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Tom Shrewsbury

Get involved in Tribute Ink

Find out how you can get involved in Tribute Ink, by visiting the exhibition or by sharing your own personal stories.

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Remembrance Travel

Remembrance Travel

As champions of Remembrance, we invite you to explore and remember the bravery and sacrifice of our Armed Forces on a Remembrance Travel journey.

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Teaching Remembrance KS2

Teaching Remembrance

We support the teaching of Remembrance across the UK and have designed a range of free teaching resources for Key Stages 1- 4.

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Michael Bell chest tattoos

Tribute Ink

Tribute Ink is back on tour, starting at the York Army Museum. Discover how tattoos have become central to Remembrance and commemoration in our Armed Forces community, and explore the stories behind them, and explore the stories behind them.

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VE Day group

VE Day

In 2020, the Royal British Legion called on the nation to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day from home.

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Bill Taylor saluting behind a window

How to take part in Remembrance this year

Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day will be a little different this year, but there are still lots of ways you can get involved while following social distancing guidelines.

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VJ DAY 75

VJ Day 75

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.

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French civilian greets British troops after D-Day

D-Day

The largest amphibious operation in history, D-Day marked the beginning of the liberation of France and Western Europe in the Second World War.

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Remembrance Glade

Remembrance Glade

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.

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Recruits of the Indian Auxiliary Territorial Service, part of the Women's Auxiliary Corps of the British Indian Army

Commonwealth Day

To mark Commonwealth Day and International Women’s Day, we're celebrating how their roles have changed over the last 100 years.

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RFA Mounts Bay

Global relief

Service means defending not only our own nation – but helping others to defend theirs when natural disaster strikes.

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VE Day Singalong 

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.

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VE Day group

VE Day 75 Livestream

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. 

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Melissa Hemsley's VE Day fritters

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.

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Bill Fox during filming

Serving in the Korean War

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.

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Victory over Japan exhibition, Oxford St. London

Victory over Japan Day

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.

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