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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."
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Thousands of volunteers help raise vital funds during the annual Poppy Appeal by descending on high streets, train stations and supermarkets across the country.
Jim Radford, a 15 year-old Galley Boy aboard the Rescue Tug Empire Larch, recalls the construction of the British Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches during D-Day.
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.
Highly trained saboteur and weapons instructor, Robert Maloubier, worked for the British SOE, leading significant operations and surviving many close calls.
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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.
Phyllis ‘Pip’ Parsons, a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force officer, remembers women's roles at RAF Gatow throughout the Berlin Blockade.
The Legion was formed on 15 May 1921, bringing together four organisations of ex-servicemen that had established themselves after the First World War.
On D-Day, Australian George Oliver was preparing to drop paratroopers into Normandy and vividly recalled the apprehension he felt before taking off.
MI5 agent Hugh Astor describes the fictional armies deployed in preparation for D-Day, as part of the complex deception needed to succeed.
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.
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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RAF Pilot Dick Arscott, who flew into Gatow throughout the Berlin Blockade, describes the routine for the thousands of aircrews eventually employed.
John Green joined Legion members to visit the battlefields of the Somme and Ypres before marching to the Menin Gate with his Grandson, Edward.
Poppyscotland and The National Memorial Arboretum are part of The Royal British Legion family of charities.
