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Founders of Regis Lodge

The following are notes on the Founders of the Lodge,
where some detail is known.

Work on the page is ongoing.

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John Dallow P.Pr.G.D		The first Master of the Lodge in 1922. He was made an honorary member in October 1949.
Sidney Hill P.A.G.D.C P.Pr.G.R		A Grand Lodge Officer, appointed Senior Warden in 1922, followed as Master in 1923. He was an MP at one time, and a member of the Chainmakers Association.
Will Chapman P.Pr.G.D		Master in 1924. He was also past master of Perseverence Master Mark Masons Lodge No 733 in the Province of Worcestershire. He was an Engineer. His nephew Ewart also became a member of the Lodge, but never became Master. He founded A.E.Chapman & Co.Ltd, the electrical business in Old Hill.
Thomas Cooksey		Master in 1925, a Solicitor.
Alfred Hill		Master in 1926.
John Dallow Jnr P.Pr.G.D		Master in 1927. Link to a web site set up by his grandson.
George.B.Raybould		Master in 1928, Headmaster at Cradley C.of E.School.
Arthur Powell		Master in 1929. Took over Stringers Chain Works (opposite St Lukes church hall).
George Williams		Appointed Junior Warden in 1922, but didn't become Master until 1944. Father of W.Bro Charles Williams, who presented the lodge with a special dispensation to hold a meeting, granted to a prisoner-of-war camp at Changi (Singapore), during the war.

Other founders, who didn't become Master of the Lodge.	Jack Chilton	Founded Old Hill Motors, selling Daimlers.
	F.P.Fellows	The P may have stood for Pedro. He was one of the Fellows of Corngreaves Hall.
	J.Golding
	D.Morby
	E.Wheeler	Scrap Dealer. Supposed to have asked his bank for a loan to buy a submarine (granted).
	Jasper    Wheeler	Founded Wheeler Tube Company.
	John Wheeler

A founder's Jewel (Steward)

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