Sons of William LOL 652 (Gillingham)
R Newman, HMS Pathfinder
T Hopton, HMS Good Hope
W Metcalfe, HMS Cressy
W McCabry, HMS Cressy
J Barlow, HMS Cressy
W J Griffiths, Clan McNaughton
W Scarff, Royal Navy
W Barker, Royal Navy
A Atkinson, Royal Navy
J Harper, Royal Navy
J Ferguson, Royal Navy
J Jenkins, Royal Navy
W McKee, Royal Navy
D Rockingham, Royal Navy
R Elliott, Royal Navy
W Westwood, Royal Navy
G R Foulger, Royal Navy
E Pearson, Royal Navy
H Brown, Royal Navy
E P Brewin, Royal Navy
W Querus, Royal Navy
R Middleton, Royal Navy
F Jones, Royal Navy
J T Beauey, Royal Navy
W Loham, Royal Navy
T J Rye, Royal Navy
J Boyle, Royal Navy
W Hawley, Royal Navy
A Frisken, Royal Navy
S Courtney, Royal Navy
W H Bowmont, Royal Navy
R C Elder, Royal Navy
Jno Clifford, Royal Navy
V Clow, Royal Navy
H Wareham, Royal Navy
W L Rowe, Royal Navy
W Goodwin, Royal Navy
R C T Roe, Royal Navy
C Teem, Royal Navy
J H Gill, Royal Navy
E J Broadie, Royal Navy
P Longhorn, Royal Navy
E Wood, Royal Navy
J S Macpherson, Royal Navy
C J Beardow, Royal Navy
J H Willis, Royal Navy
W Mawhinney, Royal Navy
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Sons of William LOL 652 (Gillingham) cont’d
W Jordan, Royal Navy
W Taylor, Royal Navy
W H Brown, Royal Navy
H Bellchamber, Royal Navy
J McClelland, Royal Navy
J Shaw, Royal Navy
F Sampson, Royal Navy
A Watts, Royal Navy
H Bloxham, Royal Navy
E J Mann, Royal Navy
A T Woodward, Royal Navy
W Turney, Royal Navy
W G Sage, Royal Navy
W Nash, Royal Navy
W A Shiels, Royal Navy
Frank Rees, Royal Navy
James Magee, Royal Navy
W McKay, Royal Navy
J Donald, Royal Navy
A Wright, Royal Navy
F Forsyth, Royal Navy
W Daverson, Royal Navy
H McKee, Royal Navy
T Russell, Royal Navy
W Barlow, Royal Navy
E Austin, Royal Navy
W R Bates, Royal Navy
G Buckle, Royal Navy
J Hill, Royal Navy
A H Brightman, Royal Navy
J Poppleton, Royal Navy
H W Stevens, Royal Navy
J T Wilding, Royal Navy
W W Richardson, Royal Navy
H Overton, Royal Navy
J Gibby, Royal Navy
J W Brown, Royal Navy
J Gregg, Royal Navy
A Perry, Royal Navy
J Hicks, Royal Navy
W Clack, Royal Navy
P K Robinson, Royal Navy
V Patterson, Royal Navy
S W Mullen, Royal Navy
H J White, Royal Navy
W G Fryer, Royal Navy
T Appleton, Royal Navy
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Sons of William LOL 652 (Gillingham) cont’d
T Graham, Royal Navy
G Orme, Royal Navy
J S Miller, Royal Navy
J Mack, Royal Navy
S Clover, Royal Navy
W Smith, Royal Navy
James Little, Royal Navy
H Storey, Royal Navy
R Rosbotham, Royal Navy
W G Crocker, Royal Navy
W Scarborough, Royal Navy
A Bee, Royal Navy
James Agnew, Royal Navy
W Gordon, Royal Engineers
W Hanna, Royal Engineers
A Gibson, Royal Engineers
J Leahy, Royal Engineers
W Woodbridge, Royal Engineers
John Wycliffe LOL 674 (Southampton)
W Dodd, Dorset Regiment
F A Bartlett, Hampshire Royal Horse Artillery
W F Bulley, Royal Garrison Artillery
F Reypert Jnr, HMS Queen Elizabeth
S H Castle, Articus
A E Ames
E J Brewer
A E J Fox
C A Rogers
A Stannard
S J Smith
Sons of William LOL 556 (Sheerness)
J H Poole, Royal Navy
C H Dewbury, Royal Navy
H T Atkins, Royal Navy
Sons of Temperance LOL 698 (Gosport)
T Gafford, HMS Miranda
H Ferritt, HMS Princess Royal
E Sherlock, HMS Maidstone
W Turner, HMS Greyhound
C J H Moreland, HMS Harrier
A Geary, Royal Marine Light Infantry
J H C Arnold, 6th Hampshire Regiment
F G Geary, Hampshire Prov. Regiment
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Castle of Dover LOL 838 (Dover)
Colonel Smythe, RAMC
Dr Adam, RAMC
Dr Waugh, Army Surgeon
J F Templeton, 11th Service Battalion, RF
T G Turrell, Royal Garrison Artillery
T R Jackson, Royal Garrison Artillery
R N Davidson, Royal Garrison Artillery
Bro Cruikshanks, Royal Garrison Artillery
Bro Bridger, Royal Garrison Artillery
Bro Magill, Army
H Walker, Army Reserve
Dr Elliott, Naval Surgeon
Captain Bevan, Royal Navy
Dr Acherson, Royal Navy
Bro Burdett, Royal Navy
W J E Lewis, Royal Naval Reserve
W J Bunker, Royal Naval Reserve
W Linesley, Royal Flying Corps
Star of the East LOL 802 (Hong Kong)
H A Thomas
F Long
Carnarvon LOL 827 (HMS Carnarvon, Devonport)
J Moorcroft, HMS Indefatigable
R B Greenfield, HMS Duke of Edinburgh
J Neill, HMS Duke of Edinburgh
W G Sage, HMS Inflexible
T Atkins, HMS Inflexible
S J Harper, HMS Inflexible
J Williams, HMS Inflexible
W Johnson, HMS Inflexible
C Edwards, HMS Inflexible
Charles Monson, HMS Defence
J H Britton, HMS Defence
T G Keown, HMS Defence
R Kerr, HMS Defence
C J Jenkins, HMS Defence
J Woodward, HMS Defence
J Cherry, HMS Defence
W Kellow, HMS Defence
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Ulster Scot LOL 287 (Devonport)
T J Jordan, HMS Alarm
J L Young, HMS Active
Jos Shannon, HMS Albatross,
W Owens, HMS Argyll
F Boyd, HMS Argyll
James Harwood, HMS Algerine
Thomas Patterson, HMS Blake
James Patterson, HMS Bonnetta
Rd Hanning, HMS Collingwood
F Jones, HMS Collingwood
J Jenkins, HMS Collingwood
T Morton, HMS Collingwood
Robert Simpson, HMS Collingwood
A Duncan, HMS Collingwood
H Cousins, HMS Chameleon
A Johnson, HMS Challenger
D Prentice, HMS Comet
R B Greenfield, HMS Duke of Edinburgh
W A Fowler, HMS Duke of Edinburgh
S Venus, HMS Duke of Edinburgh
T McClelland, HMS Duke of Edinburgh
A Harris, HMS Duke of Edinburgh
R Roycroft, HMS Donegal
W N Jane, HMS Devonshire
W Rutter, HMS Devonshire
B H Jelley, HMS Defiance
J Hancox, HMS Defiance
E Keig, HMS Defiance
Jos Hamilton, HMS Defiance
Albert Boulton, HMS Defiance
W Bayley, HMS Defiance
C Monson, HMS Defence
G Minford, HMS Dublin
Charles Church, HMS Endymion
H Walker, HMS Essex
W H Garnsworthy, HMS Exmouth
S Green, HMS Fury
Syd Shepherd, HMS Fox
James Cuddy, HMS Foresight
T McConachy, HMS Goldfinch
Jno Cunningham, HMS Heron
W Roberts, HMS Hannibal
W Harrison, HMS Highflyer
James McIlwrath, HMS Indus
F Matters, HMS Indus
W Hatherley, HMS Lurcher
A Cosway, HMS Lurcher
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Ulster Scot LOL 287 (Devonport) continued
G Flaherty, HMS Lion
James Brown, HMS Lion
F Davis, HMS Mutine
W Mackintosh, HMS Martin
W Tanks, HMS Martin
R McMullen, HMS Marlborough
George Ringland, HMS Nemesis
T H Green, HMS New Zealand
Alex Payne, HMS Nymphe
Walter Morgan, HMS Pegasus
W Jameson, HMS Pactolus
T Mitchell, HMS Pactolus
S Bryant, HMS Petroleum
George Cousins, HMS Ruby
R Wheeler, HMS Ruby
H Douglas, HMS Sabrina
Harry MacCormick, HMS Skirmisher
Robert Brockbank, HMS Skirmisher
Erno Scantlellry, HMS Skirmisher
T Lowden, HMS Skirmisher
A S Wadge, HMS Skirmisher
A G Hunt, HMS Skirmisher
H J Howe, HMS Skirmisher
W H Pascoe, HMS Skirmisher
James Martin, HMS Skirmisher
William Luxon, HMS Skirmisher
Arthur Patterson, HMS Suffolk
D Ferris, HMS Sunfish
J Routledge, HMS Sunfish
F Wilmott, HMS Temeraire
Leonard Beasley, HMS Warrior
W Greenleaf, Royal Navy Barracks
Herbert Thompson, Royal Navy Barracks
S J Fitter, Royal Navy Barracks
Walter Rooke, Royal Navy Barracks
R Johnson, Royal Navy Barracks
E Vetham, Royal Navy Barracks
W Dalton, Royal Navy Barracks
Samuel Hope, Royal Navy Barracks
Charles Southard, Royal Navy Barracks
H Earl, Royal Navy Barracks
T Patterson, Royal Navy Barracks
Thomas McConkie, Royal Navy Barracks
S Dixon, RFR Belfast
Ben Macavoy
J McBratney
T Double
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Ulster Scot LOL 287 (Devonport) continued
T McDowell
H Marriott
J Hamilton
A Brady
W Fowler
Bro Pothero
Bro Fitter
Bro Medway
Devon Pioneer LOL 824 (Devonport)
C Denny, HMS Quail
T Chandler, HMS Quail
F Douggan, HMS Devonshire
H H Pile, HMS Forth
I H Neill, HMS Forth
T Blaney, HMS Leander
W Roberts, HMS New Zealand
S Vennard, HMS Temeraire
J McFaddon, HMS Barracks
T Whitney, Royal Navy Barracks
A Prothero, Royal Navy Barracks
C Jackson, Royal Navy Barracks
King William III LOL 688 (Plymouth)
R McAllister, HMS Cumberland
J Brown, HMS Cumberland
F J Willmer, HMS Lurcher
J Magill, HMS Lurcher
J Southerland, HMS Lurcher
J Moorcroft, HMS Indefatigable
J Bishop, HMS Bellona
D Carroll, HMS Defiance
C A Connor, HMS Ajax
E Maguire, HMS Illustrious
J Ruddack, HMS Diana
J Neill, HMS Cossack
E J Spargo, HMS Collosus
G Vickery, Royal Marine Light Infantry
R McKinney, Royal Marine Light Infantry
S Spargo
E Wilson
Rising Star of Devonport LOL 808 (Devonport)
W Reid, Submarine B2, Malta
S Clayton, Submarine B2, Malta
A Hart, Submarine B7, Malta
H Medcalf, Royal Navy Barracks
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LOL 70 (Plymouth)
James Simpson, King’s Own R I
Cecil Mitchell, Devon Cyclists, 7th Division
Excelsior LOL 56 (Plymouth)
H Fisher, HMS Exmouth
L W Dyer, HMS Exmouth
E H J Parnell, HMS Conqueror
H Wright, HMS Powerful
P Lee, Royal Navy
J Blatchford, Royal Navy
E J Wakeham, Royal Navy
J Hughes, Royal Navy
W H Mudge, Royal Navy
A T Cornall, Royal Navy
M Young, Royal Navy
C Drayton, Royal Navy
E Stapleton, Royal Navy
J Gould, Royal Navy
T F Venton, Royal Navy
Bro Harrison, Royal Navy
Bro Davis, Royal Navy
J Purden, Royal Navy
H Hall, Royal Navy
H Johnson, Royal Navy
H G T Hower, Royal Navy
E Alford, Royal Marine Light Infantry
A Williams, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Bro Cross, Royal Marine Light Infantry
H Fisher, Royal Marine Light Infantry
F Dean, Royal Marine Light Infantry
F Devenish-Meeres, Territorials
Derrick Carver LOL 739 (Brighton)
H A Punk, Sussex Regiment
W Richardson, Scots Greys
Southdown LOL 398 (Lewes)
M R Robertson, Essex Regiment
Robert Penn, HMS Venus
Oliver Cromwell LOL 734 (Croydon)
Dr Thompson
E T Hesse, Artists’ Rifles
P H Collett, The Honourable The Artillery Company
P R Field, London Electrical Engineers
A R Field, London Electrical Engineers
A Greenaway
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Cardiff City LOL 803 (Cardiff)
W Underwood, Army Service Corps
Stanley Meyrick, Army Service Corps
W J Flynn, Ammunition Column
Colston LOL 551, (Bristol)
F Coombs, Royal Navy
Luther LOL 837 (Weston-Super-Mare)
Lt-Colonel H Browne, Chief Recruiting Officer
Captain G S Sandys, 2nd Life Guards
Captain Reginald Greaves-Knyfton, Somerset Light Infantry
Lieutenant Cyril Snow, Somerset Light Infantry
William Vennall, 18th Hussars
James T Hunter, Royal Naval Reserve
Ernest Handy, Clothing Department
Borough of Bootle LOL 33
J W Woods, Royal Scots Fusiliers
E Pearson, Royal Field Artillery
St Mary’s Temperance LOL 813 (Bootle)
Thomas Martin, 7th Lancashires
Alfred Hough, RAMC
George Fitton, Royal Naval Reserve
Progress of Seaforth LOL 817 (Bootle)
Hector McQuarrie, 4th King’s Liverpool Regiment
Thomas Cragg, 5th Dragoon Guards
Charles Goldring, National Reserve
Bootle Village True Blues LOL 822 (Bootle)
A E Mawbey, 8th King’s Liverpool Regiment
John Muncaster, 14th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Richard Morrow, Army Service Corps
George Hamilton, HMS Navy
Colonel Sandys’ Pride LOL 597 (Bootle)
James Harrison, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
Thomas Mawdsley, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
Edward Neville, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
John Hutton, 7th King’s Territorials
Chris Seymour, South Lancs
Arthur Teaney, 4th Hussars
Richard Thompson, King’s National Reserve
I E James, King’s National Reserve
Willis Harwood, Royal Navy
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Stanley’s Pride LOL 286 (Bootle)
C Taunton, 5th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
W Rigby Jnr, 6th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
A Vasey, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
R E Williams, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
G Woods, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
W Hedge, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
W Raybould, Royal Field Artillery
R Jones, HMS Talbot
H Edwards, National Reserve
T Webb, National Reserve
R T Poole, National Reserve
I Dunham, National Reserve
W Fletcher, National Reserve
Tom Hilton
William Tyndale LOL 644 (Bootle)
A Redding, Coldstream Guards
G Heaton, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
M Swan, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
H Brown, 12th Service Battalion
W Hayward, Army Service Corps
G Paton, Admiralty
J Annal, Admiralty
H Parr, Admiralty
J Jones
Victoria Total Abstinence LOL 724 (Bootle)
James McGregor, King’s Liverpool Regiment
John J Bibby, King’s Liverpool Regiment
Evan Evans, King’s Liverpool Regiment
William Brown, Naval Volunteers
Robert Sumner, National Reserve
William Henry Guy
Charles Moss
Star of Kirkdale LOL 682 (Bootle)
A Smith
J Knowles
H Barnes
J Rimmer
T W Bawley
C Turner
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Litherland Temperance LOL 770 (Bootle)
G Jones, City of Liverpool Pals
E Smith, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
H Hulme, 5th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
J Goldsmith, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
Rd Smith, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
R Hollis, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
William Roberts Jnr, 12th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
W Foddey, South Lancs
G Robinson, 15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
J Gardiner, Lincoln Regiment
J Rogers, 8th Platoon, Border Regiment
William Roberts Snr, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
C Valentine, Lancashire & Cheshire Garrison Artillery
J H Chase, Royal Engineers
William Jones, Royal Engineers
William Ball, HMS Alsatian
George Nugent, HMS Majestic
William Nugent, HMS Strathford
W Clarke, Royal Fleet Reserve
Pride of Armagh LOL 839 (British Expeditionary Force)
Alfred J Schofield, Irish Fusiliers
Neville Richard, Royal Irish Rifles
Hugh A Wilson, Royal Irish Rifles
Alexander Graham, Royal Irish Rifles
Robert W Stephenson, Royal Irish Rifles
John S Cathcart, Royal Irish Rifles
William Magill, Royal Irish Rifles
James Anderson, Royal Irish Rifles
Bernard Lyons, Royal Irish Rifles
Frederick Borley, Royal Irish Rifles
Harry Lauder, Royal Irish Rifles
Robert Tetterington, Royal Irish Rifles
Harry Wilson, Royal Irish Rifles
George Reeves, Royal Irish Rifles
Benjamin Towner, Royal Irish Rifles
Edward Maltman, Royal Irish Rifles
Robert Scott, Royal Irish Rifles
John McNee, Royal Irish Rifles
Herbert H Lyme, Royal Irish Rifles
Thomas H Williams, Royal Irish Rifles
William Pearson, Royal Irish Rifles
William Cross, Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McClennaghan, Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Maxwell, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Fowles, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McDonald, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
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Pride of Armagh LOL 839 (British Expeditionary Force) continued
Bro Meredith, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Leathem, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Simpson, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Lee, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Maguiness, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Mallon, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Ballentyne, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Courtney, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McLean, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Price, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Harbinson, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Flemming, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Coates, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Thompson, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Whelan, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Snowden, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McGurk, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Thompson, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Leaney, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Todd, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McCracken, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McComish, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Boyd, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Smyth, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Bell, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Russell, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Elliot, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Smith, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McGaughey, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Holmes, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Herron, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Craig, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McClennaghan, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Bradshaw, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Brush, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Jess, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Miller, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Bingham, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Young, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Thompson, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McDonald, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Cross, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McAdorey, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Morton, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Shaw, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Mills, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Hanna, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
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Pride of Armagh LOL 839 (British Expeditionary Force) continued
Bro Aiken, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Crothers, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro McCreight, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Rankin, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Leathem, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Murray, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Nelson, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Goldthorpe, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Love, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Parkhill, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Kelly, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Brickley, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Morrow, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Bowers, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
William Windrum, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
John Portor, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Frank Logan, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Samuel Neil, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Samuel Mullar, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Bro Johns, United Kingdom
Bro Walker, United Kingdom
Bro McGeown, United Kingdom
Bro Dixon, United Kingdom
Bro Dougan, United Kingdom
Bro Reid, United Kingdom
Bro Porter, United Kingdom
Bro Channell, United Kingdom
Bro Truesdale, United Kingdom
Bro Donald, Secunderabad, India
Bro Rev Devanport, Maymyo, Burma
Bro Griffithe, Maymyo, Burma
Bro Paterson, Rangoon, Burma
Bro Pattison, Rangoon, Burma
Members Serving in Ireland
F Glen
T McFall
S Thompson
H Millar
J Bailey
T Hinton
I McLean
J Johnson
T Haives
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On the 5th and 6th of July 1916, the Grand Orange Lodge of England met in Preston. Rev Louis A Ewart, DD, DSc, was still Grand Secretary. In his Grand Secretary’s Report for that year he said the following, -
The past twelve months have been eventful ones for the British Empire. It has been a year of severe trial and sorrow to all of us. Very many of those we loved lie beneath the sod of blood-soaked battlefields, and others have gone down to a watery grave. Orangemen have taken part in every action of the British troops, on all battlefields, and some, alas, will never return. We lost many of our brave brothers in the recent naval battle (The Battle of Jutland – MEP) including the officers and members of the Lodge on the “Defence”, which was sunk by the enemy. A good number of our dear brothers went down with Lord Kitchener on the “Hampshire.” We had letters from some of them with contributions for the Orange Fund just before the eventful journey.
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Lodges were formed for almost every battalion in the Ulster Division, at their various camps in England, and both officers and men have paid the highest compliment to our efforts on their behalf. We have had the honour of initiating some of Ulster’s leading citizens into the Orange Degree, and a large number of Protestants are constantly being received into their lodges. Orange meetings are held in the trenches, and have been held in Roman Catholic Schools and even Convents, in France.
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We have recently opened a Lodge at Groningen, in Holland, among the interned Britishers of the Hawke Battalion. Number 1 District of the Liverpool Province have taken over this Lodge and financed it. Several excellent Lodges have recently been opened on His Majesty’s battleships, cruisers, and destroyers in the Navy. Great progress has already been made in numbers on the “Warspite”, “Australia”, “Virginia”, and “King Alfred”.
We have cause to be proud of our men on the “Warspite”, sister ship to the “Queen Elizabeth”, for their splendid gallantry in the recent naval battle. The “Warspite” bore the brunt of a terrific attack by no less than six German Battleships. She put up a glorious fight and sank three of her assailants, disabled two, while the sixth fled. We are delighted to hear that all our brethren are safe and unharmed and that the whole crew are to be recommended. A good amount of the Lodge property was lost and the Warrant is somewhat damaged. We can proudly boast that there are Orangemen on board every ship in His Majesty’s Navy.
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We estimate that over one million copies of the Scriptures have been circulated among our brave men in the Army and Navy in all parts of the world. The task has been an enormous one, but we have been rewarded by the fact that the Word of God has accomplished God’s purposes, for not only have our Testaments and Bibles saved the lives of men (we have numerous instances of this), but souls have been born again and eternally saved.
The Lodge mentioned as having been formed among the interned Marines of the Hawke Battalion was Loyal Orange Lodge 874. This met, “by Special Arrangement” at the Interneerings Camp at Groningen. The Worshipful Master was William Aldridge and all communications were to be sent to J H Green, the District Secretary of No 1 District.
Military Lodges had been housed in the Woolwich District No 64 for some years. In 1916, 64 District still had the following lodges, -
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