BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

Powerful Part 6 Orders - Date for your diary

Author:
Mark Eyles-Thomas
PDProvGM West Kent, Member of Beauchamp Lodge No.1422
Date:
27 May 2023
Category:
Part 6 Orders Friday 24th November 2023 - leaflet to follow - (12pm leaving Kent)

Part 6 Orders - The West Kent Military Lodge will visit to the Pegasus Forces Lodge No. 9393, Farnborough Masonic Centre, 37 Alexandra Road, Farnborough GU14 6BS.

To include: a tour of the Aldershot Military Cemetery to see the Falkland Islands plot, where Sgt Ian McKay VC is laid to rest.

Part 6 Orders - an image of the Falklands burial plot within the Aldershot military cemetery with the sixteen coffins of those who were killed during the Falkland Islands campaign, and whose families chose for them to be buried at the military cemetery, each coffin having been draped in a Union flag
An image of the coffin of Sergeant Ian McKay VC being rested on two pieces of wood over his burial plot by his six coffin bearers. In the picture facing the coffin his Company Sergeant Major John Weeks BEM, B Company’s ‘Company Sergeant Major’ on Mount Longdon. Coffin Bearers that can be seen include; Sergeant Des Fuller, took over four platoon from Ian McKay, Lance Corporal Lenny Carver Mentioned in Dispatches and Colour Sergeant Tony Dunn

The group will then make its way into the Town centre to see the ‘Airborne Soldier Statue’, a 6ft tall bronze statute, which is mounted on a 4ft cube of granite from Mount Longdon and was sculptured by Amy Goodman, an artist famous for her dynamic, life-size welded steel sculptors.

A frontal image of the six feet tall bronze airborne soldier statue which is mounted on a four feet tall/wide cube of granite from Mount Longdon that is sited in Aldershot Town centre. The statue was sculptured by Amy Goodman and in the picture is surrounded by remembrance wreaths
A side image of the six feet tall bronze airborne soldier statue which is mounted on a four feet tall/wide cube of granite from Mount Longdon that is sited in Aldershot Town centre. The statue was sculptured by Amy Goodman. In the foreground is a parachute regiment veteran dressed in blazer and grey flannels wearing his red beret and medals. The veteran is saluting. In the background are various parachutB regiment associations’ Standard bearers each holding their regional Standards

The group will then move on and visit the famous Airborne Forces pub, ‘The Trafalgar’.

A picture of the entrance to the Trafalgar public house in Aldershot
A photograph of the inside of the Trafalgar public house in Aldershot showing numerous pictures of the parachute regiment and its soldiers in action
A photograph of the inside of the Trafalgar public house in Aldershot showing the pool table are and various memorabilia and pictures of the parachute regiment and its soldiers in action
A photograph of the signpost in the rear outside area of the Trafalgar public house in Aldershot. The signpost indicates the direction of Northern Ireland three hundred and sixteen miles, Normandy one hundred and sixty eight miles, Suez, Aden, Iraq and other places that the paras have served

After which the group will attend the Pegasus Forces Lodge meeting (summons to follow) – anticipated dining cost approx. £25. If you would like to attend this event please email Mark Eyles-Thomas

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