Category Archives: Members

It is with deep sadness that the Wyggeston Lodge have lost two long serving members, W.Bros. John Rawson and Frank Achurch who have passed away within three weeks of each other. W.Bro. John Dakin Rawson, a Factory Manager, was initiated at the age of 33 in the Wyggeston Lodge in December 1962 as part ofContinue reading “Two long serving members of Wyggeston Lodge pass away”

Bro. Ian Player, who graduated from the University of Leicester in Aerospace Engineering and member of the Wyggeston Lodge No.3448, is about to hit the high seas as part of his marinisation for his Officer training in the Royal Navy at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He spent a week on HMS Ocean previous to departingContinue reading “Bro. Ian hits the high seas”

Bro. Jeremy Nelson graduated from the University of Leicester with a MSc in Finance on Friday 26th January 2018 held in De Montfort Hall. Bro. Jeremy was Initiated in the Wyggeston Lodge, the Universities Scheme Lodge for the University of Leicester, in February 2017 after being proposed by his friend who is also a member.Continue reading “Jeremy graduates with Masters in Finance from Leicester University”

Bro. Dr. Simon Walmsley of the Wyggeston Lodge graduated from the University of Leicester today with a PhD. Bro. Simon is currently Inner Guard and successfully defended his thesis titled ‘Synthesis and isolation of biosynthetic derivatives of Amphotericin B’ in October 2017. He joined the Wyggeston Lodge, which is the Universities Scheme Lodge for theContinue reading “Simon graduates from Leicester University with PhD”

A number of our student members have recently graduated from the University of Leicester. Those graduating were: Bro. James Kelly, BEng Mechanical Engineering Bro. Adam Tilley, Law LLB Bro. Lehan Edirisinghe, BA Management Studies Bro. Connagh McCormick, Law LLB Bro. Eric Akobeng, PhD Economics Past Master, W.Bro. Tom Bodycot, was extremely pleased to support Bro. EricContinue reading “Congratulations to all of our University of Leicester graduates”

The new five-part observational documentary series on Sky 1 ‘Inside the Freemasons’, which starts on Monday 17th April at 8pm features several members from the Wyggeston Lodge No.3448 which meets in Leicester. The highly-anticipated observational documentary, entitled ‘Inside The Freemasons’ promises to go beyond the myth and legend to explore the real people, practices and inner-workings ofContinue reading “‘Inside The Freemasons’ TV documentary features Wyggeston Lodge members”