BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

Incredible - The Longest Calling Off?

Author:
Clive Moore
Cornwallis Lecturer for the Provinces of Kent
Date:
16 May 2022
Calling Off

Possibly the longest ever ‘Calling Off’’ took place at the Artillery Lodge No.148 in Gibraltar. This lodge was meeting in 1779 when the Spanish army fired the first shots in the Great Siege of Gibraltar; most of the lodge members were artillery men so the lodge was quickly ‘Called Off’ so they could go to man their guns. The lodge was not ‘Called On’ again until 1783, nearly 4 years later; after the lodge was ;formally closed the Brethren then enjoyed well-earned festive board of bread, cheese, and beer!

(Original Source: A talk given in the St. John Lodge at Gibraltar)

The longest calling off - A picture of the painting The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar. This painting depicts the events of the night of November 26, 1781, when British troops, long besieged by Spanish forces at Gibraltar, made a sortie, or sudden attack, against the encroaching enemy batteries
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar

The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782, also known as The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, was painted in 1783 by American artist John Singleton Copley.[148] Guildhall Art Gallery
The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782; replica circa 1783 John Singleton Copley
An image of a roaring tiger with a hyper link to the Beauchamp Lodge website ‘who calls the tiger’ page

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