Our History

The Boys' Brigade was founded in Glasgow on 4th October 1883 by Sir William Alexander Smith. From this one Company formed in Scotland the BB has grown in to a worldwide movement having worked with millions of children and young people for well over a century (Boys Brigade, 2015). The 1st Gillingham Company was formed in 1948. In 2012 when the 1st Gillingham Girls’ Brigade company closed we became the 1st Gillingham Boys’ Brigade with Girls’ Association.