Harold Ambrose Robinson Cheeseman was the founder of the Scouting movement in the Malaysian state of Penang, at the Penang Free School on 27 March 1915, and in the state of Johor at the English College Johore Bahru in 1928. Around 1934, the Scouts of Penang put on a grand display for the occasion of Lord Baden-Powell's visit to the island, including an acanthi rope bridge. During the Japanese occupation of Malaya, Scouting was prohibited, and several Penang Scouts proved their bravery and were awarded the Gilt Cross after the World War II.