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"I would urge other veterans to get in touch with charities like the Legion sooner rather than later if they need support too."

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Former Royal Marine
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"No matter how long someone served or how long ago they left Service, there is a support network there for them and their families."

Tom Foy
Corporal in the RAF Regiment and local branch Standard Bearer
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Poppy Appeal volunteer Sian Cameron

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Meet our Poppy Appeal volunteers

Thousands of volunteers help raise vital funds during the annual Poppy Appeal by descending on high streets, train stations and supermarkets across the country.

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Jim Radford

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Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches

Jim Radford was a 15 year-old Galley Boy aboard the Rescue Tug Empire Larch while it was towing blockships on D-Day, the first steps in the construction of the British Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches.

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They dropped like flies

Indian Major Dinesh Chandra Misra recalled leading his own attack to stabilise the front at Imphal, the Japanese counter-attacks and how they were repulsed.

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A French 'James Bond'

Robert Maloubier was a French agent working for the British SOE. A highly trained saboteur and weapons instructor, he led a number of significant sabotage operations and survived a remarkable number of close calls both in Europe and the Far East.

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Royal British Legion paper poppies

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Contact Clio Mackay

Please use this form to contact our Senior PR Officer, Clio Mackay, based at the Royal British Legion's head office in London.

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Porters of an Indian Mule Company transporting supplies to troops in the mountains.

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It has completely ruined me

Nila Kanten arrived in Cassino at the time of his twenty-third birthday, in time to witness the bombing of the monastery in the second battle of Monte Cassino

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The WRAF contingent parade at Gatow.

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Women of RAF Gatow

Phyllis ‘Pip’ Parsons, a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force officer, remembers women's roles at RAF Gatow throughout the Berlin Blockade.

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Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal

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Our history

The Legion was formed on 15 May 1921, bringing together four organisations of ex-servicemen that had established themselves after the First World War.

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Creating an imaginary army

MI5 agent Hugh Astor describes the fictional armies deployed in preparation for D-Day - inflatable tanks, empty military camps, and orders for non-existent troops; all part of the huge, complex deception needed to succeed.

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Night patrol in no-man's land

Sean Crampton crossed the Garigliano River to find progress blocked by a minefield and enemy machine gun fire during the first battle of Monte Cassino.

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Indian and Gurkha soldiers inspect captured Japanese ordnance during the Imphal-Kohima battle, 1944

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The nature of fighting

Buddhibal Gurung, a soldier in 3/8th Battalion Gurkha Rifles recalled attacking Japanese strong-points and the ferocity of the fighting.

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Royal British Legion paper poppies

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Contact Michael O'Connor

Please use this form to contact our National PR Manager, Michael O'Connor, based at the Royal British Legion's head office in London.

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A queue of Avro Yorks of Royal Air Force Transport Command at an airfield in West Germany, awaiting their turn to taxi to the end of the runway and take off on their journey to Berlin.

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The airlift's early days

RAF Pilot Dick Arscott, who flew into Gatow throughout the Berlin Blockade, describes the routine for the thousands of aircrews eventually employed.

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John Green with his grandson Edward

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Grandfather and Grandson march together to commemorate last 100 days of WW1

John Green joined Legion members to visit the battlefields of the Somme and Ypres before marching to the Menin Gate with his Grandson, Edward.

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The National Memorial Arboretum

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Our family of charities

Poppyscotland and The National Memorial Arboretum are part of The Royal British Legion family of charities.

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Participants in a Poppy Run

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Poppy Runs - Powering veterans' recovery

Poppy Runs take place across the country with thousands of people running, jogging and walking to fundraise and help power veterans’ recovery.

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