The Orange Order in World War I
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The Orange Order in World War I In 1914, the Grand Lodge of England annual sessions took place in early July. That would have been a few days after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June. The United Kingdom did not enter the War until 4th August 1914. By the time the Grand Lodge met again, on 7th and 8th July 1915, at the Grand Hotel in Bristol, the War had been in progress for almost a year. The Grand Lodge Report describes how the meeting was opened with a hymn specially written for the Men at the Front, to the tune of “Melita”, “Eternal Father, strong to save”. In the Grand Secretary’s Report, RW Bro Louis A Ewart wrote, “Our ranks have been depleted owing to the large number of brethren on war service, and we have endeavoured to keep all lodges going, to prevent the warrants being returned as dormant.” He also reported that, I organised the officers and men of the Canadian Contingent into a large lodge on Salisbury Plain and I had the privilege of receiving several Indian Orangemen. These brave men hold their lodge meetings under our Warrants today in Flanders. I have been asked to meet the 9th Canadian Rifles on their arrival in England and form them into a lodge under the temporary authority of the Grand Lodge of England. Monsieur L Valat, Secretary of the Belgian Bible Society, has joined the Order with a view to opening Orange Lodges in Belgium and Holland. I have arranged to form a lodge in Togo Land, that part of the world which, until recently, was known as the German Protectorate, West Africa; but now, Germany having been driven out and the British flag planted, it is known as British West Africa. Our lodge will be opened at Lome on the Gold Coast. It is extraordinary that, immediately the British flag is unfurled on the Slave Coast, the natives should ask for a Warrant from the Orange Institution. This Grand Lodge wishes them God speed and every success. In “Correspondence”, Louis Ewart said, - Our Military Lodges in India, Arabia, and other parts have been in the fighting line since the commencement of the war, as also our many lodges on British battleships; but, alas, we have to record that many “nobly fighting, nobly fell.” Other foreign lodges are doing splendidly. 2 In the section “Literature” he said, - I was anxious that the Institution should do something for the brave fellows who were going out to fight for the Motherland. People were sending cigarettes and various comforts for the soldiers; what could we do ? Nothing could be done without funds. As we are a religious Institution, it was thought best to send that which would exalt our principles, and the Christ who died to cleanse men from sin, so we made an appeal and sent out the Word of God. Over eleven hundredweight of scriptures have been sent to the troops. We are very grateful to the Trinitarian Bible Society and the Calvinistic Protestant Union for free grants. In the section “The War”, Ewart said, - Many of our members have distinguished themselves on the field of battle. Bro Private Abraham Acton of Whitehaven has won the Victoria Cross, and Bro Sergeant J H Raynor of Oldham has won the Distinguished Conduct Medal. All honour to them and those heroes who are fighting so valiantly at the front ! (It was announced at the meeting that Bro Acton, VC, has been killed in action.) Woolwich District No 64 had traditionally been the home of overseas and military lodges. In the Grand Lodge Report for 1915 the following lodges are shown under Woolwich District, - Rising Star of the East True Blues LOL 108A, “On War Service”. WM: George Thompson, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Sec: William Nelson, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
WM: Rev Jas Shaw, The Manse, Presbyterian Church, Quetta, Baluchistan, India. Sec: Private Norman McGowan, B Company, 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers.
WM: F. J. Willmer. Sec: A. H. Cosway. 3
Ulster Scot LOL 287, “On War Service with the Fleet”. WM: Charles Alexander. Sec: John C Matthews.
WM: J A Britten. Sec: Brother Moorhouse.
WM: William Windrum, D Company, 1st Royal Irish Rifles. Sec: Samuel Mullen, Signallers, 1st Royal Irish Rifles.
WM: Sergeant David Wilson. Sec: Sergeant G A Williams.
WM: Lieutenant Bennett, Canadian Contingent. Sec: Private W J Mountain, Canadian Contingent.
WM: Lieutenant J T O’Neill, Ulster Division. Sec: Rifleman I Browne, A Company, 8th Battalion, Irish Rs
WM: D H Gourley, Ulster Division. Sec: Captain A P Jenkins, 11th (S) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. 4
WM: W J O’Neill, 15th Royal Irish Rifles, Ulster Division. Sec: Wm Finlay, 15th Royal Irish Rifles, Ulster Division. Down Volunteers, By Arrangement, LOL 865, “Moveable, British Expeditionary Force”. WM: Sergeant J W Gordon, 16th Royal Irish Rifles, Ulster Division. Sec: Sergeant M Cunningham, 16th Royal Irish Rifles, Ulster Division.
There is a note that “Our list is by no means exhausted. Many lodges have failed to send in the names of their members on War Service, and many names have been received too late for publication. A large number of Brethren have joined the Ulster Division, which are not reported here.” Hearts of Oak LOL 1 (Liverpool) William Tart, Liverpool “Pals” Joseph Murphy, Liverpool “Pals” T Watts, 8th King’s Liverpool Regiment G Clague, ASC W Cooke, Ulster Division E Birkett, Ulster Division B McDonald, Ulster Division W Hemphill, Ulster Division
David McCoy James Musker Joshua Robinson Belfast Patriotic LOL 3 (Liverpool) William McCleary, 8th King’s Liverpool Regiment William McKenzie, 8th King’s Liverpool Regiment George Dixon, 8th King’s Liverpool Regiment Robert Jackson, Ulster Volunteers Stewart Donaghy Thomas Scott Edward Howe Joseph Carroll
William Bredin, King’s Liverpool Regiment Thomas Johnson, Scots Guards James Blython, 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Frank Adams, Royal Field Artillery Frederick Edwards, Royal Field Artillery George Haver, Naval Reserve William Crosse, Naval Reserve Thomas Tobias, Naval reserve Charles Hardman William Adams Herbert Adams Excelsior LOL 57 (Liverpool) Thomas Wray, King’s Liverpool Regiment William H Kelly, 9th Battalion, King’s Harry Morse, 9th Battalion, King’s Joseph Ismay, 9th Battalion, King’s Peter Morris, 9th Battalion, King’s Arthur Britz, 9th Battalion, King’s John Swinnerton, 9th Battalion, King’s William Ledson, 9th Battalion, King’s Thomas McClelland, Loyal North Lancs Robert McKenzie, Loyal North Lancs Thomas Moore, 2nd Life Guards Harry Roberts, South Wales Borderers John Roberts, South Wales Borderers Henry Fearon, Inniskilling Fusiliers William Oliver, Royal Field Artillery Henry Russell, 1st West Lancs, Royal Field Artillery F Johnston, Lord Derby’s Artillery John McClelland, National Reserve John Russell, Engineers James Sill, RAMC John W Taylor, Army Service Corps John Williams
George Winrow, King’s Liverpool L G Brennan, Black Watch James Scott, National Guard Charles Whiteway, National Guard Robert Erskine, National Guard L G Brennan, Black Watch 6
Seth Ormondy, 5th King’s Liverpool Regiment James Bethell, 2nd South Lancashire Thomas Windermere, 2nd South Lancashire William Bell, 3rd South Lancashire Thomas Hannah, 16th Battalion, Cheshires Robert Hannah, 16th Battalion, Cheshires John Stringfellow, Palatine Artillery Edward Jones, Army Service Corps J G Owens, Royal Navy Sam Irvine, Royal Navy Thomas Ramsey, Royal Navy
H Millington, 8th King’s Liverpool Regiment J Livingstone, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers W H Clarke W Major T Nuttall G Ralinson T Eden
J Hayhurst H Davidson Royal Standard LOL 787 (Liverpool) T R Price, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers James McIntosh, Royal Navy T Stanaway, Royal Navy Johnson’s True Blues LOL 244 (Liverpool) Samuel Mitchell, Royal Engineers William Aldridge, Royal Naval Volunteers James Stephenson, Liverpool Merchants’ Mobile Hospital, France Royal Arch Purple Heroes LOL 581 (Liverpool) J G Paris, 9th King’s Liverpool Regiment F Allan, 9th King’s Liverpool Regiment G Maylor, 9th King’s Liverpool Regiment J Allan, 9th King’s Liverpool Regiment R Lyness, Loyal North Lancs W Brayton, South Lancs J Mevells, South Lancs E Adgey, 16th Battalion, Cheshires J Wallace, Black Watch J Johnstone, 9th Inniskilling Fusiliers I Slater, 9th Inniskilling Fusiliers R Bond, 9th Inniskilling Fusiliers I Houghton, 9th Inniskilling Fusiliers 7
I Bellis, 9th Inniskilling Fusiliers S Cregeen, 9th Inniskilling Fusiliers B Hughes, Royal Field Artillery J Joynson, Royal Field Artillery F Lambert, Royal Field Artillery W Hathaway W Hampson G Purnell W Gordon
W Jordan J Taylor
J Bushell E Bushell J Welsby T Swale
A Kelly, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment William Lindsay, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment John T Chapman Jnr, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment W H Kelly, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment James Sill, National Reserve Charles Alexander John Lloyd Richard J Pierce William Baker
Henry Littlemore, King’s Liverpool Regiment Alfred Owens, King’s Liverpool Regiment John Mason, King’s Liverpool Regiment Reserve George Evans, Lancashire Fusiliers John Williams, 3rd Company, the Comrades Edward Williams, 3rd Company, the Comrades Charles Frodsham, 3rd Company, the Comrades Ben Bradley, Inniskilling Fusiliers William Senior, Ulster Volunteers Edward Charnock, Royal Horse Artillery Daniel Woods, Royal Garrison Artillery Thomas Woods, Royal Garrison Artillery James Dowson, Lord Derby’s Artillery Jos. Hodgson, National Reserves Robert Nuir, Dardanelles Fleet George Chapman, HM Troopship
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Thomas N Brown Jnr, 7th King’s Territorial John Reynolds, Grenadier Guards Joseph Wilson, Inniskilling Fusiliers Joseph Hughes, Royal Field Artillery George Moss, Kitchener’s Army William Molyneaux, RAMC George Worthington, Royal Naval Reserve James Parr Colonel Saunderson’s Memorial LOL 836 (Liverpool) Richard Carruthers, 5th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment John Hodge, 7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment W Vaughan, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment W Dalrymple, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Mark Prytherick, South Lancashires Tom Howarth, Royal Field Artillery Ed Dunn, Royal Field Artillery D Davies, Royal Field Artillery John Sinwoodie Star of the East LOL 12 (Liverpool) E Johnstone T Evans J H Kerr
J O’Bryan D Beck
S S Garrett T M Castney J H Bryan W J M McCormack E Robinson
William Travers, 5th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Robert Tollen, King’s Liverpool Regiment
John Vincent Cuthbert, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment I Wilcox, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Robert Marr, 2nd Life Guards George Cuthbert, Scottish Rifles Richard Witter, National Reserve 9 Protestant Boys of Liverpool LOL 769 (Liverpool) Joseph Stock, 2nd Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Robert Giles, 8th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Charles Parry, 8th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Archibald Poole, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Samuel Austin, 13th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment William Barrow, 20th Battalion, LKCR John Swanson, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment William Conchie, Royal Engineers Frank Stock, WLDAC William Parry, ASC James Hartless, HMS Blake Pride of Derry Total Abstinence LOL 760 (Liverpool) Edward Llewellyn, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Benjamin Llewellyn, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment R Jackson, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment John Testrow, King’s Royal Rifles Thomas Candleland, Royal Navy Robert Cooke, Royal Navy
W Kelro, King’s J Aspinall, King’s N Simpson, King’s H Prichard, South Lancs J Bird, Welsh Fusiliers J Paterson, Seaforth Highlanders J Harrison England’s Glory LOL 293 (Liverpool) James Lewis Humphries, 3rd Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment John Boardsman, 3rd Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment William Disley, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment William Jones, 8th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment William White, South Lancs William Delve, 11th Manchester Regiment John Moore, Inniskilling Fusiliers Robert W Humphries, 14th Field Ambulance Charles Barlow, 148th Brigade George Morselle
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B Parrott C Cork
J Meadows H Cliff
David Jones Thomas Clarke R Ingham James Robinson Old Brunswick LOL 88 (Liverpool) F Trafford Jnr, 6th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment C Penny Jnr, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment S B Bentley, Loyal North Lancs J B Dunwoody, Royal Fusiliers E Weekes, 2nd Dragoon Guards W Gates, Inniskilling Fusiliers A Johnson, Lancs, Royal Field Artillery, Lord Derby’s W G Highton, Liverpool Civic, RAMC J Ashcroft, Kitchener’s Army G Allen, Kitchener’s Army W Webbe, Kitchener’s Army W Capper, Kitchener’s Army H Webb, Kitchener’s Army T Miller, National Reserve Peter Catterall, HMS Lion John McDonald, Royal Navy
R Hilton, 11th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment James Hilton, 11th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment John Partington John Johnson Peter Cave The Trevor LOL 368 (Liverpool) Charles Swash, King’s Liverpool Regiment James McGlynn, King’s Liverpool Regiment Thomas Burrows, 11th Hussars James Carr, RAMC John Rhodes, National Reserve William Cowden, National Reserve Walter Bray, National Reserve 11 Protestant Star LOL 782 (Liverpool) John Whittle, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Fred Holt, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment J Jones, King’s Liverpool Regiment, “Liverpool Pals” A Unsworth, 9th Territorials G H Chappell, Rifle Brigade Rose of England LOL 235 (Liverpool) J T Coffey, Royal Field Artillery Robert Howarth, National Reserve
T Jones, Royal Navy T Leeson, Royal Navy G F Deacon E George J H Owens J Davies J Anthony W Spencer Allan McDougall A Cole E Steen
H Lewis T Walker
J Owens J Campbell R Proctor J Sharples W Rogers J Hughes
W Gore Pride of Aintree LOL 757 (Liverpool) William Jones, 9th Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers The Ivy LOL 783 (Liverpool) W Woodward, King’s Liverpool Regiment W Physhian, King’s Liverpool Regiment J Johnson, Inniskilling Fusiliers C Lacey, Royal Field Artillery S Brown, Royal Field Artillery A Pattie, Royal Garrison Artillery H Clayton, Royal Garrison Artillery S Mooney, Royal Naval Reserve W Rhodes, Royal Naval Reserve J Gregson, RFR
Thomas Taft, Durham Light Infantry Earl of Derby LOL 846 (Liverpool) Ernest Smith, 43rd Field Ambulance, RAMC The Everett LOL 108 (Liverpool) Thomas H Jones, 3rd Battalion, Liverpool Pals Albert Coslett, 4th Battalion, Liverpool Pals William Woods, 9th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment John Alfred Humphries, Wiltshire Regiment George Gilbert, 6th Rifles Ter. Thomas H Forshaw, Army Service Corps Albert Caryl, Queen’s Boys Edward W Bessant, National Reserve
J Middleton, 11th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment S Trenshaw, 12th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment R Prophet, South Lancashire Regiment R Harrison, 9th Inniskilling Fusiliers W Miney, 9th Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers T Day, 9th Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers W Burgess, Royal Field Artillery J Hughes, Royal Field Artillery J Goldstone, Royal Field Artillery J Beggs, WLG Artillery T Frost, 3rd WL Field Artillery J Kerr, 1st West Lancs Ar. W Wittle
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W Reid, 3rd Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment W Dennett, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment J Leatherbarrow, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment T Fletcher, 5th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment W Harkwell, 8th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment A Shelbourne, 11th Service Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment E Stock, 15th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment J Donaldson, East Lancashire Regiment W Houghton, South Lancashire Regiment L Herbert, South Lancashire Regiment R Keir, South Lancashire Regiment J Rooney, South Lancashire Regiment George Clarke, North Lancashire Regiment W Ackers, Cheshire Regiment (Bantam) J Lunn, 2nd Highland Light Infantry A Mason, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers George Clarke, Palatine Artillery R Solivan, HMS Euarbyas J Elliott, Royal Naval Reserve W Johnston, National Reserve T Naylor, National Reserve J Maguire, National Reserve A Johnston, National Reserve
Ernest Taylor, 5th Dragoon Guards H C McLean, Inniskillings W Hall, HMS Jupiter W G O’Hara, Hospital Ship Placy H Williams, Hospital Ship Placy W Rounds
A Stanley, C Company, 3rd Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment Alfred E Kaye, A Company, 11th Pioneer George Bewley, B Company, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers W Hulme, 4 Company, KW Guard W Cockburn, B Company St Nathaniel’s LOL 466 (Liverpool) Charles Nisbett, King’s Liverpool Regiment W Hersee, Cheshire Regiment (Bantams) William Niblock, RAMC Charles Warm, Territorials
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S McPherson, 5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment R McElney, Royal Field Artillery J Williams, Royal Naval Reserve
William Whitehead Ulster Royal Blues LOL 543 (Liverpool) W Ryland, Seaforth Highlanders J Dunn, Royal Marines J Corkish, Royal Navy Rose of Kirkdale LOL 709 (Liverpool) J Palmer
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