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Finances after separation

Our guide provides advice on managing finances after divorce or separation, tailored for service personnel and veterans. Learn more here.

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Reward and Recognition

To mark our 100th birthday, we launched the Reward and Recognition scheme to recognise our amazing RBL people and their significant contributions to our work.

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VE Day memories

As the war ended in Europe, we share the VE Day stories of those who lived through it. Read some of the incredible recollections of that day here.

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American soldiers march north, 1950 - Image courtesy of the National Army Museum, London

The Korean War

2020 marks 70 years since the start of the Korean war, a war that has never formally ended and many believe has been forgotten.

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Photos of Winifred's time as a Barrage Balloon Operator

Being a Barrage Balloon Operator

Winifred Blackwell shares her memories of being a Barrage Balloon Operator during the Second World War.

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Joseph's story

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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Supporting mass Covid-19 testing

In 2019, WO2 Sergeant Major Sean Butcher was deployed on UN peacekeeping mission Op Tosca in Cyprus before, having only been home a few months, being sent, along with his unit, to support the NHS’s response to Covid-19.

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Terry's story

Army veteran Terry found his life spiralling out of control due to alcohol addiction. With our help he put himself on a path to recovery.

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Noreen Riols during a BBC broadcast with Colonel Buckmaster, Terry Kilmartin and Margaret Lerick

Memoirs from Churchill's Secret Army

Spies, Polish countesses and the legendary Colonel Buckmaster, Noreen Riols recalls her memories of the Secret Army.

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Alan McQuillin in uniform

Serving in the RAF in the Far East

Alan McQuillin, 97, joined the RAF in 1941 taking part in the Normandy landings before being deployed to support the war effort in the Far East.

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An Indian infantry section of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment about to go on patrol on the Arakan front, Burma

Britain today and the fight for recognition

In the UK there has been a huge increase in funding to help communities understand and celebrate the fight for recognition of Commonwealth soldiers.

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Henry Okello

"Less than 50% of the UK population know about the work RBL does. My biggest aspiration is to continue evolving our brand as a relevant and engaging charity".

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Holly Seabrook

"The process of bringing Poppy Supporter to market at the Royal British Legion was a mammoth challenge. I loved it!"

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Capt Tony Viney standing outside his Army HQ in York

The Army's counter-poaching operations

Since 2017 a new counter-poaching task force has trained more than 120 rangers to protect endangered wildlife in Malawi.

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Film still from the D-Day landings showing commandos aboard a landing craft on their approach to Sword Beach, 6 June 1944.

Ten things you might not know about D-Day

Read about the largest seaborne invasion in history. Here are 10 things you might not know about operation D-Day.

D-Day Facts
Denis Sparrow in Aden

There were bullet holes in the camp cinema screen

Denis Sparrow joined the Royal Marines as a teenager in 1958, serving for nine years in locations including Aden.

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