人們賜他「不睡之狼」的稱號。
一八九五年，貝登堡重返印度，任英皇第五近衛兵團的司令官。當時他開始用小隊制席方式來訓練他的軍隊！同時將他自己的訓練大綱，寫成了「警探術」這本書。
一八九九年他駐任南菲梅富根城，十月十一日浪耳戰爭爆發，悔富根城被敵人包圍，那時因為駐軍很少，所以貝登堡召集了一班青年，臨時教他們急救、傳訊、和偵察等各種技能來協助駐軍：經過了二百一十七天以後，在九零零年五月十六日解圍，當時貝登堡被英國人視為英雄人物。
一九零七年返英國出任騎兵總監，他所著作的「警探衛」一書已風行全國，受各界人士的稱許，有些學校用來作為課本，，有些教師請求貝登堡把書的內容修改，用來訓練青年和兒童。由此便引起貝登堡創辦童軍的動機。
童軍時期
一九零七年，恰巧是貝登堡五十歲了，他召集了二十四個來自不同階級的兒童，在英國南部桃山白浪海島露營十六日，每天教導這些兒童生火、炊事、追蹤、坼堠、露營等訓練。並發表了營火談話，也就是我們常閱讀的「童軍手冊」。
自這次實驗性的露營成功以後，童軍運動極為蓬勃。後來貝登堡得到英皇愛德華七世的鼓勵，辭去了軍職（當時他巳是中將），專心致力童軍運動。
一九一零年，為了適應女青年們的要求，他創立了女童軍。一九一二年春天，在船上他認識了奧利花小姐，並在同年十月舉行婚禮。貝登堡夫人對於貝登堡的助力很大，常常協助他發展童軍運動，所以直至現在，她仍是女童軍總領袖。
一九一六年，貝登堡為了適應年輕孩子們的需求，便創立了小狼（現稱幼童軍）活動，讓八歲至十歲的孩子參與這項活動，更出版了「小狼手冊」，一九一八年創辦的樂行立軍，讓十八成以上的青年也參與這運動。
一九二零年第一次世界大露營在英國的奧林匹克競技場舉行。貝登堡被各國代表推選為世界童軍總領袖。自此與夫人週遊各地，巡視各地童軍的訓練，致力童軍運動的發展。
一九二九牛第三次世界童軍大露營在英國阿婁公園舉行，貝登堡被英皇封為基維爾勛爵。基維爾這地方，自一九一九年開始已成為童軍訓練營地，被各國童軍公認為童軍領袖的訓練中心。
貝登堡的生中，每一分鐘都沒有花費。在一九三八年，他已是八十一歲了，他退隱在他認為第二故鄉的菲洲墾雅，但是新的著作，新的圖畫仍不斷地從他手中完成。 一九四一年一月九日，這位世界青年導師、童軍運動創辦人貝登堡勛爵在墾雅寓所中逝世，享壽八十四歲。全世界的人們都哀悼失去這位世界性的青年導師。
貝登堡本身是一位戰士，但也是一個和平的工作者，他將整個晚年，全心全意致力於童軍運動，使全世界的青年都蒙受他偉大的號召。
一九四七年的聖佐治日，英國童軍總會會長告羅士打公爵，把貝登堡的塑像安放在英倫西敏斯特寺聖佐治之聖像下，以紀念這位世界知名的童軍創辦人基維爾貝登堡勳爵。
| Scout Promise: On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to God and to my Country to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. |
童軍誓詞： |
Scout Law:
|
童軍規律：
|
Our Vision To be the best voluntary organisation for the development of young people in Hong Kong for the betterment of our society. Our Mission To operate an education movement for young people providing them with challenging and progressive training programmes for their physical, intellectual, social, spiritual and aesthetic development. To achieve this mission, we will:
|
我們的抱負： 成為香港最優秀的志願團體，致力培育青少年的工作，造福社會。 我們的使命： 我們致力青少年的教育工作。透過富挑戰性和有進度性的訓練和活動，促進青少年德、智、體、群、美五育的發展。 為達成上述的使命，我們：
|