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Brother William Thomas Evans R O H
Grand Tyler 2000
Brother William Thomas Evans R O H was initiated in the Christmas Evans Lodge on 28th January 1961.
All the degrees were obtained in the same Lodge second in 7th April 1962, third on 22nd May 1965, followed by fourth on 25th February 1980.
He affiliated to the Prince David Lodge N0 1533. He was elected to the Office of the City Secretary shortly and today still is the Secretary.
He stared attending Provincial Grand Lodge. In Provincial Grand Lodge he was elected as Officer in 1993 as Registrar. 1994 was elected as the Deputy Provincial Grand Primo and 1995 elected as the Chief Officer of the Province. He served as the Assistant Provincial Grand Secretary from 1995 to 1999. He then had a short break in 2000 and re elected to the same post for 2001.
He was elected as the President of the Examining Council and the Knight's Chapter in 1998 and Roll of Honour President in 2000.
He served as the Grand Lodge delegate from 1995 to 1999 and was then elected as Grand Tyler for 2000.
Brother Bill retired civil servant and lists Buffs as his hobby
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Grand Minstrel
Brother George Gwyn Harris R O H was initiated in the Quakers Lodge 2296 in the Merthyr Province on 5th January 1962 where he also gained his Second Degree on 15th March 1963. He moved to the Pantanas Lodge 420 where on 18th July 1966 he was raised to his third Degree then to the fourth Degree on 4th January 1972.
In 1966-1967 he was P G Constable, P G Chamberlain in 1968, Deputy Provincial Grand Primo in 1969 and Provincial Grand Primo in 1970.Brother George was elected as Examining Council President in 1969. He also served as President for the Knight’s Chapter in 1971 and R O H Assembly in 1975
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Grand Primo 1993
Brother John David Bevan R O H initiated in the Key & Chain Lodge 7988( Western Germany).
now a member of the Merthyr & District P G L where he affiliated to the Prince Llewellyn Lodge 289, Wimborne Lodge 345 and the C W Pearce Lodge 1012.
He was Provincial Grand Primo in 1979 and also President of the Examining Council in the same year and is currently Provincial Grand Treasurer. After serving as Grand Lodge Delegate he was elected as Grand Chamberlain in 1983. He was elected to the Grand Lodge Management Committee for 1991.
He served in the armed forces for 14 years and is now retired.A well -known and much respected figure throughout the Order whose principle objects are to try and assist those less fortunate wherever possible. He maintains that his hobby is Buffing
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Grand Chamberlain
Brother Ronald Thomas Lloyd R O H, Grand Chamberlain, completed twenty-five years a member of the Order during the past year, having been initiated in the Cynon Lodge 408 of the Merthyr Province on 22nd October 1951. All his four Degrees were taken in this Lodge, second on 24th November 1952,third on 27th February 1956 and fourth on 3rd September 1962. After serving only one year as P G L Officer, he was elected D P G P for 1968and followed this up by holding as the Chief Officer in 1969.
Other local Offices held by him include President of Examining Council in 1966, of R O H Assembly in 1969 and of the Knight’s Chapter in 1970. To complete a great record he was elected as P G Secretary in 1974 almost (but not quite) in succession to the late Brother Tommy Jones one of the best-known figures in Grand Lodge in his day.
He did national service in the R A M C in 1948 to 1050. If he has any time to spare after carrying out his Buffalo duties. It is possible that in summer he may be found on a cricket ground and in the winter on a Rugby ground purely as a spectator of course. In his private life he holds down a job as a Measuring Clerk with the N C B, we haven’t the faintest idea just what this means. To show that Buffaloism really a family trait, it is worth recording that his father was P G P of Merthyr in 1948 and his Brother followed up in the same Office in 1959
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Bro Pritchard Sydney Pritchard R O H, Grand Registrar is another Brother who has devoted all his Buffalo career to one lodge; joining the Sir Rees Thomas Lodge 3463 on initiation 19th December 1945 he obtained his Second Degree on 22nd January 1947, his Knighthood on 12th April 1950 and was placed on the Roll of Honour on 5th May 1955. In 1963 he was elected to his first Provincial Grand Lodge Office as P G Alderman of Benevolence and in the following year, 1964 was elected to lead the Merthyr and District Provincial Grand Lodge as their Provincial Grand Primo. 1966 saw him as the President of the Knight's Chapter and 1967 elected as President of the Roll of Assembly and the Examining Council. Finally in 1978 he was elected as one of the Trustees. Outside the Order Brother Pritchard was a regular soldier with the Welsh Guards from 1930-34 and at the out break of hostilities was recalled to the colours from 1939-46.
In 1976 he retires from the civil services after 40 years with Department of Health and Social Security. It would appear that apart from his many Buff activities, Brother Pritchard is enjoying a well earned retirement as his hobbies and other activities are listed as None.