BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge
Welcome to the Beauchamp Lodge Publications Library. Here you can explore a growing collection of publications celebrating the history, military heritage, traditions and unique character of Beauchamp Lodge No. 1422, the West Kent Military Lodge.
Our publications include historical booklets and accounts of notable Lodge events from the Lodge Historian W Bro Clive Moore PAGStB, and other specially produced Festive Board booklets from our Lodge Secretary W Bro Robert Armitage-Walker PPAGReg reflecting the distinctive military character and fellowship of the Lodge.
Lodge History
Steel-Heads and Sappers – 150th Anniversary Booklet
A Battlefield Meeting
Festive Board Booklets
Battle of Trafalgar
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
Kohima
Flags, Ensigns and Flutters
Gunga Din
News & Information
11 March 2022
Brilliant Army v Navy Rugby 2022Rugby 2022 - Army v Navy Army v Navy - On the 30th April 2022 the biggest event in the Military sports calendar @armyrugbyunion v @rnrugby arrives and you can listen to it on exclusively on BFBS. Click here for all the ways to watch and listen to the matches live and catch up. To buy […]
7 March 2022
Amazing Ranger RegimentFormation of the Ranger Regiment Ranger Regiment - Big changes afoot in Aldershot as Leo Docherty MP explains in his letter to residents: As your local member of Parliament, I thought it important to let local residents know that, as part of the Ministry of Defence’s Integrated Review last year, the British Army has outlined […]
28 February 2022
Incredible - Gulf WarOn this day - The Gulf War ended The Gulf War was an armed campaign waged by a United States led coalition of 35 nations against Iraq in response to the Iraq invasion and annexation of Kuwait. It was codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2nd August 1990 - 17th January 1991) during the pre-combat buildup of troops […]
27 February 2022
Incredible Colonel R. K. Ridgeway, V.C., C.B.Colonel R. K. Ridgeway, V.C., C.B., 44th Gurkha Regiment of Bengal Infantry, awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Konoma in the Naga Hills when he was severely wounded. Victoria Cross London Gazette 11th May 1880, Companion of the Bath London Gazette 4th July 1905 Richard Kirby Ridgeway, the second son of R. Ridgeway, Esq., […]
14 February 2022
Exceptional - The Mother LodgeThe Mother Lodge - Rudyard Kipling The Mother Lodge - According to the English magazine Masonic Illustrated, Kipling became a Freemason in about 1885, before the usual minimum age of 21, being initiated into Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782 in Lahore. He later wrote to The Times, "I was Secretary for some years of the Lodge... which included Brethren of at least […]
14 February 2022
Beautiful City of Roorkee - Mucking About on the Water!The city of Roorkee is situated in Uttarakhand Northern India; in sight of the Himalayas, and about 115 miles north of New Delhi. Today it is a busy university city with about a quarter of a million inhabitants; but prior to 1840 it was just a group of mud huts on the banks of the […]
11 February 2022
The Powerful SLR due to return to the British ArmySLR Rumour Control For about 36 years the famous SLR (Self Loading Rifle) has been out of circulation, now it is due to return to service for British Army Troops. The SLR-A2, a 7.62mm weapon, will feature a fully modernised rail system and extended 30-round magazine. This change comes after years of continuous failings of […]
27 January 2022
Ironclad - Armed Forces CovenantThe Freemasons have signed the Armed Forces Covenant during a ceremony at Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden on 20 October led by His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent.The partnership aims to support members of the Armed Forces community and ensure they have the same access to government as well as commercial services and products […]
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