page_title: Hamrun
section_title: Scouts
hierarchical_section_title: Hamrun / Culture / Scouts
caption_attribution_description: English: 1st Hamrun Pipe Band - Malta Scouts Annual Parade 2009
context_page_description: Hamrun is a town in the Southern Region of Malta, with a population of 9,244 as of March 2014.
context_section_description: Since 1908 when the Scout Movement was introduced in Malta, it has been said that the 1st Hamrun Scout Group was one of the pioneers of scouting in this country. However, it was only in 1913 that the Hamrun Group was recognized officially thanks to the diligence and dedication of the founder of the Group, Mr. Edgar Delia and Mr. A.E. Vicari, the first Scoutmaster.
  The group's motto is Forward Hamrun.
  One can find documents that when Mr. Delia, together with other Maltese scouts participated for the first Scout Rally in Windsor Great Park in 1911, where he was given a bugle from Camp Commandant Lt. Col. Minden Cole. This bugle was the inspiration for the formation of the bugle and fife band within this Group.
  During World War I, the Hamrun Group served the country by helping in doing air-raid demonstrations and doing coast-guard watching around the island. After the War, the Group grew so much that towards the end of the 1950s it was thought that bigger headquarters would be needed. So, the Group Scout Leader of those days, Mr Joe Borg, together with the other leaders of the Group and with the help of Mr. Ernest Micallef, started to look for an alternative place.
  It was only in 1968 that the Hamrun Group officially inaugurated the old train station as the new headquarters. In the same year, the Group was honoured by the Coat of Arms of Duke of Argyll. From that day onwards, with the permission and approval of The Scout Association of Malta, the Group was known as the 1st Hamrun Scout Group Duke of Argyll's Own.
  This was a big step forward for the Hamrun Group, especially for its band, that now was honoured to wear the Clan Campbell tartan.
caption: 1st Hamrun Pipe Band
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