This photograph is in connection with the meeting of All Hallows Preceptory No. 450 held on the 10th May 2024. At the meeting Kt. Phil Manning (centre) was Installed as Preceptor by E.Kt. Joseph Furneaux-Gotch. The meeting was also an Official one undertaken by V.E.Kt. Silverio Ostrowski, Provincial Sub-Prior, who is also the Preceptory Registrar!

This photograph is in connection with the Installation Meeting of Mount Lebanon Preceptory which met on the 6th January 2024. Kt. Paul Shanley was Installed as Preceptor by E.Kt. Jerry Jones. The meeting was all the more enjoyable as the Provincial Sub-Prior, V.E.Kt. Silverio Ostrowski made an Official Visit. A number of Provincial Officers and members of the Provincial Prior's Bodyguard also attended.

This photo is from the meeting held 27th April 2024. The meeting was Installation and it marked the beginning of E.Kt. Richard Slater's second consecutive year as Preceptor. With candidates on the horizon it promises to be another busy year. As has been the case for many years at Installation E.Kt. Henry Kemp was remembered.

Middleseaxe is the Middlesex Past Preceptors Preceptory and as such regularly performs Malta Ceremonies. This photo is from the meeting held 28th October 2023 at which three Knights took their Malta Degree. That is, Kt's. Graham Small, Syrus Nourbakhsh and Stephen Hiles (L to R in Temple Regalia). The Provincial Prior R.E.Kt. John Roberts (centre, front row) also attended the meeting to make an Official Visit. And he was accompanied by number of Provincial Officers and members of his Bodyguard. Also present was the Provincial Sub-Prior, V.E.Kt. Silverio Ostrowski (on the right of the Provincial Prior) who is a member of Middleseaxe Preceptory.

Despite it closeness to the New Year the Uxbridge Preceptory January Meeting is always well supported. At the meeting held 3rd January 2024 a Malta Ceremony was undertaken at which there were three candidates. The Eminent Preceptor, Lou Apcevski is shown centrally. Other Knights shown in the photograph are all members of Uxbridge Preceptory with the exception of one of the candidates, namely Kt. Adam Makowski of Southgate Preceptory No. 429 (left on the front row).

In July, Knights from around the province and further afield attended the Annual Meeting of the Provincial Priory of Middlesex held at the Harrow District Masonic Centre in Kenton.

They received a warm knightly welcome from the Provincial Prior, R.E.Kt. John Roberts. Before the meeting the knights met up for coffee and biscuits which gave them a chance to catch up with old friends.

The Brother Knights were called to Order by the Provincial Marshal, E.Kt. Tom D’Souza, Dep.Gt.Mar., to receive the R.E. Knights and other Distinguished Guests, who entered the Temple in procession. The Provincial Prior then entered the Temple preceded by the Provincial Sword Bearer and followed by the Provincial Banner Bearer. Provincial Priory was opened in due form and the Provincial Prior was saluted with seven under direction of the Provincial Marshal.

During the meeting the Preceptory Banners were paraded into Provincial Priory by the Preceptory Banner Bearers.

After the regular business of Provincial Priory had been concluded, the Provincial Prior re-appointed V.E.Kt. Silverio Ostrowski as Provincial Sub-Prior, thanking him for all his support over the years. He then appointed and invested his Provincial Officers. On appointing E.Kt. M. Corcoran as Provincial Prelate the Provincial Prior paid tribute to the many years of faithful service as Provincial Prelate by Anthony Miller.

Taken at the Installation Meeting of Gauntlet Preceptory 15th February 2024. E.Kt. Martin Hinchcliffe was Installed as Preceptor by E.Kt. Bert Busby in the presence of both the Provincial Prior, R.E.Kt. John Roberts and the Provincial Sub-Prior, V.E.Kt. Silverio Ostrowski. An enjoyable meeting with many Provincial Officers and members of the Provincial Prior’s Bodyguard in attendance.

Photo taken after the Installation Meeting of Staines Preceptory 5th February 2024. Kt. Kevin Marshall-Johnson was installed as Preceptor by E.Kt. Jim Dyett. The meeting was attended by the Provincial Prior, R.E.Kt. John Roberts as well as the Provincial Sub-Prior, V.E.Kt. Silverio Ostrowski.

An unusual ‘Emergency Meeting’ of Southgate Priory in order to install two brother knights into the Order of St. John (Malta). The ceremony was conducted in Italian and English for the benefit of the candidates. Held at Harrow on the 19th February 2024.

Arch of Steel No. 591 performed a Malta Ceremony on the 29th February, 2024, at the Harrow District Masonic Centre. Arch of Steel is the Provincial Prior’s Bodyguard Preceptory and its members are made up only from Knights who have been appointed (past and present) to the Bodyguard.