Royal British Legion Branches in Worcestershire

Branches are listed alphabetically within Groups and those that have clubs are indicated. Some branches have their own web sites or information pages. Please use the links where available to access these. 

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Group formations within the Legion are optional and have no officicial status but many counties, particularly those with with a large number of branches, find they have a vital function.

The Legion is a very large organistation and one of the main problems is the difficulty of communicating with them all. Well run Groups can help to alleviate these problems by providing branches with a localised contact point where problems can be aired

Fifty-eight branches including six sub-Branches make up the Legion presence in Worcestershire and between them they have a total membership of 6,037 which includes the following types of Membership: Youth - 7; Life Members - 36; Men - 5,284; Women - 742. It is disheartening that these figures tend to diminish each year and deep thought is currently going on at County Level to alleviate this situation. The losses over last year amount to 4.6% which represents a loss of 2,887. This information is based on figures issued from HQ in March 2010.

Of the 58 Branches, 9 of these are Founder Members of the Legion and have therefore served the Serving and ex-Service men and women and their dependants for 90 years. They are as follows:

We are a Membership Organisation and as such, the membership has a great deal to say and decide, about the running of this great organisation of ours. Ideas come initially from these branches and with the approval and backing of the County Conference, are sent to Headquarters for inclusion in the Agenda as a Motion for discussion and decision at National Conference. Delegates from the Branches meet annually at a different venue each year when these Motions are debated at length and if passed, the Headquarters team take over and refer each matter to MPs or whoever else may be concerned, requesting their action accordingly. We were once referred to in Parliament as "the sleeping giant" but if this were ever true, we awakened many years ago and despite the continued losses in membership, there is no slacking in the work done at branch level in keeping our serving and ex-Service men and women and their dependant's needs and welfare forcefully in the mind of those able to improve on their status at Government and other levels.

These branches are listed in Group Formations and Branch Officers can be located by clicking on the Branch name. Some may have entered information on their history or other such information on the highlights of the year.

There is a Worcestershire County Holding Branch which was created to take members who were currently serving in HM Forces until their discharge from the Services and eventually settling down in a permanent location when membership of their local branch could then be sought. This branch is administered by the County Secretary. We now have a Single Membership system which means that everyone over the age of 18 are classified as 'Full Members' which only until 2007, was the status for ex-Service men and Women.

Whether you are ex-Service or not, to qualify for membership, you will be expected to support the aims and objectives of The Royal British Legion as laid down in the Royal Charter.

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