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In 2021 we are marking 100 years since the nation’s collective Remembrance traditions were first bought together.
Download our free Key Stage 1 teaching resources for 4-7 year-olds that encourage children to use creativity to explore ideas around Remembrance
RBL was formed on 15 May 1921, bringing together four organisations of ex-servicemen that had established themselves after the First World War.
Remembrance honours the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. They protect our way of life.
In RBL’s centenary year, we are firmly focused on our future. By building on a century of work we’ll make sure we are a charity fit for the next 100.
Letters brought comfort to many. For some soldiers communication was easy but for soldiers from India it was not straightforward.
By the end of 1945 troops were back home in the UK. But a UK that looked very different from the one they’d left when at the outbreak of war.
The Fourteenth Army not only faced the dangers of the Japanese forces in WW2 but also the danger of tropical disease. Their first line of defence was prevention from wearing long trousers and sterilizing water to the use of insect repellents and insecticides.
As champions of Remembrance, Remembrance Travel invite you to explore and remember the bravery and sacrifice of our Armed Forces.
We encourage everyone to embrace the traditions of Remembrance but also make it their own. Use these resources to create your own act of Remembrance.
Download our free Key Stage 2 teaching resources for 7-11 year-olds that help children develop key skills using written, audio and visual materials.
By 1945 Allied service personnel in SEAC totalled an incredible 1,304,126; 954,985 of this number were from Commonwealth and Empire forces.
There are many reasons, historical, political, cultural and social for why so many veterans of the war in the Far East have felt forgotten.
Remembrance Sunday falls on 14 November in 2021 and is an opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms.
We understand how involved it can be, taking students on a tour. That's why RBL is committed to making your tour prep as straightforward as possible.
Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and a number small Pacific Islands, such as Fiji were involved in the war in the Pacific.
