At the Meeting of the Gwent Conclave No. 23 held on Thursday, 12 June 2025 at the Pontypool Masonic Hall, Companion Hywel Charles Lloyd – a well known and well respected Mark Mason – was initiated into the Order in the presence of R.II.Kt. Nigel Lloyd Angell JP (the Intendant-General of the Division), Ill.Kt. Ben Dykes P.G.Pref. (the Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Degree in Monmouthshire), P.Kt. Andrew Crump PprGSent (Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Degree in Monmouthshire) and E.Kt. Philip E. Sefton (Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Degree in Monmouthshire), and a Number of Grand Officers, Divisional Grand Officers and Members of the Conclave.
The Initiation was expertly and faultlessly carried out by the Sovereign, P.Kt. Craig Allford (who is also the Provincial Director of Ceremonies of the Mark Degree in Monmouthshire), together with the Viceroy, E.Kt. Philip Sefton, and the Orator, Ill.Kt. Bryn Price P.G.V.Chamb. who was praised by the Intendant-General for his delivery of the history of the Order.
In attendance also were P.Kt. Peter Turner, the Divisional Recorder, and P.Kt. Chris Mugford, the Deputy Captain of the Divisional Sepulchre Guard, who also assisted with the Ceremony as the Generals.
The Gwent Conclave No. 23 meets at the Masonic Hall, Trosnant Street, Pontypool NP4 8AT on the First Monday in February, June and November.
Those who are interested in joining the Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine should contact the Assistant Divisional Recorder P.Kt. Peter Turner at