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Henry Purser
« on: Thursday 22 August 19 22:18 BST (UK) »
Can anyone identify this uniform.  Not sure if its relevant but my ancestor served in the Second Boer War as a Master Butcher.

https://mediasvc.ancestry.co.uk/v2/image/namespaces/1093/media/2b6cde85-f7a4-47bc-93d8-31f7df486d93.jpg?client=Trees&imageQuality=hq&maxWidth=1125&maxHeight=589


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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 22 August 19 22:45 BST (UK) »
Looks decidedly (Free)Masonic to me.

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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 22 August 19 22:47 BST (UK) »
Snap! Looks like a Masonic apron.
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 22 August 19 22:51 BST (UK) »
 Hi there
 

Masonic Lodge , the triangle on the apron is a symbol associated with the Lodge.
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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 22 August 19 22:53 BST (UK) »
As here:

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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #5 on: Friday 23 August 19 08:59 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for the very helpful replies
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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 01 September 19 19:58 BST (UK) »

Hi,

Did he spend any time in Malta?


United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921

Henry PURSER
Initiation Date:  4 Jun 1903
First Payment Year on Register: 1904
Profession:  Stff. Sgt. A.S.C.
Lodge:    United Brethren Lodge
Lodge Location:  Malta
Lodge Number:  1923
Folio Number:    9


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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #7 on: Monday 02 September 19 14:43 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much Daisy for this information.  According to his service records my second great uncle Henry Purser did indeed serve in Malta between April 1903 - February 1908 as Stff. Sgt. I am so grateful for this information because I was not sure if the picture was him and I was not successful in finding out more.  Do you know of any other Freemason records I could search.?

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Re: Henry Purser
« Reply #8 on: Monday 02 September 19 14:52 BST (UK) »
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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