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REMEMBRANCE HEROES PAST AND PRESENT IMPORTANT NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT WELCOME The Official 2020 Poppy Coin

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

October and November are always the busiest months of the year for the Legion’s members and supporters, and in many ways that is very much the same in 2020. Preparations are underway to mark Remembrance Sunday on Whitehall in London and around the UK, a glittering Festival of Remembrance is in the final stages of planning, and hundreds of thousands of poppies are SPECIAL OFFER waiting to be distributed to all those who wish to show their support for the Legion and their commitment to helping our Armed Forces community. Speciﬁ cations: Country: Jersey for Of course, in many other ways, things are very much Year of Issue:2020, Metal: Cupro-Nickel Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated, Diameter: 38.60mm £5 £5 not the same as usual. The Poppy Appeal, one of the country’s Weight:28.28g, Denomination: £5 POSTFREE Obverse: Ian Rank-Broadley, Reverse: 2020 Poppy Design oldest and most popular charity collections, will look drastically different this year, with greatly reduced numbers of volunteers 36 able to take to our streets and raise money. The Festival of with a donation to The Royal British Legion Remembrance will be pre-recorded, without a live audience, ct today- and you could own the new 2020 Poppy £5 coin for just in order to conform to COVID-19 regulations. And instead of £5 – POSTFREE. As a tribute to those who have made the ultimate Simply call 0333 0032 777 or log on to 10,000 veterans and currently serving personnel taking part in sacriﬁ ce, a brand new £5 Coin has been issued for 2020 in support the March Past the Cenotaph on Sunday 8 November, with an ofA The Royal British Legion. www.westminsterorders.com/B64123K0 audience of thousands more on London’s streets, Whitehall will

to The Royal British Legion Mr/Mrs/Miss: First name: UNA CLEMINSON BEM TD Surname: Proud Supporters National Chairman of The Royal Address: British Legion For queries relating to The Royal British Legion, call 0808 802 8080 Postcode: Ofﬁ cial coins and medals have raised over £1,000,000 towards the work of The Royal British Legion (8am-8pm, seven days a week, free from UK landlines and main mobile networks) 50p from the sale of this product will be paid to The Royal British Legion Trading Limited, which gives its taxable We think you’d be interested in some of the latest offers by post from our retail partners: companies operating in the clothing, proﬁ ts to The Royal British Legion (charity no. 219279) or Poppyscotland (Scottish charity SC014096). collectables, food & wine, gardening, gadgets & entertainment, health & beauty, household goods and home interiors categories. Your donation will be given to either charity depending on where the item was purchased. If you would prefer not to receive these, please tick this box [ ] For further information about The Royal British Legion please visit www.britishlegion.org.uk To learn more about our partners please see our privacy policy at www.westminstercollection.com/privacy COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM/ALEX CHAMBERLIN/ALISTAIR FENN 3 IMPORTANT NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT WELCOME The Official 2020 Poppy Coin

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Face Value Offer £5 for £5 POSTFREE Calls may be recorded. © 2020 The Westminster Collection - a trading division of 288 Group Limited : be marked by a solemn hush and a small number attending our Registered No. 2000413 : Russell House, Oxford Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8EX National Service of Remembrance. Yours for just £5, this year’s design features a stylised single poppy and oak Yet, among the many challenges we have faced in 2020, and leaf which has been vividly coloured in red ink at the centre of the coin. The design is inspired by The Royal British Legion Remembrance Poppies and the FREEPOST ORDER FORM those yet to come, our purpose as members of the Legion remains. text ‘we will remember them’ has been engraved around the outer rim along It is vital that we honour the Service and sacrifice of the Second World Post to: The Westminster Collection : Freepost RSCR-JHCL-HBGT : PO Box 4848 : POOLE : BH12 9GB with the £5 denomination. War generation, show our gratitude to those members of the Armed ✓ YES Please send me the 2020 Poppy £5 Coin(s) ordered below. Forces community who were this year pressed into service for the A donation from every coin sold will go directly to the Legion’s work and provide fi nancial, social and life-long support to the Armed Forces community. fight against COVID-19, and support the Poppy Appeal so that we 2020 Poppy £5 Coin(s) for £5 each Order Ref: can continue to help. You can read more about how Remembrancetide (max 3) Postage and packing FREE Supporting The Royal British Legion Total B64/123K/0 and the Poppy Appeal will be different this year on page 30, and see 20 portraits of those on the new front line on page 20. Remember, you only pay £5, with a donation going directly towards the I enclose my cheque/P.O. payable to The Westminster Collection In October and November, no matter the circumstances, we Legion’s work. To order your coin today from The Westminster Collection, Please charge my Mastercard/Visa on despatch. My card no. is EXPIRES simply log on securely to www.westminsterorders.com/B64123K0, call now remember. And in the words of the new campaign that you will Top: The Legion’s new brand on 0333 0032 777, or complete the Order Form attached. MMYY have seen on your television over the past few weeks, Every campaign reminds us that Your credit card will not be charged until your coin is despatched Every Poppy Counts Poppy Counts. I’ll be wearing mine with pride. • Yours for just £5 POSTFREE Above: Kerina Derrick, a Senior Telephone No: ( ) Care Assistant at Dunkirk (Please help us to keep you up-to-date with selected special offers) Memorial House, has nursed • A one year only design, produced in residents through the pandemic Email address: partnership with The Royal British Legion (Please help us to keep you up-to-date with selected special offers) • A donation from each coin sold goes directly Signed: (All orders must be signed and are subject to acceptance and status) to The Royal British Legion Mr/Mrs/Miss: First name: UNA CLEMINSON BEM TD Surname: Proud Supporters National Chairman of The Royal Address: British Legion For queries relating to The Royal British Legion, call 0808 802 8080 Postcode: Offi cial coins and medals have raised over £1,000,000 towards the work of The Royal British Legion (8am-8pm, seven days a week, free from UK landlines and main mobile networks) 50p from the sale of this product will be paid to The Royal British Legion Trading Limited, which gives its taxable We think you’d be interested in some of the latest offers by post from our retail partners: companies operating in the clothing, profi ts to The Royal British Legion (charity no. 219279) or Poppyscotland (Scottish charity SC014096). collectables, food & wine, gardening, gadgets & entertainment, health & beauty, household goods and home interiors categories. Your donation will be given to either charity depending on where the item was purchased. If you would prefer not to receive these, please tick this box [ ] For further information about The Royal British Legion please visit www.britishlegion.org.uk To learn more about our partners please see our privacy policy at www.westminstercollection.com/privacy COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM/ALEX CHAMBERLIN/ALISTAIR FENN 3 BE THERE FOR THE ARMED NOVEMBER 2020 FORCES COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY NEED YOU MOST. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, many who never CONTENTS imagined they would need support have come forward to us to seek help. They include people who may be isolated from their families, feeling lonely, facing homelessness, struggling to feed REGULARS their children, and men and women in financial crisis. 3 Welcome from National Chairman Una Cleminson There is now a new way you can donate to the Legion and 6 News improve even more lives. Our Poppy Supporters are an exceptional group of people who give a monthly gift to the 60 Reunions Legion, ensuring financial, practical, and emotional assistance 63 Lost Trails for our Armed Forces community all year round. 65 Letters Will you consider becoming a Poppy Supporter today by BADGE OF HONOUR giving £10 a month or more? 54 Captain Sir Tom Moore, As a thank you for supporting us in this way, you’ll receive a 9th Battalion, Duke of whole host of benefits, including an exclusive pin each year. Wellington’s Regiment 30 On his Service in India and Burma PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT THOMAS, ALAMY. THOMAS, ALAMY. MATT PHOTOGRAPHY: HOONG YAU TANG ILLUSTRATION: 44 during the Second World War Visit: www.rbl.org.uk/poppysupporter IN THIS ISSUE Or call 0345 845 1945 17 My Legion Tanya Hayman, long-standing ! member of East Grinstead Branch 20 The new front line 1. I would like to make a monthly gift of... 3. Instruction to your Bank or Building Society to pay by Direct Debit How the Armed Forces, Legion staff £10 £12 £15 Please fill in the whole form and volunteers have been supporting Or my own monthly gift of £ ______* and return it to: Halifax Rd, the battle against coronavirus and Bowerhill, Valldata House, Originator’s Identification Number offering help where it’s needed THE ROAL BRITISH * If you choose to give less than £10, we will be very grateful to you for becoming Melksham, SN12 6YY 2 8 5 6 8 4 a regular giver, but you won’t be able to become a Poppy Supporter.

Name and full address of your Bank/Building Society: 30 A year to remember LEGION 2020 Direct Debits will be taken on the 1st or 15th To: The Manager Bank/Building Society A different approach to of each month (please tick) Address Remembrancetide and the Poppy (Please allow one month before you wish to start your donations.) We aim to set up your Direct Debit within one month, but if we miss your chosen start date, please rest assured Postcode Appeal in a year unlike any other that we will debit your Direct Debit the following month on the date you have requested. Name(s) of Account Holder(s) Your Direct Debit will be covered by the DD guarantee. 42 Poppies to be proud of HEROES PAST AND PRESENT 2. Your details Poppy-themed shopping to show your Bank / Building Society Account Number Branch Sort Code support for the Legion Name:

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ROYAL BRITISH LEGION LEGION • MEMBERS MAG • ISSUE 045 • NOVEMBER 2020 COVER 190X255 68 3MM Address: 44 The hidden crisis ON THE COVER Reference Number (for office use only) COVID-19 has been devastating for This portrait of Captain Sir mental health among the Legion’s Postcode: Tom Moore, by portrait artist beneficiaries. How has the The Royal British Legion Group takes your privacy very seriously and we want to Instruction to your Bank or Building Society Please pay The Royal British Legion Direct and veteran Alex Chamberlin, assure you that your personal information is safe with us and we will never sell your Debits from the account detailed in this Instruction subject to the safeguards assured by organisation responded? the Direct Debit Guarantee. I understand that this Instruction may remain with The Royal hangs at the National Army details. The Royal British Legion is only able to continue making a huge difference to British Legion and, if so, details will be passed electronically to my Bank/Building Society. the lives of the Armed Forces community with your help. We’d like to stay in touch 51 The Centenary Awards Museum, which commissioned with you in the ways that suit you best – to update you about what we’re doing and Signatures Our new awards scheme is set to it in collaboration with the how you can continue to help change lives. For our Privacy Promise, please visit www.rbl.org.uk/privacy or to get a copy call us on 0345 845 1945. reward and recognise the amazing British Army. Museum visitors XAZMEMLM1 work done by our members. Find out 20 can book a time slot online Date Banks and Building Societies may not accept Direct Debit Instructions for some types of account. how you can get involved for free at www.nam.ac.uk. Registered Charity Number: 219279 5

J5659_RBL_Poppy_Supporter_Ad.indd 1 09/10/2020 17:24 BE THERE FOR THE ARMED NOVEMBER 2020 FORCES COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY NEED YOU MOST. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, many who never CONTENTS imagined they would need support have come forward to us to seek help. They include people who may be isolated from their families, feeling lonely, facing homelessness, struggling to feed REGULARS their children, and men and women in financial crisis. 3 Welcome from National Chairman Una Cleminson There is now a new way you can donate to the Legion and 6 News improve even more lives. Our Poppy Supporters are an exceptional group of people who give a monthly gift to the 60 Reunions Legion, ensuring financial, practical, and emotional assistance 63 Lost Trails for our Armed Forces community all year round. 65 Letters Will you consider becoming a Poppy Supporter today by BADGE OF HONOUR giving £10 a month or more? 54 Captain Sir Tom Moore, As a thank you for supporting us in this way, you’ll receive a 9th Battalion, Duke of whole host of benefits, including an exclusive pin each year. Wellington’s Regiment 30 On his Service in India and Burma PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT THOMAS, ALAMY. THOMAS, ALAMY. MATT PHOTOGRAPHY: HOONG YAU TANG ILLUSTRATION: 44 during the Second World War Visit: www.rbl.org.uk/poppysupporter IN THIS ISSUE Or call 0345 845 1945 17 My Legion Tanya Hayman, long-standing ! member of East Grinstead Branch 20 The new front line 1. I would like to make a monthly gift of... 3. Instruction to your Bank or Building Society to pay by Direct Debit How the Armed Forces, Legion staff £10 £12 £15 Please fill in the whole form and volunteers have been supporting Or my own monthly gift of £ ______* and return it to: Halifax Rd, the battle against coronavirus and Bowerhill, Valldata House, Originator’s Identification Number offering help where it’s needed THE ROAL BRITISH * If you choose to give less than £10, we will be very grateful to you for becoming Melksham, SN12 6YY 2 8 5 6 8 4 a regular giver, but you won’t be able to become a Poppy Supporter.

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J5659_RBL_Poppy_Supporter_Ad.indd 1 09/10/2020 17:24 Royal Air Force pilots from No 58 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, circa April 1940 NEWS NEW EXHIBITIONS AT DUXFORD FOR A ROUND-UP OF THE LATEST LEGION BATTLE OF BRITAIN ANNIVERSARY STORIES MAKING HEADLINES To mark this year’s 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, two new exhibitions have opened at IWM Duxford – Battle of Britain: Ops Block and the transformed Battle of Britain Exhibition in Hangar 4. Ops Block enables visitors to walk through the nerve centre of RAF Duxford, with accounts from those who worked there and a multisensory recreation of the events on the ground on 15 September 1940, when the Battle of Britain reached its climax. Rooms dedicated to ‘people stories’ are also new, and there is more on the role of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. The updated Battle of Britain Exhibition features iconic Second World War aircraft and interactive displays, and explores Duxford’s historic links with the Supermarine Spitfire, as the base of the first operational Spitfire Squadron. And if you can’t visit in person, why not try IWM’s free virtual-reality experience, detecting and identifying incoming raids from the Luftwaffe and reporting back to Fighter

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6 7 Royal Air Force pilots from No 58 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, circa April 1940 NEWS NEW EXHIBITIONS AT DUXFORD FOR A ROUND-UP OF THE LATEST LEGION BATTLE OF BRITAIN ANNIVERSARY STORIES MAKING HEADLINES To mark this year’s 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, two new exhibitions have opened at IWM Duxford – Battle of Britain: Ops Block and the transformed Battle of Britain Exhibition in Hangar 4. Ops Block enables visitors to walk through the nerve centre of RAF Duxford, with accounts from those who worked there and a multisensory recreation of the events on the ground on 15 September 1940, when the Battle of Britain reached its climax. Rooms dedicated to ‘people stories’ are also new, and there is more on the role of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. The updated Battle of Britain Exhibition features iconic Second World War aircraft and interactive displays, and explores Duxford’s historic links with the Supermarine Spitfire, as the base of the first operational Spitfire Squadron. And if you can’t visit in person, why not try IWM’s free virtual-reality experience, detecting and identifying incoming raids from the Luftwaffe and reporting back to Fighter

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Struggle to get in and out of your CLEVER CANINE 25 COLLECTION YEARS Richard Hignett of the Royal Wootton old bath? NO WORRIES! Bassett Branch has done some creative thinking when it comes to collecting for the * Poppy Appeal this year. “To allow socially BATH OUT – SHOWER IN – IN JUST ONE DAY! distanced fundraising, I am going to use my dog, Trim, on a lead more than two metres Designed to fi t in the same space as your old bath, long, to sell poppies.” We love the idea. From left: Una Cleminson, James Bashall our Shower Module’s unique construction enables and Charles Byrne at the conference For more stories on fundraising safely it to be FITTED IN JUST ONE DAY* with NO during the Appeal, see page 36. MESS, NO FUSS and NO RE-TILING either! THE LEGION’S ANNUAL ● Hygienic easy clean tile effect panels – no re-tiling or mouldy grout! CONFERENCE REACHES ● Easy access NEW lower step MORE MEMBERS THAN EVER ● Optional seat and grab rail SALE On Saturday 19 September, the General James Bashall CB ● UP TO Other door styles available Legion made history with the CBE, National Chairman Una ● Slip resistant fl oor 20% first-ever live stream of its Cleminson BEM TD and Director ● Built-in shelving OFF Annual Conference. Due to General Charles Byrne, who *Time based on straightforward fi tting. **Not in conjunction with any other offer. COVID-19 restrictions and safety discussed our new strategy to concerns, the conference had ensure the Legion is fit for the FITTED IN JUST FITS IN THE been postponed from May, but next 100 years. Updates were * SAME SPACE AS went ahead online in September also given on fundraising and ONE DAY YOUR OLD BATH to a live worldwide audience, the Poppy Appeal; policy and who cast virtual votes and asked campaign successes, such as FOR YOUR SAFETY & WELLBEING at least 47 questions through an Stop the Service Charge; and At Aquability, our duty of care to our customers is an absolute online submission box. our help for beneficiaries. priority and particularly during this diffi cult time. In order to ensure Addresses were made by the Watch the conference at your safety and wellbeing, any home visit or installation undertaken National President Lieutenant www.youtube.com/britishlegion by one of our agents or engineers will comply with Government guidelines respecting social distancing. See website for details. 2,600 THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE HAS BEEN VIEWED ON YOUTUBE SO FAR

CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE JOINS WITH THE LEGION Captain Sir Tom chosen as one of its Moore inspired the four charity partners. nation when he set Nicola Wearing, Head Sit in comfort Step in safely Steady your balance Thermostatic control out to walk 100 laps of of Philanthropy at the his garden before his Legion, says: “The FOR MORE DETAILS & FREE 100th birthday, in aid Foundation’s mission For more information and a FREE colour brochure return this coupon to of NHS charities, is to inspire hope FREEPOST RRGY-AHAX-AHSX, Aquability UK Ltd, Farnborough, GU14 0NR. BROCHURE FREEPHONE raising an incredible where it is needed Name 59183 £38.9 million (with most. It’s an honour to 0800 316 0110 Gift Aid). Since then, have their support.” Tel ASK FOR EXTENSION 59183 he and his family have Find out more at www. Address set up the Captain captaintom.org and Lines open 24 hours 7 days a week or visit Tom Foundation, and read our interview

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Michael Welch, Chairman, Blakeney IN THE BUBBLE ® Cley & District Branch, at the local Next December, a team of four men called war memorial The Bubbleheads will take on the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge: crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a 25-foot rowing boat, covering 3,000 miles, to raise money for The Royal British Legion. Andy Taw was a Royal Navy Clearance Diver for eight years, and his colleagues Lewis Locke and James Piper also served. “On the boat, just like in the Forces, you want to operate as a well-oiled machine and be prepared for anything that comes your way,” says Andy. The team chose to fundraise for the Legion because of the help it provides to the Armed Forces community. Alongside the Legion, The Bubbleheads HOW LEGION BRANCHES are raising money for Wessex Cancer Trust, which supported James and his COMMEMORATED VJ DAY wife Nikki after she was diagnosed with an extremely rare type of cancer six years The 75th anniversary of VJ Day Shirley Branch ago. She sadly passed away earlier this on 15 August was an unusual At Shirley Park Memorial, a year. “We know that times are tough and one given social-distancing restricted private event was led people don’t have a lot of money,” says requirements. But branches still by Reverend Paul Day, while Andy, as the team continue their training remembered – some in quiet wreaths were laid by President on land. “But we really want to raise the contemplation and others in Ernie Riley, Vice Chairman of money for our charities – and get across creative ways. Here are a few: the Far East Prisoners of War the Atlantic as quickly as possible.” Kenneth Coy, and Chairman of Visit www.thebubbleheads.co.uk to Yeovil Branch the RAF Association Joe Mullen. find out more about the challenge and the A socially distanced group Branch Chairman Ken Russell team’s training. gathered in front of Yeovil War said: “We owe a great debt to Outbreak to Armistice Memorial. The Exhortation was the men and women past and read and the Last Post sounded, present serving in our Armed THE FIRST WORLD WAR SOVEREIGN COLLECTION followed by the Two Minute Forces. For me, it is a privilege Silence. As the clock struck 11 and honour to have been part Requisitioned by the government, circulating Sovereigns were a casualty of the the Reveille was played, before of the service.” First World War. This five-coin set retells the story of the conflict from outbreak to Vice Chair Peter Forrester read armistice and features Sovereigns struck during each year of the war. Presented in a the Kohima Epitaph. Blakeney Cley & premium display box, together they form a unique piece of history. A recently purchased PA District Branch system has proved invaluable to During the pandemic, the Sourced and authenticated by experts at The Royal Mint, the set includes Sovereigns the branch. “Whenever we need branch has been working on dated 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918 from various branch mints. to have the Last Post and the reaching its members and the Reveille sounded, all we do is wider community online. Its Sold as a complete set or available individually. pop a USB stick into the PA VJ Day event – attended by system and play it,” says Peter. committee members at the war “Gone now is the impossible memorial while the vicar said task of finding a bugler at short prayers from his home – was all [email protected] 0800 03 22 153 notice – though nothing can live streamed to the community. replace a real one, of course. The branch continues to put The ‘Forgotten Army’ were not its technology skills to good royalmint.com/collector-services forgotten on this momentous use, supporting clubs and day by the people of Yeovil.” arranging concerts and talks.

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WINNERS OF COVID-19 Digital Response 1st place: Steve Bishop, COMMUNITY RESPONSE Events Volunteer AWARDS ANNOUNCED Steve Bishop is a volunteer Ride Captain for our As we all learn to adapt to a world containing overseas mass cycling events. Throughout the COVID-19, we are more grateful than ever for the pandemic, Steve has helped the Mass Events team incredible work that is done in the community by and all their cyclists to stay connected. He supported members, volunteers and supporters of the Legion. the team in delivering the virtual Poppy Ride event In response, we have created the Covid-19 Community back in May and will be supporting further virtual Response Awards to recognise outstanding community cycling events in the coming months. activities delivered in the Legion’s name – and we are 2nd place: Steven Carr, Huntingdon Branch happy to say that the worthy winners are in! Special recognition: Jessica Sands, Community Collaboration Women’s Section 1st place: Fivemiletown Branch Individual Impact Fivemiletown has gone above and beyond, providing 1st place: Mark Brennan, lifelines for its local community by raising money, Hadleigh Branch securing funding, establishing a food bank and Mark is a key member of Hadleigh’s community, sourcing PPE. It continues to make an outstanding getting the whole town involved with Remembrance effort to reach and help all areas of its community. activities. When COVID-19 struck, Mark completed 2nd place: Duston Branch a VE Day memorial garden in the local school Special recognition: Elstead Club grounds and also painted a large mural (pictured below) to commemorate the landings at Juno beach, which was mounted in the town centre. For VE Day itself, Mark, his Vice Chair and their wives decided to create a transportable commemorative show using a flatbed truck mounted with speakers and decorated with bunting and flags. Joint 2nd place: Trudy Davies, Llanidloes Women’s Section; Jack Kemp, Alicante Branch

Creative Fundraising THE PRINCESS ROYAL GETS 1st place: Commander Stafford A BIRTHDAY PROMOTION Seward, Kilmington Branch In April, Stafford decided to replicate the green-waste HRH The Princess Royal, promotion on her 70th collection service, which had been suspended by the President of the Legion’s birthday “recognises her council due to COVID-19, with a tractor and trailer Women’s Section, turned 70 invaluable contribution (pictured above) advertising the collection days and on 15 August, which this and commitment to asking for donations to the Poppy Appeal. The idea Internal Team Collaboration year coincided with the the military. This includes raised more than £2,000. 1st place: Paul and Mo Wallace, 75th anniversary of VJ Day. long-term links with the 2nd place: Sophia Preston, aged nine, and Archie Oakengates Branch To mark the occasion, she Royal Navy, initially Hughes, aged ten, Galanos House Care Home At the start of lockdown, Paul, Mo and their branch has been promoted to through the Women’s members continued to support the socially isolated the roles of General in the Royal Naval Service and within their community with regular phone calls and Army and Air Chief Marshal her promotion to Admiral offers of help. Paul also works closely with the Area in the RAF. Senior royals Chief Commandant Team, AIO and MSO, as well as local businesses, are treated as though they in 2012.” community groups and other support organisations. are members of the Armed Princess Anne is known 2nd place: Ford Branch Forces and are awarded for her enthusiastic Special recognition: Bert Elson BEM, ranks accordingly. charity work and is

Chonburi Branch PRESS/SAM PEARCE PHOTOGRAPHY:CAMERA The Ministry of Defence patron to more than 200 said that Princess Anne’s charitable organisations.

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Chonburi Branch PRESS/SAM PEARCE PHOTOGRAPHY:CAMERA The Ministry of Defence patron to more than 200 said that Princess Anne’s charitable organisations.

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NEWS We promise we’ll never put down a healthy dog.

A LEGION FIT FOR THE FUTURE Join the conversation on how to make sure the Legion continues to help create better futures for our Armed Forces and their families

NEWS We promise we’ll never put down a healthy dog.

A LEGION FIT FOR THE FUTURE Join the conversation on how to make sure the Legion continues to help create better futures for our Armed Forces and their families

The Legion celebrates its 100th birthday next we approach social isolation – even more year, and has seen a lot of change in all areas of important in these times – and how we keep life during that time. As an organisation, we too the Legion relevant in today’s society. We also have changed and adapted, but as we embark need to evaluate how we allocate the generous Please promise to help us with a gift in your Will. on our next 100 years, we want to make sure donations of the public and members, how Every year, Dogs Trust cares for over 15,000 dogs in our 20 rehoming centres across the UK. that we are absolutely fit for purpose and ready to use technology in the most effective and to meet the increasingly complex needs of efficient way possible, how to communicate We never put down a healthy dog. By leaving a gift in your Will, your love of dogs can live those we serve and their loved ones. with both members and the general public, and on and help us make the world a better place for them. The new vision for the Legion’s future entails how we should continue to raise awareness of bringing together our nations, communities Remembrance, fundraising and our campaigns. For more information email: [email protected] and individuals to create better futures for our We have already started these conversations Armed Forces community and their families, with members through our Membership and there are changes that we need to make to Support Officers and the newsletter, so if you or call: 020 7837 0006 achieve this goal. Our members’ insights are haven’t already, do make sure you are part of it. Please quote “334591” or complete this coupon: key to helping us to consider what these Let’s work together to make the Legion’s next changes will be, so we have been asking for 100 years even better than the last. Please send this coupon to: your opinions on a number of issues. Please send me my legacy info pack (Please fill out in block capitals) Freepost RTJE-SXGL-BEEJ, Dogs Trust, Moulton House, 10 Pond Wood Close, Northampton, NN3 6DF National Chairman Una Cleminson BEM TD Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other says: “Our members’ work within their local HOW TO JOIN (No stamp required.) communities is tireless and outstanding, so it THE CONVERSATION Address makes sense to build the Legion of the future Subscribe to our member newsletter to stay updated and Postcode 334591 with their insights in mind.” involved. Email your full name and membership number From time to time we would like to send you exciting updates about our work, products, services and how you can support us, including Questions we face involve the changing to [email protected] fundraising activities and research by post. If you’d rather not receive these mailings, please tick here In order to communicate with you more effectively, better understand your preferences and ability to support needs of the Armed Forces community, how CROWN COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY: our work, we may analyse your data. We do share your information within the Dogs Trust Group; currently Dogs Trust Worldwide, Dogs Trust Ireland and Dogs Trust Promotions. To read our full privacy policy visit www.dogstrust.org.uk dogstrust.org.uk/privacy. 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n extraordinary year for Remembrance, 2020 is also remarkable for the challenges the coronavirus presents after stealing into A our lives at the beginning of the year. Since March, men and women serving in the Armed Forces have been supporting essential workers on the front line in the fight against COVID-19, including building Nightingale hospitals, delivering PPE and medical equipment, and working at testing centres. Meanwhile, the Second World War generation are among those who have suffered the most during the pandemic. As we honour their contribution, we also remember that the Legion is committed to their care, whether that’s in one of our six residential homes for military veterans or by supporting elderly ex-Service people to live independently and safely. Remembrancetide and the Poppy Appeal, this year more than ever before, go hand in hand to honour the sacrifices of the Armed Forces community, now and in the past, and ensure we can continue looking after those who have done so much for us. The familiar events will be different this year, but wherever you are in the country, please join us in keeping our solemn

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Remembrance Sunday act of Remembrance, supported IMPRESSIVE EFFECTS IN THE HALL, 8 November by the Legion. DESPITE THE CONSTRAINTS” The sight of 10,000 uniformed “We want to make sure that Service personnel marching along anyone who normally attends feels Whitehall, saluting the Cenotaph as that they are represented in some they pass, on Remembrance Sunday way. That’s the most important is both stirring and poignant. It’s thing, that people know that one of our national rituals: a short Remembrance is for them,” says religious service; wreath laying Catherine Parums, Head of by HM The Queen, senior royals, Commemorative Events at The politicians and Commonwealth Royal British Legion. representatives; and the Two This is also a significant year for Minute Silence, when the chimes the Cenotaph itself – 2020 marks the of Big Ben ring out at 11am to mark centenary of its reconstruction from the end of hostilities in the First a temporary war memorial built in World War on the “eleventh hour wood and plaster to the current of the eleventh day of the eleventh Portland-stone monument designed month” of 1918. by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled on 11 This year, although the November 1920 by King George V. traditional form of the parade is “ANYONE WHO Additionally, this year is the not possible due to restrictions on centenary of the burial of the gatherings in the ongoing pandemic, NORMALLY Unknown Warrior in Westminster the event will go ahead, attended Abbey. The Cenotaph and the by representatives from the military ATTENDS WILL BE Abbey now form the nexus of and veteran associations, as well Britain’s story of war and peace. as the Royal Family. The country REPRESENTED IN “We can’t have ten people

PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY: will still take part in a collective SOME WAY” shoulder to shoulder laying wreaths together, so there will probably be people doing it on behalf of others. The Tomb of the Unknown Apart from that, we’re trying to Warrior in Westminster make it as close to normal – or the Abbey, 1920 ‘new’ normal – as possible,” says Catherine. “We are currently in a wait-and-see situation.” While the Legion realises that there will be disappointment among those who had hoped to take part Festival of Remembrance favourite tunes, the show promises to be strong on in the March Past, it is important Saturday 7 November emotion. There are planned tributes to the current Armed that in such an extraordinary year, “One of the lessons we learned after VE Day and VJ Day Forces who have supported front-line NHS staff during we honour the Service and sacrifice this year was that you can achieve a huge impact with the pandemic, along with poetry, archive footage and of our Armed Forces, veterans and a small ceremony,” says Robert Lee, Assistant Director of moving testimony from veterans. their families. Remembrance and National Events. “What really counts At the time of going to press, the show was scheduled most isn’t the numbers or even the rank of those taking to be pre-recorded over several days at the end of OBSERVING REMEMBRANCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY part, it’s the emotional impact of the story and what it October and will be broadcast on Saturday 7 November. means to people today.” “We’ve been working closely with the Royal Albert Hall The Legion is encouraging members and the public to pay their respects at The BBC and the Legion are pulling out all the stops team who have just finished working on the Proms, so 11am on Remembrance Sunday at home or locally. “We have all learned this so that the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert it’s been useful learning from that experience,” says BBC year how to commemorate important events from home, whether that’s virtual Hall, that much-loved highlight of Remembrancetide, can Series Producer Catherine Stirk. ceremonies or staying connected through WhatsApp,” says Bob Gamble OBE, go ahead. Although it won’t have a live audience, nothing “The BBC is using all its ingenuity to create some Assistant Director of Commemorative Events. “We recommend you support will detract from its power in this rollercoaster of a year. impressive effects in the hall, despite the constraints,” what your Civic Authority is planning at a local level and recognise Service From military fanfares to medleys of the Forces’ adds Robert. “So there will be some surprises in store.” and sacrifice that way. That’s what Remembrance Sunday is about.” 32 33 REMEMBRANCETIDE 2020 “THE BBC IS USING ALL ITS INGENUITY TO CREATE SOME

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New-look Poppy Appeal volunteers is paramount.” 22 October-7 November But for those who do want to When the pandemic arrived on collect, we have been issuing UK shores, Claire Rowcliffe, the Poppy Appeal Organisers (PAOs) Every Poppy Counts: Legion’s Director of Fundraising, with detailed guidance and risk making sure the knew straight away that the Poppy assessments, which Community message is heard Appeal would have to look different Fundraisers are supporting them In October, we launched an in 2020. “I wouldn’t say it was panic to implement. All volunteers will advert in support of Every stations, but there was a very quick be provided with appropriate realisation that it would be highly PPE and will have a daily risk- Poppy Counts, which improbable that we would be able assessment checklist to complete. featured in high-profile slots to deliver the Poppy Appeal as we What you won’t see this year on ITV and Channel 4. The ordinarily do,” she says. is collectors on the streets or film highlighted the work What hasn’t changed is that house-to-house collections. “To every poppy counts, just as it be stood there with your tin and and sacrifice of the Armed always has, says Claire. The British your poppy tray isn’t appropriate Forces community in public will have opportunities to because you can’t maintain social response to the COVID-19 obtain a poppy and to donate to distancing,” says Claire. In pandemic, and how they the Poppy Appeal wherever they supermarkets, however, collectors never stop striving to keep live. Socially distanced fundraising can have a table between them and by collectors in public places will people donating – in fact, lots of us safe, whether that is in be a part of this year’s appeal; collectors already do this. conflict or in the fight against there was a pause on face-to-face Ben France, Head of Corporate a deadly virus. It also served fundraising during lockdown but Partnerships at the Legion, points to remind us of how this was lifted in August. out that focusing on supermarkets Another thing that has not will also mean that collecting can important Remembrance changed is the dedication of the take place even if more stringent is this year – how we still 40,000 Poppy Appeal volunteers. lockdown restrictions come into managed to come together “We have a cohort of passionate force in the coming weeks. Talking for VE and VJ Day, even if supporters,” says Claire. “We are about the discussions he and not physically, and will do ensuring that they are engaged”, colleagues had in March, he says even if they can’t take part in person. they looked for “the fundraising so again in November. People who have collected in the channels we could use even in the A second ad for our social past should not feel compelled to worst-case scenario” – supermarkets media channels reinforced do so this year. “Because of their fit that bill as they would be open the fact that although this passion for the organisation, some even during a second lockdown. people do feel it’s their duty,” says “My team and I looked at how year’s Poppy Appeal is Claire. “But they should not be supermarkets could help us deliver different, it is also more collecting if it is not safe for them collections in a new way,” explains The Legion’s Every Poppy crucial than ever that people to do so – or they don’t feel safe Ben. “Could they help us bank the Counts advertising get involved and contribute. campaign has aired on TV doing it. The safety of our money, distribute stock within stores and social media 37 REMEMBRANCETIDE 2020

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“SOME OF MY VOLUNTEERS Jane Abraham Poppy Appeal Organiser ARE OBVIOUSLY for East Liverpool DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY “For anybody who wants a poppy, there will be somewhere where CAN’T TAKE PART THIS YEAR, they can go and get one in the Merseyside area. I can’t see there BUT I THINK THEY’LL ALL BE being a problem with the schools that we supply poppies to. That BACK NEXT YEAR WITH being said, I’d usually be a bit more organised at this point in the year. GREATER DETERMINATION” I’d know which supermarkets I need to find people for and I’d know which collectors I could certainly rely on. There is quite a lot of uncertainty out there at the minute. I think both supermarkets and collectors are reluctant to commit themselves because things are changing so quickly; new [information] seems to be coming out every day. The guidance from the Legion has been quite helpful. There has been a lot of it, and initially, it was Left: Mursila Sohail, one changing by the day, but it seems to of Moira’s star volunteers in Oakengates have settled down now and I’ve got a good idea of what we need to do. Below right: Jane with her collector Jim Smith (on We will get there – we’ll make right), who, together a good effort and we’ll do what with his wife Doreen, has raised £35,025.63 over we can. And that’s all anybody the past five years can ask, isn’t it?”

Moira Wallace Poppy Appeal Organiser for Oakengates in Shropshire “In a normal year, I have around 40 volunteers, some doing the supermarkets, some delivering boxes. We have the Army Cadet Force (ACF) who do street collection. We normally go into two care homes and two assisted-living complexes. We provide poppies to 13 schools and to a large industrial estate where there are lots of factories. Last year, we did between 150 and 160 deliveries to various locations and raised about £29,000. That’s all going to be different this year, but I have a plan. Rather than saturate all the areas that we have, I’ll target key locations such as post offices and the bigger convenience stores that do quite well. I’ll get as many of them that want to, to help with deliveries. DOWNLOAD YOUR POPPY So far, all but one of the schools have said they still This year, the Legion is asking supporters to download want poppies and school packs. and print the iconic Remembrance poppy from www. Some of my volunteers are obviously disappointed britishlegion.org.uk. Send a picture of your poppy that they can’t take part this year, but I think they’ll all on display to [email protected] be back next year with greater determination.”

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THE HIDDEN CRISIS The pandemic has shaken our core foundations of home, family and work – with a huge cost to mental health. So how has the Legion kept beneficiaries supported through lockdown and isolation? We found out

ocial distancing and the with a replacement. “But in the early individuals with a strong sense pandemic have had a stages of lockdown, these kinds of of resilience and get-up-and-go. S huge impact on all of calls dipped off,” says Nicola Cook, Suddenly, the rug gets pulled from us – the Armed Forces Assistant Director of Operations, beneath them and they’re just community included. And for those “and what we have seen is a not equipped to deal with that. who are isolated in an abusive significant increase in the numbers COVID-19 has created situations relationship, in unmanageable debt, of people experiencing domestic that people are finding more and or couchsurfing because they’re abuse – men abusing women, more difficult.” homeless, the coronavirus has only women abusing men and abuse in Early on, it was clear that the made things harder to deal with. same-sex relationships – and in most vulnerable of the Legion’s A major study by the University incidences of severe mental health. beneficiaries needed help and they of Nottingham into the mental- These are people who’ve either got needed it urgently. health impact of the “When the phone pandemic found that lines went quiet for a levels of anxiety and “EARLY ON, IT WAS CLEAR couple of weeks in April, depression in the UK’s it gave us some time to general population are THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE think,” says Rachael far higher than normally OF THE LEGION’S Thomas, Regional seen. At the Legion, both Specialist Services the Outreach Service BENEFICIARIES NEEDED HELP Manager. “We knew and the Benefits, Debt and people who struggle Money Advice (BDMA) AND THEY NEEDED IT NOW” anyway would be in an Service report that, with even worse situation. tens of thousands of veterans an existing mental-health condition What could we do to help? First, we contacting the Legion’s helpline, or who are experiencing mental- developed a more straightforward there has been a marked change in health issues for the first time. We’re triage system and implemented enquiries as a result of COVID-19, also seeing people who have a drug, this as part of a direct-referral pilot consistent with poorer mental alcohol or gambling dependency scheme. This went live across health across the country. and, sitting at home, are turning to Greater Manchester and Lancashire This time last year, a caller might those familiar crutches for support.” in June. If someone mentions have made a fairly straightforward The picture is complicated, deteriorating mental health, for request – saying that their electric explains Nicola, because “you’re example, we follow up straight away. scooter was broken, for example, talking about people who’ve been We’ve provided Connect Assist with

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I was conscripted into the Army when I was 20. I’d been expecting it for quite some time BADGE so it wasn’t much of a surprise. As we were all in the same OF HONOUR boat, I didn’t find it too unpleasant; we were comrades of the moment, not knowing how long it would last. It was certainly quite PERSONAL ACCOUNTS different, though – I was suddenly living with OF MILITARY EVENTS 500 people, having had a peaceful existence with just my family until then. I had grown up in West Yorkshire with my sister Freda, at first in Keighley and then in the village of Riddlesden. I was born in 1920, towards the end of the fourth wave of the Spanish flu pandemic that swept the globe from 1918 to 1920. Fortunately, none of my family was directly affected, but the horror of it was impossible to avoid. Nine miles from our home, at the Raikeswood Prisoner of War Camp in Skipton, where hundreds of German soldiers as they had in the previous war because were held after the Great War, the virus had they knew what had happened to the CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE quickly taken hold. Many prisoners were millions who never came back. 9TH BATTALION, DUKE OF infected and several guards also died. In early April 1940, I was called up into WELLINGTON’S REGIMENT, In the 1930s, people were worried about the 8th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s INDIA AND BURMA Hitler and fearful of the rise of nationalism in Regiment (West Riding). I reported to the Germany, but that all seemed a long way away Infantry Training Centre at Weston Park until my first encounter with Germans much near Otley, and we were trained quickly. 1940-1946 closer to home. In May 1936, the Hindenburg The 8th Battalion was given Cornwall to appeared in the skies of Keighley one sunny protect [anticipating a German invasion evening. On its way from Germany to the US, of Britain]. I was then commissioned as the airship, with swastikas painted on its tail, a Second Lieutenant and went to the had diverted to our town specifically so that officer training unit in Halifax before being a missionary on board could drop a parcel posted to the 9th Battalion. I found out and flowers in honour of his brother, who’d Above right: Tom as we were going to India, at which point I’d a Second Lieutenant, died of the Spanish flu contracted in the circa 1941 been in the Army for more than a year. Raikeswood Camp 17 years earlier. I left grammar school aged 15 and was articled to the water engineer of Keighley for three years, a job I loved because I was given so much freedom. After that, I went on to “WHEREVER YOU Bradford Technical College on a three-year civil engineers’ course and became a student WERE IN BURMA, member of the Institute of Civil Engineers – not bad for a boy who hated calculus. But YOU WERE IN despite the normality of my carefree teenage years, with college and dances and family, we DANGER, SINCE couldn’t avoid the feeling that another war was possible. News from Europe was constantly on the wireless or screened at the picture house. THERE WERE Father, Mother, Freda and I sat in silence around the radio at home and listened to JAPANESE TROOPS Chamberlain declare hostilities at 11.15am on 3 September 1939. Everything then changed EVERYWHERE” for my generation. Men weren’t volunteering PHOTOGRAPHY: EMMA SOHL PHOTOGRAPHY:

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