The following names record the forty-two Brethren who joined Lodge St Olaf during the decade of the 1940s, comprising forty-one initiates and one affiliate. This period was shaped profoundly by the circumstances of the Second World War and the years of adjustment that followed. Despite these challenges, the Lodge continued to welcome new members, maintaining its traditions and preserving the spirit of fellowship that lay at the heart of its work.

Many of those who entered the Lodge during these years did so against a backdrop of national service, wartime disruption, and the gradual rebuilding of community life in the post-war period. Their presence reflects the resilience of the Lodge and its continuing role within the community during a time of uncertainty and change.

The Brethren listed below therefore represent not only new additions to the roll of Lodge St Olaf, but also a generation whose membership helped sustain the Lodge through one of the most demanding decades of the twentieth century.

Below are the names of the 42 New members from 1940 to 1949.

William Conley
Alexander Willox Burnett
George Edward Henry
William Hay Bruce
Lenneth Shearer
James Souter
John Taylor Warrander
William Smith Macbeth
Edgar William Oman
Edwrd Daniel
Ian Gillander McWilliam Reid
James Harvey StewartAlexander
Jamieson Elrick
Fredrick George Hay
Russell Evans
Harold Bremner
Norman G Shane

🌍 1940s

• 1940 – Battle of Britain takes place

• 1941 – Attack on Pearl Harbor brings US into WWII

• 1942 – First nuclear chain reaction achieved

• 1943 – Turning point at Battle of Stalingrad

• 1944 – D-Day landings in Normandy

• 1945 – WWII ends; atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• 1946 – First general-purpose computer (ENIAC) unveiled

• 1947 – India gains independence from Britain

• 1948 – State of Israel is established

• 1949 – NATO is formed