Staple Hill Lodge 6043

The Founding Members of Staple Hill 6043 were brethren from the three lodges that already met at the temple on Shrubbery Road – Tyndall Lodge 1363, Kingswood Chase 4666 & Downend Lodge 5498.

• W. Bro P. Cole, P.P.G.W., 1363, 4666
• W. Bro. A. Humphries, P.G.G.P. (Eng), 4666, 5498
• W. Bro. B.W.J. Woodall, P.P.G.D., 1363, 4666. 5498
• W. Bro. Wm. E. Davis, P.P.G.Swd.Br., 1363, 4666
• W. Bro. P.H. Kendall, P.P.G.P., 4666
• W. Bro. W.S. Lockyer, P.P.G.D., 4666, 5498
• W. Bro. H.F. Wren, P.P.G.W., 1363, 4666, 5498
• W. Bro. E. Kendall, P.P.G.D., 4666
• W. Bro. W.G. Sheppard, P.P.G.D., 4666
• W. Bro. Tom Churchill, P.P.G.S. of w., 1363, 4666
• W. Bro. C.T. Wrenn, P.P.G.S. of w., 1363
• W. Bro. A.E. Andrews, P.P.G.D., 1363
• W. Bro. G.J. Dunn, W.M., 855, 4666
• W. Bro. J.A. Price, I.P.M., 4666
• W. Bro. F. Sheppard, P.M., 1363, 5498
• W. Bro. A.C. Langdon, P.M., 4666, 5498
• W. Bro. A.J. Chamberlain P.P.G.Std.Br., 1067, 5498
• W. Bro. Cecil Colston, P.M 4491, 5498
• Bro. W.G. Haskins, 4666
• Bro. B. Withers, 4666
• Bro. A.G. Dunn, 4666
• Bro. R.G. Blyth, 4666
• Bro. B.F. Brueton, 4666
• Bro. S.W. Smith, 4666
• Bro. A.T. Sparrow, 4666
• Bro. F.G. Painter, 4666
• Bro. C.H. Taylor, 4666
• Bro. P.B.L. Jones, 4666
• Bro. G.S. Bateman, 5498
• Bro. A.L. Andrews, 1363
• Bro. A.T. Bennett, 5498
• Bro. H.G. Hicks, 1363
• Bro. E.S. Rex, 2257
• Bro. D. Pearson, 5239
• Bro. Rev. C.H.J. Wood, 2520

Of the founding members the first to pass to the Grand Lodge Above was W Bro Albert Humphries (12/09/1945) and the last was W Bro Charles Taylor (14/05/1981).

The first (and only) resignation of a founder came on the 16th October 1945 in a letter from Bro RG Blyth, no copy of his letter has been found and the minutes of the meeting give no reason, however the entry in the Lodge Record book states ‘a member of the Loo Moose’.

First Officers

The Primus Master W Bro Cole appointed the following brethren to serve as officers of the lodge for the first year.