A Brother brought home The Gillingham Lodge of Benevolence No.184 was warranted by the Antients Grand Lodge in December 1787 to meet at the Crown & Thistle Tavern in Chatham; and it would unite in 1824 with two other nearby Antients warranted lodges. The Lodge drew many of its members from the personnel employed or […]
BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge
Evocations Evocations - In Beauchamp Lodge’s archives there is a fascinating, but unpublished, history of Freemasonry in Bengal & The Punjab written by Bro. F. Collinge (WM 1945 & 1973). One chapter is devoted to the history of Beauchamp Lodge, this tells us how it was founded by military Brethren during the time of the […]
June 2024 Meeting Feedback Friday 7th June, Wilmington Masonic HallLodge Room - Initiation CeremonyFestive Board - BBQ/Hog Roast with Display stands June 2024 meeting feedback Summary So let’s share some of the June 2024 meeting feedback & communications we have received: June 2024 meeting feedback continued: This June 24 meeting feedback post has been created […]
Customs - Cannon Fire Cannon Fire - The custom of Firing is not exclusively Masonic; it derived from an old tradition at military or civic events of firing cannons or muskets to mark a toast. There have been Masonic instances of such real firing; in 1741 the Vernon Lodge in Dublin held an open-air celebration where […]
Great to see a packed Lodge Room Friday 5th April, Wilmington Masonic HallPresentation titled, ‘Follow the Sappers - Quick March!’ Clive Moore, Lodge HistorianCelebrating the 152nd anniversary of the first meeting of the Lodge (2nd April 1872) This packed lodge room post has been created by the West Kent Military lodge for information. If you […]
April 2024 Meeting Feedback Friday 5th April, Wilmington Masonic HallLodge Room - Presentation titled, ‘Follow the Sappers - Quick March!’ Clive Moore, Lodge HistorianFestive Board - Celebrating the 152nd anniversary of the first meeting of the Lodge 2nd April 1872 April 2024 meeting feedback Summary So let’s share some of the April 2024 meeting feedback […]
Pegasus Forces - The Airborne Forces Lodge No 9393 The West Kent Military Lodge brethren will visit the Pegasus Forces Lodge No 9393 on Friday the 23rd February 2024 for their Installation meeting, where none other than our very own W Bro Michael Bateman ‘Mushrooms’ will be installed as their new Master. If you would […]
January Meeting Feedback - Was it a success, judge for yourselves? Friday 26th January, Wilmington Masonic HallLodge Room - Induction of New Master & Double RaisingFestive Board - Commemorating the Defence of Rorke’s Drift January meeting feedback Summary So let’s share some of the January meeting feedback & communications we have received: More January meeting […]
We meet upon the Level The mighty and the lowly there shall bendUnto the nearest tasks their lives provide;The humble shall arise, the high descend,As brothers, on the Level, side by side(‘The Level’ by Russell J. McLauchlin) Freemasonry’s ‘peculiar system of morality’ seeks to make us better men; built upon the principles of Brotherly Love, […]
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