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Royal British Legion’s Together at Christmas

RBL launch new community initiative with Christmas puddings mixed by four generations of the Royal Family

The Royal British Legion has launched a new initiative to help provide extra support to the Armed Forces community at annual festive get togethers.

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Falklands: It’s only in the last few years I’ve realised what we achieved

Aged 17 when the Falklands War broke out, John Sheppard recalls his time as a young chef on board MSV Stena Seaspread during the conflict.

Falklands: John's story
Reparation Island casts

Bravo 22 Company

Bravo 22 Company is RBL's award-winning recovery through the arts programme open to serving and ex-serving personnel, reservists, WIS, and their families across the UK.

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Remembrance and Service KS4 (Welsh)

An assembly for GCSE aged school children helping them understand and mark Remembrance through the theme of Service. Service video and detailed case studies included.

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Falklands veteran Trevor Bradshaw

Falklands: It’s important that those who gave their lives are remembered

Trevor Bradshaw was only 21 when The Falklands War began. Now a counsellor, he looks back on his experiences from 1982.

Falklands: Trevor's story
Tom Shrewsbury

Get involved in Tribute Ink

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

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Remembrance and Service KS4

An assembly for GCSE aged school children helping them understand and mark Remembrance through the theme of Service. Service video and detailed case studies included.

7MB PPTX file

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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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Bill Harrison recalls flying with Beaufighters during the Second World War.

Firepower like flying through a hailstorm

Bill Harrison flew Beaufighters during the Second World War. He talks about crash landing, taking fire, and the comrades he lost.

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Noel Chavasse

The only VC and Bar of the First World War

Captain Noel Chavasse is one of only three people to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice – and the only VC and Bar of the First World War.

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Kate Green during her time serving with the Royal Military Police

Life before the lifting of the LGBT military ban

20 years since the lifting of the LGBT military ban, veteran Kate Green talks about her experience serving in the Army before the ban was lifted.

Kate's story
Veteran Len Burritt

I was the original desert rat

After joining the Army at 18, Len Burritt served on the frontline in more than 100 battles in 15 countries, including the Battle of El Alamein in 1942.

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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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British Army M110 self-propelled gun in action © IWM (GLF 1280)

Response to the Armed Forces Bill

Royal British Legion urges the UK Government to improve the Armed Forces Bill to enable the Covenant to truly deliver on behalf of those who have served our country.

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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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Emmanuel in his navy Invictus Games Team UK kit. He is sat on a volleyball court holding a volleyball up in the air in one of his hands. He is smiling.

 Invictus Games: Emmanuel’s story  

Army veteran Emmanuel on how the Invictus Games is helping him adjust to life outside the Armed Forces after medical discharge.

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