Branch Committee

VJ Day 80 2025

Bench Unveiling 15th August 2025

About our Branch

Did you know: The Branch & The Club are actually separate organisations & have their own committees. The Branch: carry out the Poppy Appeal fundraising, Military welfare & ceremonial events on behalf of the RBL & are the owners/landlords of the Club. The Club: operates the day to day running as a profitable bar & business & upkeep of the building including various events & fundraising as well.

The Royal British Legion was formed in 1921 to assist with the welfare of serving and ex service personnel of all branches of the services and their dependents. Most of the people requiring assistance were young people in their twenties and thirties who are today’s pensioners and once again require our assistance. They need help with pension rights, help to retain an active life in their own homes and assistance with many other welfare matters.

The RBL is here to help any Veterans & or their families should they need us whether they are a member or not.

Unfortunately, service personnel have sustained life changing injuries in recent conflicts and some have paid the ultimate sacrifice & together we can help them & their families.

Another misunderstanding is that the Royal British Legion only supports the elderly veterans, however this is not the case, we support all veterans & RBL members should they need us.

Armed Forces Day with the REME 2023

Ramsbury Airfield D-Day 80 – 2024

We need your help to make sure we are there for all the Veterans young or elderly so that they feel they are not alone and forgotten.

As a charity and one of the UK’s largest membership organisations and recognised as custodians of Remembrance we rely on public and commercial support to raise the many millions we require to deliver our services. One way we do this is with the annual Poppy Appeal.

So what does the branch do?

We provide welfare services, campaign on a range of issues affecting Service people, are custodians of Remembrance, raise funds through the annual Poppy Appeal and we are a membership organisation.