Most of the post-Second World War West German lodges were related to the British armed forces stationed in Germany.

[2] The largest Buffalo order in history, based purely on the number of dispensations issued, is the Grand Lodge of England (GLE, also known as the Birmingham section).

Membership within the affiliated orders requires that a man must be 18 years of age or over and must be a "True and Loyal Supporter of the British Crown and Constitution".

Charity has always been at the heart of the Buffaloes and as the movement grew so did the benevolent aspirations culminating in the establishment of orphanages and convalescent homes.

Knights Chapters and RoH assemblies exist for members of those degrees and are operated alongside the Provincial Grand Lodges but have no function other than as ceremonial bodies.

The Buffaloes were once a very large worldwide fraternal movement made up of a number of "orders" and over 15,000 lodges having been established around the globe at one point or another.

Each Buffalo Order has a Rule Book, Manual of Instruction and Ceremony Lectures issued by the parent body.

Under legislation in Section 4 (1) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, the Lord Chamberlain's Office has the right to take legal action if permission for the term "royal" is not granted.

As the Buffaloes have been using the prefix "royal" since the 1840s, the Lord Chamberlain's Office permits its continued use on the grounds of long usage.

Some lodges were named simply in honour of famous personages of the day, such as General Redvers Buller or Edith Cavell.

First Verse of Eternal Father Strong to Save followed by fifteen seconds silence and the ode: In so far as the recorded history goes, a club was formed in the Harp Tavern, Drury Lane London, by actors and entertainers in the mid 18th century, and may have included the owners of the theatre itself.

This club was immensely popular, leading to restriction on membership as the room could not accommodate all the prospective citizens of the city.

The Buffalo Society was formed by the artist Joseph Lisle and comedian William Sinnett, along with stagehands and theatre technicians, in August 1822.

One of the "big" centres of the movement in its early days was the St Georges Tavern, home of the Grand Surrey Lodge, a popular haunt of those in the Theatre business.

Well known proprietors of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in the 18th and 19th centuries respectively were David Garrick and later, Brinsley Sheridan.

[2] Charles Vivian, an actor and member of the Buffaloes was a key founding father of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in the United States.

The Buffs supported the war effort through supplying motor ambulances to bring wounded soldiers back from the front lines.

In 1926, Lord Alverstone succeeded in persuading the Order to purchase Grove House, Harrogate, for use as an orphanage to which every active member contributed a ha'penny (half of one old penny).

[25] When the orphanage was no longer a requirement after the state took over responsibility for orphans, the Order began a new charity fund which is still in place today.

[32] From the mid-1950s Lodges spread across South East Asia due greatly to the influx of British servicemen as a result of increasing tensions in the region that culminated in the Malayan Emergency.

Lyttleton Lodge is often referred to in the old RAOB GLNZ Journals as Lyttleton 6461 just as Ye Petitor would often report under the Name and Number Ye Petitor 2674 [45] In Petone Wellington in 1916, Bro Earnest Lacy RoH led the formation of the first Lodge in Wellington, established under the Grand Surrey Banner.

[46][42][47] At the end of the First World War soldiers in the Torquay Demobilization Camp formed the Ye Petitor Lodge No 2674.

From the late 1970s there was a membership decline in Mt Rochfort Lodge greatly owing to changing fortunes on the coast.

The Past Present and Future Lodge No 3038 Grand Surrey Banner was opened in September 1922 in the Queens Hall, Paget Street, Ponsonby in Auckland.

[49] Eventually the Chatham members separated from Grand Council and formed a GEB lodge aboard HMS Dunedin.

The following notable individuals were members of the RAOB in New Zealand: The Harbour Lights Lodge NZ No 72 of Grand Council was opened in 1957 on Waiheke Island.

Eventually, the Buffs raised the funds and built their own lodge hall out of an old army hut from the Stoney Batter Base.

In the later days of the Harbour Lights Lodge, one of the key members was Rod Murray, well known on Waiheke Island for Jaguar Tours.

The foundations for the movement were laid by Chas Burnet RoH and David Glen KOM both members of the Otahuhu Lodge No 36 of Grand Council (opened 1949).

[72] The four orders that make up the movement within New Zealand,[43] cover most parts of the country with Lodges stretching from the Bay of Islands to Southland.