Documenting a Brother’s rank correctly is a bit of a minefield, but here are some handy notes that might guide you when referring to Brethren who hold Rank of any sort, but a good start is that “Abbreviations should not contain spaces or full stops”:
Civil Decorations or Honours [i.e., JP, OBE, MBE, CBE, DL, TD, QPM, in Italics]
Academic or membership honorifics should not be used, unless special exemption has been granted for a School / University Lodge. [i.e., BSc, FCA] but academic titles are used as a prefix [i.e., Prof., Dr., Rev.]
Military Ranks are used as a prefix for Commissioned Officers but, if retired, only use the ranks of Major or above (or the equivalent rank in other branches of the Armed Forces)
A comma should be placed after a Brothers name and before the Grand or Provincial rank. A further comma should be placed between any subsequent Office.
Note: If an acting Past Provincial Office subsequently received a promotion and does not act in the rank, the ‘Prov’ is replaced with a ‘P’ for his new rank.
