BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

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*Wilmington Masonic Hall
Hawley Road
Dartford
DA1 1PA

* please note this is our meeting address and NOT a postal address. 
Therefore all contact should be made via the adjacent contact form.

Welcome to our ‘Contact Us’ page.

It is absolutely fantastic that you are interested in knowing more about the Beauchamp Lodge and we are happy to answer any questions and/or receive any suggestions or comments you may have regarding this website.

As a Lodge we are also always happy to receive enquiries regarding membership, whether these be from existing/lapsed Freemasons or from individuals who are enquiring for the very first time. 

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28 August 2023
Magnificent Universal Freemasonry
Universal Freemasonry does it exist? The term ‘Universal Freemasonry’ is often quoted yet, in recent years, we have been asking the question, ‘Is there a place for Freemasonry in the modern world?” Unfortunately this simple post will not provide you with an answer to that question nor, in truth, will it explore it in any […]
19 August 2023
Inspiring Clayton Scudamore Beauchamp
Clayton Scudamore Beauchamp - Glimpses of our founder’s life Clayton Scudamore Beauchamp, after whom our lodge is named, was born on the 24th April 1842 at Sholopore (Solapur) in India. As a teenager he travelled to England to attend the Military College founded at Addiscombe in Surrey by the East India Company. In a picture […]
16 August 2023
Courageous Brethren - Oliver Ingham #306
Oliver Ingham’s Family: Oliver Ingham was born on the 13th April 1883 in Paddington, London. He was the 5th child of seven of Robert Wood Ingham (1846-1928) and Mary Elizabeth Ingham (nee Penrose 1851-1938) who were married on the 30th December 1876 in St. Luke’s Church, Summerhill, Cork, Ireland. Robert and Mary Ingham had seven […]
14 August 2023
Incredible - Kent Brethren and the Great War
Kent Brethren and the Great War Kent Brethren and the Great War is a publication by Peter Cartwright. It consists of forty-four A4 pages and contains both colour/mono photographs and includes the story of those Freemasons who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the war. It will be available separately from both Kent Provincial Offices […]
9 August 2023
Courageous Brethren - Robert Carson #299
Robert Carson’s Family: Robert Carson was born on the 6th April 1879 in Craigavad and he was a son of William Carson JP and Isabella Jane Carson (nee Major) who were married on the 15th January 1874 in First Holywood Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church.   William Carson from Holywood was a son of William Carson, a merchant. […]
8 August 2023
Remarkable - Part 2 Brothers in adversity
Part 2 - New beginnings Brothers in adversity part 2 - Some of you may have read in Brothers in Adversity Part 1 (an earlier article) about how Mark Eyles-Thomas, a Falklands War veteran and well-known West Kent Freemason, discovered the story behind an Argentinian soldier’s helmet that had been given to him. That soldier’s […]
6 August 2023
Courageous Brethren - Arthur Sanders #291
Arthur Sanders’ Family: Arthur Sanders was born on the 20th January 1877 and was baptised on the 11th February 1977 in Azamgurh, Bengal, India son of Richard Careless Sanders (late Indian Medical Service) and Margaret Cramer (Springett) Sanders later of Holmbush, Barcombe, Lewes, Sussex. Name: Arthur Richard Careless Sanders Conflicts: First World War Date of […]
6 August 2023
Remarkable Pegasus Forces Lodge #9393
Pegasus Forces - The Airborne Forces Lodge The West Kent Military Lodge brethren will visit the Pegasus Forces Lodge in November of this year (Friday 24th November). If you would like further details of the visit, which will include a visit to the Aldershot Military Cemetery (where two soldiers from the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Zulu […]
5 August 2023
Courageous Brethren - Bertie Mainprise #283
Bertie Mainprise’s Family: Bertie Mainprise was the son of the late Wilmot Mainprise R.N. and Mrs. Mainprise husband of Nesta Mainprise of Faridkst, Earlsfield Road, Hythe, Kent Education & Career: Bertie Mainprise had been the subject of questions in the House of Commons in 1887 when he was rejected on medical grounds for a Naval […]
3 August 2023
Outstanding Soldier Magazine
Soldier Magazine August 2023 Soldier Magazine - In this issue: As the Army beefs up urban warfare training, we look at how off-the-shelf drones are changing the face of battle. Elsewhere, a recruitment bounty is announced – along with moves to get more troops socialising. Read the digital edition here About Us With international distribution […]
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