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Still coming down from the high of an exceptional weekend at @NAM_London with @KohimaEdTrust. Great speakers, including @James1940 and of course, the one and only @robert_lyman Plus, little old me.
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A very big gathering from my provincial officers and the grand officers to support Benevolence Mark 1264 Installation in Bideford excellent ceremony and a large cheque for charity. @MarkMasonsHall @TheSquareMag @DevonMasons #masons @MMMDevonshire
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See this weeks news for a report on the centenary of Unity Lodge 783
Get that #FridayFeeling with this week's Freemasonry@86 News update! 📰 Stay up to date with the latest happenings in the Freemasonry community and gain insights into the Companion Orders' activities. 🌟
Read the full newsletter here - sway.office.com/lUt44Q7boVk8…
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It was good to see so many of my fellow PGM’s today supporting The Devonshire Provincial Mark Meeting in Torquay it was great to see you all. @MarkMasonsHall @TheSquareMag @DevonMasons #markmasons #Freemasons
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A great turnout at our PGL today, over 200 in attendance, with many visitors from other Provinces and well supported by the other Devonshire orders. Congratulations to all those who received promotions.
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Unity Mark Lodge no 783 are to celebrate their Centenary on the 5th October at Crediton, when the Deputy Grand Master will be in attendance.
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St Johns 1029 meet on the 25th September to host a Magic of the Mark presentation to prospective members in the south Devon area.
Building up for the weekend. RAF weekend at @Barum_Athena in Barnstaple about the role of the Leigh Light Wellingtons and Beaufighters in the Bay. Followed by church service on Sunday.
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This week, the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge will take place outside London for the first time in 100 years!
Members will gather in Newport for the event to participate 🇬🇧🏴
We look forward to seeing you all there! 😀
#Freemasons #England #Wales #QC2023
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This week's Freemasonry@86 newsletter is a bumper edition. Look out for several mentions of the work of the Mark Benevolent Fund and for an article about the Mark Province of Dorset becoming the very first holder of the Grand Master's Keystone Fund collarette & jewel. #MBF #GMKF
It's time to get that #FridayFeeling with this week's Freemasonry@86 News update, containing the latest news from across the Companion Orders.
You can it find here: bit.ly/86News8Sept2023
Or on our website: markmasonshall.org/
Enjoy your weekend.
#Freemasons #Freemasonry
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DIARY DATE :The Annual Meeting of @MMMDevonshire Grand Lodge will be on Saturday 7th October 2023 at @RivieraCentre Torquay, commencing at 11am.
@davidcpurdie will also Invest brethren who have been awarded Provincial Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank. FURTHER DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
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𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝟭𝟴, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟮: Seven SOE trained Czechoslovak commandos died after being trapped in a church by SS troops following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. They had refused to surrender. #OperationAnthropoid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assass… #SOE #WW2 1/3
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When I visited Normandy for the first time in 1979 with my Dad we met Major John Howard DSO outside the Gondrée Café. At this time 78 years ago he and his men were taking the key bridges and the code words Ham & Jam signalling their capture filled the radio network. #DDay #DDay79
ALT Photo credit: Tim Ockenden/PA Archive/Press Association Ima, 1993.
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The late John Nunnelly ('Tales from the African Rifles') - a great friend of the @KohimaEdTrust - with his recovered Union flag with a most extraordinary provenance. John was a captain in the King's African Rifles.
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A very well attended Installation Meeting at Exon Mark with my provincial Secretary Chris Elliott carrying out the excellent ceremony of Bro Andrew Yelland £500 for DMCA charity and a candidate proposed another happy and successful evening @MarkMasonsHall @DevonMasons #masons
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Friendship Mark 16TI have a meeting on the 8th to celebrate a Brother's 50 year Service to the Order