The Royal British Legion
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24 August 2010
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
(BORTH BRANCH)
Branch Notes.
There may be two or so spare places on the pilgrimage to the Click Here: National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on Wedneday 8 September 2010. In mid-/late May next year there will be a branch-cum-county pilgrimage to explore Click Here: The Military History of the Isle of Man, by coach and ferry, leaving on a Monday, returning on the Thursday. Any interested in either event should inform the organiser: David H. Williams, 01970-612736, for further details.
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The comradeship experienced on the battlefields of the1st World War led after that War to organisations of soldiers coming together for their mutual support. Amongst them was the Welsh Comrades Association of which a branch was formed in Borth in October 1919. Indeed, it was the Borth Comrades who the following month organised the public meeting which led to the erection of the cliff-top monument on Craig-Yr-Wylfa.
Many ex-servicemen’s associations became in 1925 part of the British Legion established that year by a royal charter granted by King George V, and the Borth branch of the legion had a life-span of sixty years but lapsed in the 1980s. The Royal British Legion, as it now is, exists solely to further the welfare in many ways of service and ex-servicemen and women.
The Borth Branch was revived four years ago, with the dedication of a new standard in St Matthew’s Church on Sunday 30th April 2006; the old standard is laid up in the church. The branch has now some forty members who meet regularly on a bi-monthly basis in the Borth Community Hall. Its meetings are open to members and non-members. If you would like to become a member (you do not to have served in the forces) and so support our service-people and veterans, please contact our secretary (01970-871411) or president (01970-612736).
The annual subscription is £11, all of which goes to central Legion funds, as do the monies raised each year in the very successful Borth Poppy Appeal.
Do join us!
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Borth, Royal British Legion Committee
| President: | Revd. D.H. Williams |
| 4 Clos-y-Drindod | |
| Heol-y-Buarth. | |
| ABERYSTWYTH | |
| SY23 1LR | |
| 01970-612736. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Chairman: | County-Councillor Ray Quant, M.B.E. |
| Treasurer: | Mr Brian Holland |
| The Royal British Legion | |
| Rockside, Borth, SY24 5LJ | |
| 01970-871411 | |
| Secretary, and Poppy Appeal Co-ordinator: | Mrs Jo Jones |
| Standard Bearer: | Mr John Walton |
Click Here for: British Legion (Borth Branch) News Letter
D.H.W. 2010