Arthur Guyot de Salins explained

Arthur de Salins
Birth Name:Arthur Joseph Marie Guyot d'Asnières de Salins
Birth Date:3 December 1857
Birth Place:Auray, France
Death Place:Carnac, France
Allegiance:French
Rank:General
Battles:First World War
Awards:Second Chief Scout of the Scouts de France
Laterwork:One of the founders of Scouting in France

General Arthur Joseph Marie Guyot d'Asnières de Salins (3 December 1857 - 11 August 1936) was a French military officer of the First World War, known as "the conqueror of Douaumont" in 1916, best known for being one of the founders of Scouting in France along with Jacques Sevin, the canon Cornette, Paul Coze and Édouard de Macedo. He was second Chief Scout of the Scouts de France (created in 1920) from 1922 to his death in 1936.[1]

Notes and References

  1. John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 98