The West Kent MIlitary Lodge is very sorry to hear of the loss of General Sir Mike Jackson the below is taken from the Parachute Regimental Association - Regimental Headquarters General Sir Mike Jackson General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO  DL was born in 1944, and was educated at Stamford School, RMA Sandhurst and Birmingham […]

Lt Gen Andy Harrison DSO MBE gave his final speech as the Parachute Regiment’s Colonel Commandant at Arnhem 80 (80th Anniversary), as he retired from the British Army. Arnhem 80 “They’d come from every part of the country. Mostly wearing black, rich and poor, some carrying small wreaths and bunches of flowers carefully wrapped in paper. Men […]

Beauchamp Lodge 2025 events - What’s on, where and when? Beauchamp Lodge 2025 events - When was the last time you visited the Lodge website ‘Diary’ page? The Beauchamp Lodge website Diary page lists all the up-and-coming events and really should be your first port of call when considering what the Lodge is doing, where […]

Speaking of talks article Speaking of talks - In the early days of Speculative Freemasonry the Degree floor workings were much shorter than ours today; instead for much of the meeting the Brethren would sit around a candlelit table taking part in Degree lectures designed to test and expand their Masonic knowledge. Much of the […]

Toasts or Toasted bread Toasts - ‘Toasting’ as a term for drinking someone’s health first came into use in the early 17th century, but its origins are unclear. The Romans did put toasted bread in their wine to improve its taste, acting like charcoal it reduced the acidity; similarly in the 17th cent spiced toast was sometimes […]

Is it a fake? Fake? - Here’s a really interesting take on the subject from former Scotland Yard investigator and Metropolitan Police detective and crime writer David Videcette David writes in his blog: So what makes this particular piece of armour exceptional? This Napoleonic cuirass is pierced right through, front to back, by what appears […]

The First Aprons reference - when and where? The First Aprons - the first reference to clothing in the Volume of the Sacred Law is found in Genesis, chapter 3, paragraph 7. It reads: ‘And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, […]