From December 1914, the United Grand Lodge of England began to compile a Roll of Honour of all Freemasons who had died in the First World War. The original roll containing 3078 names was printed in book form in 1921. In 1938, a Memorial Shrine was placed under the Memorial Window at Freemasons Hall in Great Queen Street, London. After completion of the memorial shrine, the Roll of Honour, with the addition of over 350 names, was displayed within it on a parchment roll.
Thirty members of Masonic lodges based in Sussex are included on the Roll of Honour, as follows:
40 Derwent Lodge, St Leonards
271 Royal Clarence Lodge, Brighton
Captain Walter Seymour Armstrong
2nd Lieutenant Barron Lycett Lycett
Lieutenant Cyril Montague Pope
311 South Saxon Lodge, Lewes
Private Thomas Lockie Robertson
916 Hartington Lodge, Eastbourne
1184 Abbey Lodge, Battle
Lieutenant Alfred Owen Webster-Jones
1303 Pelham Lodge, Lewes
Major Gerald Arthur Stacey DSO
1466 Hova Ecclesia Lodge, Brighton
Lieut. Colonel Henry William Ernest Hitchins
2nd Lieutenant Guy Eastcott Harry Peskett
1619 Sackville Lodge, East Grinstead
Staff Serjeant Robert McNaught
2nd Lieutenant Albert Henry Rodgers
1636 Saint Cecilia Lodge, Brighton
Sergeant William Pryor Richardson
2187 Adur Lodge, Brighton
2nd Lieutenant Tom Bettesworth
Lance Corporal Edward Charles Hatchard
2434 Anderida Lodge, Eastbourne
2nd Lieutenant Herbert Williams Green (also a member of 1110 Tyrian Lodge, Eastbourne)
2nd Lieutenant Sydney Robert Slidel
2450 Loxfield Lodge, Uckfield
Lieutenant Robert West Thornton
2692 Hastings Lodge, St Leonards
2907 Seaford Lodge, Peacehaven
3143 Duke of Richmond Lodge, Brighton
3277 Homestreu Lodge, Peacehaven
Company Sergeant Major William John Lawrance
3673 Knights of the Road Lodge, Brighton
In addition, there were a further 18 men from around the world who were members of other lodges in the English Constitution which include the word “Sussex” in their title.
53 Royal Sussex Lodge, Bath, Somerset
Lieutenant Edward Fleming Fielding
Captain William Francis Smartt
342 Royal Sussex Lodge, Portsmouth, Hampshire & IOW
2nd Lieutenant Herbert Payn Churchill
Sergeant Robert John Dash
Engineer Lieutenant Commander Thomas Arnold Venning
353 Royal Sussex Lodge, Winshill, Derbyshire
Corporal Herbert Edward Cox
355 Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation, Swindon, Wiltshire
Lieutenant Colonel Allan Armstrong, DSO
Lieutenant Robert Lloyd Davies
491 Royal Sussex Lodge, St. Helier, Jersey
2nd Lieutenant Adolphe Barbier Amy
Lieutenant Frederick Max Burger
Private Sidney John Ecobichon
2nd Lieutenant John Genge
Sergeant John Adolphus Heresey
Chief Stoker George Lawrence Lindsay
501 Royal Sussex Lodge, Hong Kong
Captain Frederick Defries
Lieutenant Herbert Edward Pollard
Lieutenant Martin Hubert Shorto
3712 Lodge of the Men of Sussex, London
Sources
Freemasonry Today. The Origins of Freemasons’ Hall as a Memorial to the Fallen (8 December 2015)
Freemasons’ Hall, London: A History
The Masonic Great War Project: Roll of Honour 1914 – 1918