About the Hallamshire Branch

The Hallamshire Branch meets at:

The Florentine, Tapton Park Road, Sheffield S10 3FG

This pub / hotel is at the junction of Fulwood Road and Tapton Park Road, with vehicular access from the latter into a large car park.

Bus stops are nearby on Fulwood Road.

We meet for 10 months of the year - not in January and December.

Our last event for 2023 is lunch at The Florentine on Saturday 25th November at 12:30 pm.

Meetings are at 7:30 pm on the last Thursday of the month except for May and November when we meet for lunch instead - on Saturday 18th May 2024 and Saturday 23rd November 2024 - both at 12:30 pm.

For clarity, our Thursday meetings in 2024 will be on:

29th February

28th March

25th April

27th June

25th July

29th August

26th September

31st October

If you are thinking about joining The Royal British Legion and getting involved with fund-raising, Remembrance and enjoying the camaraderie of being part of a local Branch, then do please contact Robert Hunter, the Branch Chairman on 07762 944325 or e-mail him at:

Hallamshire.Chairman@RBL.Community

We are a small Branch consisting of around 30 members who collectively have seen a wide range of active service both at home and throughout the world.  This includes:

• HMS Oracle (HM Submarines 3rd Submarine Squadron); Royal Navy
• HMS Southampton, HMS Liverpool, HMS Manchester (Operations Branch Type 42 Destroyers); Royal Navy, Gulf War
• Royal Artillery (Tunisia, Sicily, Italy) 1942 - 1946
• Auxiliary Territorial Service; 1943 - 1945
• No.1 Armoured Car Squadron; RAF Regiment, Luneburg (Germany) 1949 - 1953
• Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service; WW2
• Northumberland Fusiliers (Warminster, Gibraltar, Korea)
• Royal Corps of Signals; UK & Cyprus, 1955 - 1959
• Territorial Army; Royal Engineers
• National Service; Royal Air Force, 1956 - 1958
• Royal Air Force; Hong Kong and China, 1953 - 1958
• Royal Air Force

One of our previous Presidents (now sadly deceased) had also served as a Royal Marines Commando, fighting in the Normandy Landings at Sword Beach, on June 6th 1944 before he later served in India.

Our Branch also includes members who have not served in the Armed Forces but nevertheless are proud to help and support The Royal British Legion to continue achieving its objectives of remembrance, fundraising and welfare.

For Poppy Appeal enquiries and information, please e-mail Mrs Gina Booker (Branch Poppy Appeal Organiser) at leeginajohn@aol.com

We look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you!

About The Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading Armed Forces charity and one of its largest membership organisations. Members get together through the network of branches and clubs all over the country and overseas to participate in social, fundraising and welfare activities.

Membership is open to everyone. If you have an interest in the objectives of the Legion and want to help and support for those who have served and their families, come and join us. We welcome men and women of all ages, whether they have served in the Armed Forces or not.

Legion membership ensures that

• Remembrance is kept alive and that the sacrifices our brave Service men and women have made are never forgotten.
• The ex-Service community have a voice and that their concerns are brought to the public eye.

Becoming a member also provides the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of activities and events held locally, regionally and nationally throughout the year.

We provide financial, social and emotional care and support to all members of the British Armed Forces - past and present and their families. The Legion is also the national Custodian of Remembrance and safeguards the Military Covenant between the nation and its Armed Forces and is best known for the annual Poppy Appeal and its emblem the red poppy.

Founded in 1921, the Legion is not just about those who fought in the two World Wars of the last century, but also about those involved in the many conflicts since 1945 and those still fighting for the freedom we enjoy today.

Visit www.britishlegion.org.uk for details of our national initiatives.