Excerpt from Military Lodges: The Apron and the Sword, or Freemasonry Under Arms; Being an Account of Lodges in Regiments and Ships of War, and of Famous Soldiers and Sailors (of All Countries) Who Have Belonged to the Society
Chelmsford, George D Aguilar, Viscount Wolseley. Lord Roberts, Sir Charles warien, Sir William Lockhart, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum 101; other Generals, 108; Paul Jones Douglas Jerrold, John Shipp, 112 Sir James Brooke. Sir Richard Burton, 115; Auxiliary Forces, John Wilkes, Edward Gibbon. Sir Walter Scott, 116.
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