Robert Wilmes
World Organization of the Scout Movement representative to the UNESCO Non-Governmental Organization Committee

Robert "Bob" Wilmes (1928 – 7 November 2018)[1] from Troyes, France (Scout name "Loup Hurleur", meaning "Howling Wolf") served as the volunteer World Organization of the Scout Movement representative to the UNESCO Non-Governmental Organization Committee.[2][3][4]

Wilmes joined Scouting very young, as his father Pierre (Scout name "Loup Solitaire", meaning "Lone Wolf") and his mother Marie (Scout name "Mère Louve", meaning "Mother Wolf") were both leaders in the Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs de France.

Wilmes led Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval EEDF Group in Troyes from 1945. Since 1948, his group has developed international Scout exchanges with WOSM partners in Central Europe, Scandinavia and the Balkans, and was elected as a Regional Scout Manager. Wilmes' double French and Quebecois culture has aided in Scouting exchanges for Fédération québécoise du guidisme et du scoutisme groups traveling to France and French groups traveling to Canada, since 1987.

In 2001, Wilmes was awarded the 287th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the WOSM, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.[2][5][6]

Wilmes worked as a sports caricaturist for Aube's daily newspaper, Libération Champagne.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "À la mémoire de Robert " Bob " Wilmes" [In memory of Robert "Bob" Wilmes]. LaVoixduNord.fr (in French). Scoutisme Français. 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Un grand éclés nous a quitté" [A great scout has left us] (in French). Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs de France. 8 November 2018 – via Facebook.
  3. ↑ @EEDF_Lambersart (November 8, 2018). "Les @EEDF_officiel sont en deuil ce soir. Oncle Bob nous a quitté ..." [@EEDF_official are in mourning tonight, Uncle Bob has left us] (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2011 – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Yannick Daniel, President Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs de France [@Yannickbzhen44] (November 9, 2018). "@ScoutismeFR Un grand Éclaireur s'en est allé ! Robert Wilmes. Émotions, hommage, condoléances. #scouts #ScoutismeFr #eedf" [@ScoutismeFR A great Scout has gone! Robert Wilmes. Emotions, tribute, condolences. #scouts #ScoutismeFr #eedf] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  6. ↑ "The Bronze Wolf Citations 1999 – 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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