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The Legion offering expert advice to the Armed Forces community at a Pop In Centre

Guidance and Advice

We offer robust support services in a number of areas but sometimes what's needed is a bit of advice or recommendation to a more specialised service.

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Partner Promotions

We partner with leading names in retail, wholesale, sport, finance and more to help support the Armed Forces community.

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At the Royal British Legion, we are committed to being open and transparent about how donations are processed. Learn about how small processing fees are applied to unattended contactless and QR code donations here.

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Poppy Wreath at Lydiard Park Fields of Remembrance

Field of Remembrance

The Tributes planted in our Fields of Remembrance each carry a personal message to someone who lost their life in Service for our country.

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Olga Hopkins VE Day Story

lga Hopkins, who served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War, reflects with pride on her service and recalls how she celebrated the announcement of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, 80 years ago.

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RAF veteran cycles across America

Since becoming paralysed RAF veteran Anna has taken on many challenges. This year she conquered the Race Across America cycling challenge.

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Captain John Monro - Escape from Hong Kong

The incredible story of how Major John Monro escapes a Japanese POW camp during the Second World War and received the Military Cross.

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Lee Buss-Blaire, 17/21 Lancers

Lee jumped at the chance to serve in Bosnia. “They were short of Control Signallers so that's why they wrote to me seeking volunteers.”

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Victory over Japan - A guard of honour mounted by heavily decorated Indian troops

VJ Day 80

In 2025, RBL will commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day at the National Memorial Arboretum to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day and the end of the Second World War.

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Veterans ID card

Check our guide and learn what a Veterans ID card is, eligibility, the application process and benefits of obtaining one. Find all the information you need to know here.

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Civilians and service personnel in London celebrate the news of Allied Victory over Japan in August 1945

How WW2 drove social change

People, families, communities, and nations all went through massive social changes as a result of WW2.

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The return of 7th Battalion, The King's African Rifles, to Nairobi from Burma, 1946

Building new lives in Africa

As African men from the Fourteenth Army returned home in 1945, they found the war had brought subtle and profound change to the continent.

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The first and last soldiers to be killed in WWI

The gravestones of the first and last British soldiers to be killed in WWI sit opposite each other in the St Symphorien military cemetery in Belgium.

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A resident at a Royal British Legion care home

Mais House

In the coastal town of Bexhill-on-sea in East Sussex, Mais House is set within landscape gardens, providing a picturesque haven for residents and visitors.

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Gulf war veterans support

Discover what are the health concerns specific to Gulf War veterans, including long-term medical conditions, access to compensation and available support.

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