Scouting was badly affected by the war but it appears to have continued in some form - sometimes the Troop being run by Patrol Leaders or older boys - in the following Groups:
Town, Fairmile, Jumpers, Highcliffe and Avon Valley.
Reports are muddled but it is possible that boys from Burton, Bransgore and Sopley kept going as the 13th Christchurch (Avon Valley).
The following Groups did not continue during the war:
6th Christchurch (Bransgore). Listed as closed by Headquarters in 1939.
8th Christchurch (Burton). The Group is not listed in the Hampshire County Register in 1937. It is reported that the Group closed because there was a lack of leaders.
9th Christchurch (Cranemoor). There is no further mention of this Group after 1937.
10th Christchurch (Mudeford). Reported to have closed. This Group was re-registered in 1946.
11th Christchurch. Closed because people of Rover age went (Rover Scout Crew) into the forces.
12th Christchurch. There is no further mention of this Group (Walkford) after 1939.