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5.0.6.0. A cover letter must indicate that it is posthumous
Required May not apply Often forgotten
A cover letter from the Scout executive or designee must accompany the application and say that the case is posthumous. Without it nothing downstream knows.
Notes and warnings
Warning. The most avoidable failure in this whole plan, and the one the family will be the ones to discover. Without the cover letter marking the case posthumous, what comes back is the ordinary congratulatory letter, addressed to a living Scout, in the present tense.
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Where this step comes from
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 5.0.6.0 · A cover letter from the Scout executive or designee must indicate it as posthumous.