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The event was marked last week People in Malmesbury marked two poignant occasions this week. The Royal British Legion’s centenary was celebrated on May 15. The organisation resulted from combining four ex-Servicemen’s welfare bodies after the First World War under the leadership of Field Marshal Earl Haig and Sir Frederick Lister. The first Poppy Appeal was held in 1921 and the money used to support those who have served in the Armed Forces and their families. In Malmesbury the Ivy Branch of the National Federation of Discharged & Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers was formed in May 1...

It's 100 years since the Royal British Legion was founded on May 15, 2021. Here we look back at a century of service.

A march past of Royal British Legion standards at the Suffolk Show in 2004 - Credit: Archant It's 100 years since the Royal British Legion was founded on May 15, 2021 - and Suffolk has been involved right from the start. Although celebrations have inevitably been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Suffolk RBL is planning a special centenary service on September 19 at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Suffolk county chairman Ken Rowbottom said: "We have been doing huge amounts of planning and are hoping to go ahead in September." On the centenary day itself,  Saturday, May 15, the RBL is marking its...

Updated Sgt Jolly on parade at the Hildreds Shopping Centre in Skegness. On Saturday, May 15, the RBL will be marking its centenary with a special event at the Cenotaph in London. From 9am, the public can watch a Facebook livestream re-creating the moment from 100 years ago when veterans from four organisations, brought together by Earl Haig and Sir Frederick Lister, laid wreaths as a symbol of unity and formed the British Legion. Representatives from the Navy, Army, RAF and Merchant Navy along with a military widow will lay wreaths to mark the centenary. Steve Andrews with Sgt Jolly which i...