A POIGNANT and socially-distanced wreath-laying ceremony took place at Newton Abbot’s war memorial on Saturday.
The town’s Royal British Legion club chairman Richard Underhill MBE laid a wreath to mark the 100th anniversary of the forming of the RBL at 9am, the exact moment the charity was formed a century ago.
When it was formed on May 15, 1921, the prime aim of the Legion was straightforward; to care for those who had suffered as a result of service in the Armed Forces during the Great War, whether through their own service or through that of a husband, father, or son
While having royal patronage from its founding in 1921, the Legion received the ‘Royal’ appellation on its golden anniversary in May 1971. Membership was extended to serving members of Her Majesty’s Forces, as well as ex-Service personnel, in 1981. Now, anyone ca
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