Here’s a Beauchamp Lodge Member Profile from Mark Eyles-Thomas.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 […]
BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge
Chinook - is this the Country's most famous helicopter? Well a 'celebrity' Chinook has gone on display at the RAF Museum in Cosford after 40 years of service. Regarded as the country's most famous helicopter, Bravo November was one of the first 30 Chinooks to enter service when they were introduced into the Royal Air Force in […]
Julius Caesar - Murder On this day in history 44BC - Julius Caesar is stabbed to death.By the time of his assassination on 15 March (the Ides of March), Julius Caesar was at the height of his power, having recently been declared dictator perpetuo (‘dictator in perpetuity’) by the Roman Senate. This kind of power made many […]
Major Roger Woodiwiss Major Roger Woodiwiss was the Operations Officer for 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (22nd SAS) from 1973 to 1976. Major Roger Woodiwiss sadly passed away on Saturday 12th March 2022 at the age of 92. He was conscripted on 1st January 1948 and decided to go ‘regular’ being commissioned into the Dorsetshire […]
Rugby 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 […]
Formation 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 […]
On 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 […]
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., […]
The 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 […]
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