L.O.L 848 Sussex Crown Defenders

25/08/2026

04/08/2026

Congratulations to Sister Rachael Hawkes of Omagh WLOL 44 on her fantastic achievement in securing a Bronze Medal for Northern Ireland in the Women’s 70kg Judo category at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. 🥉

Rachael’s success is a tremendous achievement and a wonderful recognition of her dedication, hard work and sporting talent.

It was also fantastic to see Rachael recognised earlier this year as the winner of the Sporting Achievement Award at the 2026 Orange Community Awards.

Many congratulations, Rachael — a fantastic achievement and one to be very proud of! 👏🇬🇧

03/08/2026

Join your local Orange Lodge 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

19/07/2026

Was a pleasure If not a very warm one to be involved in this fantastic spectacle of the rural Orange fraternity well done to all on such a well organised and delivered service

15/07/2026

Now the dust has settled on another glorious 12th and probably our most glorious one to date as a lodge - we would just like to thank everyone in Castlederg rural Ulster especially Bridgetown LOL379 & the Castlederg Young Loyalist’s and Trevor Donnell & the Derg Arms for their fellowship, friendship, generosity and kindness along with the hospitality of 379 WM John Galbraith and his wife and friends throughout the day slaving over a BBQ and keeping us hydrated …..and enduring us all!….the welcome and hospitality we got will stick forever in our minds and is testimony to why we should all think about venturing away from the traditional pilgrimage to Belfast and saviour a more local rural 12th.GOLI Events

09/07/2026

Our Thoughts and prayers with brother Nick & his family today as they say their final goodbyes to a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend xx

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die”

04/07/2026

Check out this A4 designed by Ian McFarland.

01/07/2026

🌹𝟏𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞🌹

110 Years ago at dawn on 1st July 1916 thousands of brave men advanced over the top and into unimaginable danger facing conditions and hardships few could ever comprehend- an estimated 200,000 Orangemen served in the First World War -hundreds slain on this somber day

"I am not an Ulsterman, but yesterday, the 1st July, as I followed their amazing attack I felt I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world."
🌹 We will remember them 🌹
🇬🇧1916-2026 🇬🇧

01/07/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐝 - 30th June 1916

Shortly before the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day, we conducted research and estimated that approximately 16,000 Men of Sussex fell in the First World War. That is 5.3% of the county’s male population at the time.

The vastest number of casualties from Sussex on a single day was 110 years ago today, on Friday 30th June 1916, a date which would later be notoriously known as “The Day Sussex Died”.

On June 30th, 1916, 366 men - mainly from Sussex - of the 11th, 12th and 13th Southdowns Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, ‘Lowther’s Lambs’, were killed and over 1000 wounded or taken prisoner in the Battle of the Boar's Head. This black day was later known as "The Day Sussex Died", due to the high amount of soldiers from Sussex who sacrificed their lives for King, Country and County.

"Stand or Fall for Sussex by the Sea"

Lest We Forget 💙

30/06/2026