11st KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS
PAST MASTER'S JEWEL 1957
CATEGORIES OF JEWELS
WATERLOO LODGE No. 571
1st KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS
PAST MASTER'S JEWEL 1957
CONTENTS:-
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1. DESCRIPTION OF JEWEL.
2. SHORT HISTORY OF WARRANT No. 571.
3. HISTORY OF WATERLOO LODGE No. 571,1923 - 1985.
4. HISTORY OF THE 1st KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS.
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OBVERSE OF JEWEL
A silver Compass and Square Past Master's neck Jewel.
The Jewel comprises of a normal Compass and Square, with suspended "G".
The Square has the name of the Lodge "The Lodge of WaterlooNo. 571 I.C." on each leg.
REVERSE OF JEWEL
The reverse of the Jewel bears the inscription :
"Presented to
W.Bro. T.W. Muir, W.M.
Lodge Waterloo No. 137 I.C.
1957"
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2. SHORT HISTORY OF WARRANT No. 571.
Warrant No. 571 issued to brethren in VOW, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim on the 1st June 1780.Warrant No. 571was Compounded for arrears on the 2nd September 1813 but subsequently reinstated.
Warrant No. 571 was returned by the Brethren of VOW on the 5th September 1822 in exchange for Warrant No. 207.
[The above represents the barest of facts relating to Warrant No. 571 before same reissued to Waterloo Lodge No. 571 - the IRISH MASONIC RECORDS cd-rom gives a very full account of the Lodges who held Warrant No. 571 for the years setout above]
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3. HISTORY OF WATERLOO LODGE No. 571.
The Minutes of the Grand Lodge Board of General Purposes dated 1st March 1897 show concerning Warrant No. 571
The Recommendation of The Board was followed,as is shown in the Grand Lodge Minutes of 4th March 1897 as "Confirmed"
Warrant No. 571 reissued to `Waterloo Lodge' in the 1st KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS on the 7th December 1923.
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WARRANT No. 571 LABOURED FROM 1780 TO 1822 AND 1923 TO 1985 FOR SOME 106 YEARS.
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4. Weblink ~ A Short History of 1st The King's Dragoon Guards.
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