Emulation Lodge of Improvement Match Safe Award

  

Shown above is the Emulation Silver match safe which is awarded by The Emulation Lodge of Improvement - London England for perfect rendering of the Masonic Ceremonies according to Emulation Working. The front depicts the Brothers name and the reverse has the ceremony worked. 

There have been 337 Silver Matchboxes awarded since 1898, and 115 Brethren and gone on to work all four Ceremonies without prompt or correction, thus gaining the distinction of a "Complete Record".

Below is a current list of the Match Safes that have been awarded:

Emulation Silver Matchbox Holders Nos. 1-49   No. Name First Degree First Degree & Charge Second Degree Second Degree & Tracing Board Third Degree Installation Complete Record 1 Charles Lewis   1900   1900 1898 1899 1900 2 R.E.F. Lander   1900 1898 1900 1899 1898 1900 3 R.L.S. Badham 1900   1897   1899 1903   4 J. Collett Smith     1898         5 A.M. Barnard     1899         6 A.W. Dyke         1899     7 G. Rankin 1899 1901 1902         8 T.W. Allsop 1903 1904   1901 1902 1899 1904 9 Jno.F. Roberts 1901 1904 1899 1903 1902 1901 1904 10 M.V. Cassal 1900 1902 1902 1903 1903 1903 1903 11 Regd Hughes 1903   1900         12 J.H. Jenks 1900   1900   1902     13 A.L. Collins     1902 1902       14 J.O. Notcutt   1902   1903 1904     15 H.M. Grellier 1903 1906   1908       16 L.H. Dear   1904   1903 1903 1909 1909 17 F.W. Byles   1905 1903 1906 1904 1906 1906 18 S.W. Heaton   1903   1904 1904 1906 1906 19 E. Jukes   1904     1904     20 W.J. Hart   1904           21 A.V. Hunt   1904   1905 1904     22 H.C. Dodson   1906   1904 1906 1912 1912 23 H.W. Laurie         1904     24 W.A. Waite   1904   1905       25 A.J. Dodd       1905       26 D.L. Cropper   1905           27 S.Chalkley       1905 1905 1906   28 H.V. Bate         1905     29 R.F. Price       1905 1906     30 F.W. Petch   1907 1905         31 J. Crouch   1905   1906 1907 1909 1909 32 F. O'c. Slingo   1908   1906 1906 1908 1908 33 J.D. Powell       1906       34 A.J. Rowberry       1907 1910     35 A.E. Prankerd       1907       36 R.W.K. Goddard   1907   1907       37 H.A. Woodbridge   1907   1907       38 D. Ingamells   1907   1913 1916 1914 1916 39 G.W. Cook       1907 1907 1910   40 H. Wilks           1908   41 F.A. Edgington       1908       42 G.H. Hedges         1908     43 J.J. Boorman       1908       44 T.P. Shovelier   1909   1910 1910     45 F.C. Schultz   1909   1909 1911 1912 1912 46 R.A. Doble   1909   1909 1909 1914 1914 47 G.H. Kichtener         1909     48 J. Kelly White   1910   1909 1910 1913 1913 49 J. Dormer       1910

Emulation Silver Matchbox Holders Nos. 50-98   No. Name First Degree & Charge Second Degree & Tracing Board Third Degree Installation Complete Record 50 C.W. Braine 1912 1910       51 E.W. Wainwright       1910   52 N. Scott 1912 1910 1913 1911 1913 53 R.S. Neumann 1910 1911 1912 1914 1914 54 F.W. Giles 1911 1911 1913 1913 1913 55 J.J. Berry       1911   56 A.E. King 1911         57 W.E. Hills       1911   58 Major,W. Derry       1911   59 W. Pragnell 1911 1911 1914 1911 1914 60 W. Wilson-Brown 1911 1912 1913     61 J.J. Black 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 62 A.P. Crabb   1912       63 E.O. Cole     1912     64 S.P. Larkworthy 1912 1913 1923 1925 1925 65 W.E.I. Mourilyan 1913 1913       66 W.V. Pegden   1913       67 G. Hudson       1913   68 L.M. Thudichum 1914         69 F.L. Phillips   1914 1916     70 W.P. Campbell-Everden       1914   71 S.A. Knaggs 1915 1914 1915 1917 1917 72 J. Hackwood 1915 1914 1915     73 H.J. Pearse   1915       74 A.G. Berry 1915         75 G.F. Gibson 1915 1915 1916     76 J. Litt 1915     1915   77 J.S. Stent   1915       78 A.B. Wilson 1916 1916 1915 1915 1916 79 J.T. Evans   1915       80 J.H. Earls 1916 1915 1916 1919 1919 81 C. Newell 1918 1915 1917 1915 1918 82 J.E. Franck 1916 1916   1952   83 N. Colbeck 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 84 G. Paxon 1920 1917 1921 1921 1921 85 T.J. Norman 1922 1924 1930 1917 1930 86 I.A. Symmons 1922 1918 1917     87 H.E. Wilks   1917       88 H.F. Inman 1918 1918 1919 1925 1925 89 W.B. King 1918 1919       90 P. Edgelow   1918 1919     91 C.H. Slack 1919 1918 1919 1918 1919 92 S.S. Sharpe     1919     93 J.H. Neal 1919 1920 1921     94 C.E. Stredwick   1919       95 B.H. Kingsford       1919   96 W.H. Bamford 1921 1923 1919     97 J.L. Gilbert 1920 1921 1926     98 A.M. Shepherd 1920 1920 1921 1924 1924

Emulation Silver Matchbox Holders Nos. 99-147   No. Name First Degree & Charge Second Degree & Tracing Board Third Degree Installation Complete Record 99 F.A. Pratley 1920 1921 1920     100 H.J.S. Brownrigg     1920     101 R. Cross 1920 1921 1921     102 A.J. Peyton 1920 1921 1921 1921 1921 103 J.F. Brown 1921 1921 1922     104 E. Marsden       1921   105 A..Sharp 1923 1923 1921 1925 1925 106 H.C. Tasker 1923 1922 1922 1924 1924 107 F.P. Reynolds 1922 1923 1922 1925 1925 108 F.E.S.J. Schofield 1923 1922       109 W.G. Hamilton 1922 1924 1928 1923 1928 110 H.B. Franklin 1923 1922 1924 1923 1924 111 A.C. Walker     1922     112 H.R. Donaldson 1923 1924 1922 1930 1930 113 A.J. Maulden 1923 1923       114 H.G. Hollands 1926 1923 1924     115 J.W. Royal   1923 1923     116 G.W. Hall 1923         117 C.J. Chapman 1923 1924 1925 1927 1927 118 H.G. Davis 1955 1923 1952 1952 1955 119 J.C. Leatherbarrow 1927 1926 1924 1946 1946 120 P.De Worms 1926 1925 1925 1924 1926 121 W.G. Mills       1924   122 W.J. Elliott       1924   123 V.G. Davis 1925 1924 1927     124 P.C.A. Penney   1924       125 W.W. Cook 1925 1925   1926   126 R.J. Mckay 1925         127 A. Macdonald 1926 1926 1925 1928 1928 128 G. Derrick 1926 1927 1929 1925 1929 129 A.R. Thomas 1926 1927 1925 1935 1935 130 C.F. Gabb       1925   131 W.W.A. Mitchell 1925         132 H.W. Bangert 1926 1926 1926 1928 1928 133 G.R. Prior     1926     134 T. Batcheldor 1927 1927 1928 1928 1928 135 H.W. Goldfinch 1931 1930 1927 1928 1931 136 F.J.R. Hubert 1929 1927 1928     137 C.F. Reader 1929 1930 1927 1934 1934 138 R.H. Smith 1928 1927 1928 1928 1928 139 H.J. Paterson 1928 1927 1931 1931 1931 140 J.H. Lance 1931 1928 1933     141 P. Turnbull 1931 1930 1928     142 L.P. More 1928 1930 1932 1930 1932 143 R.G. Dubery 1933 1928 1932     144 H.C. Withers 1928 1930 1929 1944 1944 145 A.W. Powell 1930 1928 1929 1932 1932 146 V.H.  Webber 1931 1929 1928 1934 1934 147 E.J. Willcock   1928

Emulation Silver Matchbox Holders Nos. 148-196
No.	Name	First Degree & Charge	Second Degree & Tracing Board	Third Degree	Installation	Complete Record
148	C. Cooper		1929
149	G.F. Goodspeed	1931	1930	1929	1930	1931
150	G.P. Orde	1929			1934
151	H.W.H. Canham	1930	1932		1929
152	J.H. Reyner	1929
153	H.W.H. Hope			1930
154	J. Mcdade	1933	1930	1932	1933	1933
155	E.C.H. Kirch	1930	1944	1946	1946	1946
156	W.S. Hersee		1930
157	R.E. Williams	1932	1931	1930
158	J.H. Newsam		1931
159	H.A. Rowbotham	1932	1931	1932	1931	1932
160	J. Hill			1931
161	R.J. Norman	1932	1933	1934
162	G.H.C. Davies Higgins	1932	1932		1932
163	C.M. Fann	1932	1934	1959	1959	1959
164	W.H. Fell			1934	1932
165	S.J.H. Prynne		1932
166	H. Skinner	1932	1935	1932
167	G.M. Clark	1932	1933	1934	1934	1934
168	J.E. Green	1932	1933	1935	1950	1950
169	G.H. Williams	1934	1932
170	H.B.P. Owen	1933	1933	1935	1938	1938
171	E.C. Hawkey	1933	1933	1935
172	C.C. Adams				1933
173	W.B. Foister	1933	1933	1934
174	D. Austin		1933
175	A.C. Yates	1935	1933
176	A.Lloyd Davies				1934
177	P.J. Stephenson	1935	1934	1937	1934	1937
178	E.T. Taylor	1936	1934	1937
179	O.C. Klagge	1939	1934	1936	1941	1941
180	R.B. Stokes	1934	1935	1936	1956	1956
181	A.J. Hutson	1934
182	A.J. Smith	1934	1936	1938	1943	1943
183	G.A. Costello	1935	1935	1936	1935	1936
184	W.H. Dunning		1935
185	C.S. Semark	1936	1939	1935	1938	1939
186	C.W. Daborn	1938	1935
187	J.S. Linnell		1935
188	H.J. Young	1937	1936	1939
189	C.J. Hemming	1937	1936	1938	1948	1948
190	A.G. Hughes			1936
191	F.E. Wilson	1936
192	H.H. Belsey	1937	1938	1938	1939	1939
193	F.J. Tomlins	1943	1938	1940	1953	1953
194	F.W. Freeborn		1938
195	G.S. Walkley		1938
196	H.S. Weller		1938		1939

Emulation Silver Matchbox Holders Nos. 197-245
No.	Name	First Degree & Charge	Second Degree & Tracing Board	Third Degree	Installation	Complete Record
197	W.S. Webb	1938	1939	1939	1941	1941
198	W.J. Goff		1938
199	F.W.S. Nicholls	1939
200	H.G. Dunn	1941	1939	1946	1945	1946
201	J. Ryecroft				1939
202	R.E. Lyon		1940
203	C.G. Greenfield				1940
204	H. Thorne	1940
205	S.T.Wild		1941
206	G.G Swan	1941	1942	1943	1950	1950
207	F.L.Edwards		1941
208	W. Spalding	1942	1942
209	S.F. Chorley	1943			1943
210	A. Gordon-Smith	1943	1944	1946	1954	1954
211	F.W. Bonnington		1944
212	E. Martin	1944	1944	1946
213	W. Dormon	1944
214	A.D.S. Blackhall	1946	1945	1946	1950	1950
215	A.G. Vaughan	1945	1946
216	J.F. Thomas		1945		1952
217	F.W. Blackmore	1948	1946	1946	1949	1949
218	R.V. Hall	1946
219	C.E. Smith		1947
220	A.W.R. Kendrick	1947	1948
221	O.S. Mcinery	1950	1948	1949	1947	1950
222	W.E. Calcutt	1947	1948	1948	1951	1951
223	H.J. Crawford	1949	1948	1947	1949	1949
224	E.A. Clutten	1948	1949	1948	1948	1949
225	H. Asquith	1949	1950	1948
226	F.J Herbert		1948
227	H.M. Pollen	1948	1950
228	H.T. Hodge		1948		1951
229	J.W. Rossiter	1952	1949	1951	1954	1954
230	M. Billen	1949	1949	1951
231	G.E. Butler	1949	1949	1950	1953	1953
232	A.S Trapnell	1956	1951	1955	1949	1956
233	H.R. Hill	1949	1951	1950	1952	1952
234	W.J. James		1950
235	G.R. Doran	1952	1951	1950
236	A.L. Gray	1954	1950
237	F.Jones	1952	1951	1954	1951	1954
238	V.W. Over	1953	1952	1952
239	R. Marley	1953	1952	1952	1958	1958
240	J. Blake	1954	1952	1952
241	C.S Dodwell		1952
242	M.S Rothwell	1953	1953	1952	1954	1954
243	J.C. Ainsworth-Davis	1958	1952		1954
244	A.L. Truman	1955	1953	1953	1954	1955
245	P.J. Harrison	1953	1953	1954	1954	1954

Emulation Silver Matchbox Holders Nos. 246-294
No.	Name	First Degree & Charge	Second Degree & Tracing Board	Third Degree	Installation	Complete Record
246	C.A. Richardson		1954
247	E.B. Martin		1954
248	L.W. Rayner	1954
249	B.P. Dutt	1955	1954	1958	1957	1958
250	G.C. Kerridge		1955
251	G.T.E. Shedden	1960	1955
252	L.A..Maginnis		1955	1956
253	A.F.Walton	1959	1956		1958
254	E.Scott	1956	1965
255	S.Chipperfield		1956		1959
256	H.Essex	1957	1961	1956	1962	1962
257	H.Baylis	1957	1957	1958
258	B.Fleet			1957
259	W.Robinson	1957
260	R.Blow		1958	1957	1961
261	M.Price	1958	1958	1959
262	R.Le Baigue	1958	1960	1961	1969	1969
263	P Newble		1958
264	N Ouvry	1965	1958	1961	1968	1968
265	C Dyer	1973	1959		1965
266	P Croft		1960
267	K Kcamaris	1961	1960	1962	1963	1963
268	S Johnson		1960
269	H Goldenberg				1961
270	G Williams	1980	1961	1978	1970	1980
271	R Taylor	1963	1961		1963
272	W Taylor		1962
273	J Shearman		1962		1965
274	H Taylor	1963	1962	1967	1972	1972
275	J Green	1965	1963	1964
276	F Kidd		1965		1965
277	W Hillier	1965	1965	1966	1967	1967
278	G Cave		1965
279	D Kidd		1966
280	M Innes	1967	1966	1969
281	S Entwisle				1967
282	S Thompson				1967
283	H Sharp	1967	1967	1968	1972	1972
284	F Simmons	1968	1967	1969	1972	1972
285	K Wager	1967	1968	1969
286	L Wilkins		1969
287	C Holmes	1969	1969
288	P Williams	1971	1970	1970	1970	1971
289	P Walker	1983			1970
290	D Rees	1972	1970
291	E King	1971
292	A Burrell	1972	1971	1974	1981	1981
293	D.Jones		1973
294	J.Brereton	1974	1974	1974	1975	1975

Emulation Silver Matchbox Holders Nos. 295-337
No.	Name	First Degree & Charge	Second Degree & Tracing Board	Third Degree	Installation	Complete Record
295	T.Davies	1974	1975
296	A.Hopkins	1977	1974	1975	1979	1979
297	A.Batt	1975	1976
298	T.Every		1975
299	G.Redman	1976	1975	1976	1978	1978
300	A.Newell		1975
301	C.Drew	1977
302	R.Farrant	1981	1977	1980	1980	1981
303	G.Channer	1981	1979	1977	1980	1981
304	F.Fall	1977	1978	1978
305	A.Perry	1978	1977	1977	1978	1978
306	B.Millar		1977
307	J.Gosden	1985	1978		1986
308	M.Wright	1978	1979	1979	1983	1983
309	E.Wright	1979	1980	1978	1983	1983
310	W.Plant	1985	1979	1984	1979	1985
311	R.Cox		1980	1980
312	D.Dinsmore		1980	1980
313	E.Wright	1982	1980	1982	1983	1983
314	M.Wilks			1981
315	B.Higgs		1982		1985
316	E.Dalwood		1982
317	M.Thomas				1983
318	J.Smith		1985
319	P.Bennett	1987	1988	1990	1991	1991
320	J.Long	1987		1989
321	E.Robinson	1989	1987
322	G.Goodall	1988	1988	1987	1988	1988
323	M.Dalmage-Smith		1988
324	C.Roberts		1989
325	M.Good			1991
326	A.Butler	1992	1993
327	I.Johnson		1994
328	T.Henley	1995	1996	1997	1999	1999
329	S.O`Carroll			1995
330	K.Masters		1997
331	A.Smith	2001	2001	1997	2000	2001
332	H.Shooter	1997	1998	1999	2000	2000
333	C.Haslam	1998	1998	1998
334	D.Robertson	1999
335	C.Laslett	1999
336	J.Nicholls		1999
337	C.Perfect		2001

 

Emulation Lodge of Improvement No.256

Meets every Friday October to June at 6.15pm Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ

Emulation Working takes its name from the Emulation Lodge of Improvement. It first met 2nd October 1823 and was formed specifically for Master Masons to provide instruction for those who wished to make themselves ready for office and succession to the Chair. At least eight lodges were represented at the inaugural meeting including two members from the Lodge of Unions.

The Emulation Lodge of Improvement was first sanctioned by the Lodge of Hope no. 7. In 1830 the number of members of the Lodge of Improvement from the Lodge of Hope had dropped to one and the the sanction was undertaken by the Lodge of Unions, which has remained the sponsor ever since.

The ritual forms for use in the United Grand Lodge of England were produced by the Lodge of Reconciliation and were approved and confirmed by Grand Lodge in June 1816. These have formed the basis of Emulation Working since its inception in 1823. It has been the policy of the committee of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement to preserve the ritual as nearly as possible in the form in which it was approved by Grand Lodge, allowing only those changes approved by Grand Lodge to become established practice.

Kirby Lodge of Instruction No.263

Premier Lodge of Instruction for the teaching of Emulation Ritual. Meets every Tuesday 6.45pm at Freemasons` Hall, Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ

Founded in 1890 and proudly sponsered by the Bank of England Lodge No.263

For details Email: tony.henley7@ntlworld.com

A special "Thanks" to Worshipful Brother Tony Henley (an Emulation Lodge Match Safe award winner) for supplying the above pictures, list of award winners, and meeting information of Emulation Lodge of Improvement No. 256 and Kirby Lodge of Instruction No. 263.

W.Brother Tony Henley

PM Wallwood 5143 & Kirby 2818 UGLE
PZ Cheerybles 2466 UGLE
KT King Edward V11 173
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