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Find out how you can get involved in Tribute Ink, by visiting the exhibition or by sharing your own personal stories.
As champions of Remembrance, we invite you to explore and remember the bravery and sacrifice of our Armed Forces on a Remembrance Travel journey.
In partnership with the National Literacy Trust we have created a range of relevant and engaging resources for Key Stages 1-4, including book clubs, bitesize activities and creative writing projects.
Discover how tattoos have become central to Remembrance and commemoration in our Armed Forces community, and explore the stories behind them.
The Legion will sadly not continue with plans to facilitate attendance for members of the Second World War generation at national events in London to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
After VE Day thousands were still fighting in the Far East. Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marks the day Japan surrendered on the 15 August 1945, effectively ending the Second World War.
The Royal British Legion has taken the difficult decision not to continue with planned events in Bayeux to commemorate the 76th anniversary of D-Day.
The Remembrance Glade offers a tranquil space for people to contemplate what Remembrance means to them and to remember those that have served and sacrificed.
Service means defending not only our own nation – but helping others to defend theirs when natural disaster strikes.
At 9pm on Friday 8 May, the Legion took part in a UK-wide rendition of Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
Grab a cup of tea and join us for a livestream as we bring the World War Two generation together with today’s generation to share experiences.
Feel-good cook Melissa Hemsley is helping us celebrate VE Day with her root veg fritters recipe, inspired by the waste-not rationing mentality of World War Two.
When war broke out in Korea in 1950 Bill Fox jumped at the chance for adventure and volunteered to serve. But he had no idea what was in store for him on the other side of the world.
As Europe celebrated the surrender of German forces on VE Day, thousands of British, Commonwealth and Allied Armed Forces personnel were still involved in bitter fighting in the Far East.
Rajindar Singh Dhatt was living in pre-partition India when the Second World War broke out. He joined the army and fought at Kohima and Imphal in North East India.
Joseph Hammond was at school in Ghana when the Second World war broke out. In 1943 he joined the army and was drafted to serve in the 82nd West African Division alongside Gurkha and British forces as part of the Fourteenth Army.
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