William Luson Thomas
The Illustrated London News published the above engraving in their April 1863 number. Entitled the “Officers of the Victoria Rifles” it shows a number of the early Brethren of the Lodge (from left to right):
[Lieutenant Alfred Daniel Keeson]
Ensign the Earl of Breadalbane (Sir John Alexander Gavin Campbell)
[Ensign Thrupp]
[Captain William Dickinson]
[Lt Colonel the 2nd Duke of Wellington KG]
[Sergeant Pixley]
Captain & Adjutant Abraham Trew
[Ensign Hector Maclean Hay]
[Sergeant Henry Francis Dickins – although not a member of the Lodge, Henry Dickins was the father of Col Vernon Dickins, Maj Wyndham Harold Dickins and Major Henry Percy Tavener Dickins who were all members.]
Note: those noted in square brackets are not members of the Lodge.