The Royal
Air Force
Lodge No
7335
Hello and welcome to the
home page of The Royal Air Force Lodge,
No 7335 on the Registers of the United Grand
Lodge of England and the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London
The Royal Air Force Lodge was founded in 1954 by a
group of serving Royal Air Force officers to provide a central Masonic base for
officers who might be posted anywhere in the world. The Lodge caters exclusively for serving and
retired officers of the Royal Air Force, including Auxiliaries and Reserves,
and the Royal Flying Corps (although there are not too many of the latter now
in the Lodge!).
The Lodge, comprising serving and retired officers in
roughly equal proportions, has the advantage of keeping the retired officers in
touch with 'their' Service and for the serving officer a chance to pursue
Masonic advancement in a stable environment. For the serving officer with duties to
discharge in a Lodge meeting it is also an advantage to belong to an understanding
Lodge when, at the very last moment, he has to dash off to the other end of the
earth. It has also been known for the
Master to be stuck in the middle of the USA in an unserviceable aircraft, when
he (and everyone else) expected him to take the Chair at a Lodge meeting!
The Lodge prides itself on being the premier Royal Air
Force Lodge in the country (which of course means the World), although there
are other Lodges which might dispute that! All Lodge members set great store by accurate
and comprehending Ritual, which all goes to make the Lodge such a pleasant
place. The Festive Board is always of
particularly high quality and the speeches a delight to hear.
The Lodge meets in Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen
Street, London on the second Monday in January, the fourth Monday in March, the
third Friday in May and the third Monday in October; the Installation Ceremony for the Master takes
place in the October meeting.
Enquiries from qualified Brethren about visiting the
Lodge, or those men who may wish to be considered for membership, may be made
to the Secretary, c/o Forest Gate,
Huntley, Gloucestershire GL19 3EU. Alternatively electronic and informal contact
may be made to the author, Sqn Ldr R C Blakemore RAF Rtd
at rafl@huntley-glos.demon.co.uk
