Freemason march raises £7295 for Combat Stress – Veterans Mental Health Charity
Warrant Officer Wayne Dixon a member of Caerlleon Lodge 4394 and nine others marched 100 miles dressed in World War One Army Clothing and Boots carrying…
the Victoria Cross
Memorable Night At Installed Masters As PGM Becomes Worshipful Master
Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire Lodge of Installed Masters has witnessed many special occasions and the Installation meeting which took place on…
Guisborough Lodges help to fund commemorative bench to honour D-Day hero Stan Hollis VC
On Thursday 30 June 2016, Hollis family members, the Mayor of Redcar & Cleveland Council Barry Hunt, members of the Green Howards Regiment, the local community and Freemasons from Guisborough gathered at St Cuthbert’s Church, Ormesby for the unveiling of a commemorative bench to Company Sergeant Major Hollis, the only man to receive the Victoria Cross for his Operation Overlord heroics serving with the 6th Battalion on Gold beach, Normandy on 6 June 1944.
Masonic Jewels ( Past Exhibitions ) | Sheffield Freemasonry
To mark the 150th Anniversary of the presentation of the first medals in 1856, the Library and Museum of Freemasonry had a exhibition about some holders…
Keith Gilbert gives a flavour of the Tercentenary celebrations planned so far
Community spirit When considering a major celebration, we often focus on the nationwide events. Keith Gilbert, Coordinator of Tercentenary…
Fraternity in the trenches
The Battle of the Somme produced more than one million casualties. Director of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry Diane Clements marks the masons who fought for freedom
The centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 will be marked this summer. On that single day there were almost 60,000 British casualties, most of them before noon, of whom nearly 20,000 died.
Grand Lodge of Scotland ‘plants’ a Poppy Cross (or Star of David or Crescent Moon) on behalf of every Lodge in Scotland
The Grand Lodge of Scotland Each year the Grand Lodge of Scotland ‘plants’ a Poppy Cross (or Star of David or Crescent Moon) on behalf of every Lodge in…
Famous Scottish Freemasons – Robert Gordon McBeath VC 1899-1922
No 240171 Lance Corporal Robert McBeath, from Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, 1/5th Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire uffs, Duke of Albany’s) was awarded the…
£500 donated towards restoration of Victoria Cross Graves Concern charity
W Bro Ian Johnson presented £500 to guest speaker W Bro Granville Angell in support of his charity, VC Grave Concern
East Lancashire Centurion Lodge No. 2322 honours WWI centenary
Victoria Cross heroes East Lancashire PGM Sir David Trippier took the chair of his own lodge, East Lancashire Centurion Lodge, No. 2322, when he headed a…