6 June 2022
Bob Armitage-Walker - Incredible Member ProfileHere’s a Beauchamp Lodge Member Profile from Bob Armitage-Walker.Our team has asked him a set of routine questions that will provide you with a brief insight into his military or civilian service.We hope you find it of interest. If you are interested in joining our Military Lodge simply message us using the form provided on […]
1 June 2022
Magnificent Military MusiciansMilitary Musicians in Masonry Military Musicians - Music and singing has always been popular at Masonic meetings and events; and military Brethren would sometimes make use of their unit’s bandsmen to provide that music. The Colonel of the Edinburgh Castle Garrison had bandsmen from the Royal Scots Fusiliers Initiated, Passed & Raised so that they could play at his Installation ceremony; and in 1872 at the first festive board of the Sandeman Lodge No.1374 in Bengal […]
24 May 2022
Brett Portman - Incredible Member ProfileHere’s a Beauchamp Lodge Member Profile from Brett Portman.Our team has asked him a set of routine questions that will provide you with a brief insight into his military or civilian service.We hope you find it of interest. If you are interested in joining our Military Lodge simplymessage us using the form provided on the […]
23 May 2022
Punka - Keeping your coolPunka not pucka Punka or Punkah - The Sandeman Lodge No.1374, first met in March 1871 at Dum Dum in Bengal. Many of its members were locally stationed military men; it was at the military ordnance factory in Dum Dum that the expanding bullet of that name was first developed. The lodge met in a […]
18 May 2022
Awe-Inspiring Keep calm and carry onKeep Calm and Carry On Keep Calm and Carry On - In 1940 the Kaisar-I-Hind (Empress of India) Lodge No.1274 were holding their meetings at Pagani’s restaurant in London. The lodge stored its fine set of table silver at the restaurant; but sadly on the 4th October the restaurant was destroyed in an air raid. […]
16 May 2022
Incredible - The Longest Calling Off?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 […]
11 May 2022
Sensational Army Boxing finalsThe Army Boxing Finals 2022 Army boxing finals - The Army Boxing Association is hosting the Army Inter Corps, Inter Unit and Individual Boxing Championship Finals 2022 at Combat Sports Centre, Rawlinson Road, Aldershot GU11 2LQ on 6 – 9 June 2022, all boxing will take place in the Combat Sports Centre on the dates given […]
9 May 2022
Startling Cannon FireCustoms - 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 […]
8 May 2022
The Magnificent Royal Navy’s Field Gun competitionRoyal Navy’s Field Gun competition The Royal Navy’s field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands, in which teams of sailors compete to transport a field gun and its equipment over and through a series of obstacles in the shortest time. The competition evolved during the early years of the 20th century. […]
8 May 2022
Triumph - VE DayVE Day - Victory in Europe Day VE Day - 8 May 1945 – was one that remained in the memory of all those who witnessed it. It meant an end to nearly six years of a war that had cost the lives of millions; had destroyed homes, families, and cities; and had brought huge suffering […]