The Morecambe & Heysham Branch was established on the 4th July 1921, not long after the national British Legion began in May of that year. In 1922 the Branch acquired a home at 9, Skipton Street, Morecambe with the financial help of Mr. J.B. Christie. It was known as the Morecambe and District Ex-Servicemen's Club Ltd., and it had its own billiard room, bar and other rooms with British Legion members getting a 50% discount on membership fees compared to other ex-servicemen. Before the official opening, Lord Derby who had been the Secretary of State for War for part of World War One visited the club on 22nd February 1922 after he had attended the official opening of the Ambulance Hall on Morecambe Street earlier in the day. The Earl of Sefton was originally intended to be the guest of honour at the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Skipton Street club but had to withdraw because he had been invited to the Royal Wedding of Princess Mary, the King’s daughter. So, on 28th February 1922 the president of the Morecambe British Legion Branch, Dr. J.W. Watterson J.P. cut the ribbons to officially open the building. A large crowd was outside watching the ceremony. In September 1932 the Branch was presented with a British Legion standard donated by Dr. Watterson at a ceremony at St. Laurence’s Church on Edward Street. By 1938 the Skipton Street club was proving to be too small for its purposes, so they bought the former Ambulance Hall on Morecambe Street for £5,000. The new club was very popular during the Second World War and became known locally as Smokie Joe’s. After the war in December 1948 the branch was hit by the devastating news that the committee of the Ex-Servicemen's Club had voted to ask the British Legion Branch to leave the building and find their own premises. It was discovered that nine of the ten men who had voted for this were also members of the British Legion Branch. Apparently, they had broken a rule that stated that members of the British Legion must not do anything that was detrimental to the Legion. Legally the British Legion couldn't do anything about the vote because the building ownership was registered as the Ex-Servicemen's Club Ltd. Over the next few years, the Legion Branch held its meetings at various places such as the Tivoli Hotel, the Broadway Hotel and the lightship ‘Comet’ on the Stone Jetty which was owned by the Royal Naval Association. Whittaker’s furniture shop on Victoria Street was almost purchased in 1953 until eventually in 1955 a house, 18 Market Street, on the corner of Sun Street was bought and which they shared with the former British Legion Club Ltd, but when this area was demolished to make way for the new Library and Arndale Shopping Centre, the Branch obtained the former St Laurence Church Hall on Edward Street, Morecambe, where a Royal British Legion Club Ltd was established. The Branch also bought the house next door where the Branch Headquarters was based alongside two flats which were rented separately.

When the Royal British Legion Club ceased trading in the early 1990s, the Club premises became vacant and it was evident that the maintenance which should have been carried out as a condition of the Club Lease had been neglected and it was decided to sell the Club building, which fortunately went well. Shortly after that, it was also decided to sell the house at 29 Edward Street, as the maintenance of this property was becoming quite onerous. The proceeds from the sale of these properties were held in a Trust Fund at Royal British Legion Headquarters at Borough Road, London and the interest generated was used to good effect by making donations to Byng House, Lister House and the Branch Poppy Appeal on a regular basis. The Branch Property Fund was subsequently utilised in supporting welfare cases in the Morecambe area.

Since vacating the Edward Street property the Branch has been based in rented premises on Queen Street, then in the Sea Cadet HQ on Pedder Street and then for an extended period in The York Hotel on Lancaster Road in Morecambe. Following the emigration of the landlord (and former Branch President) Mr Mick Dennison and closure of The York, the Branch took up the generous offer of accommodation at The Cumberland View Hotel on Heysham Road. Following closure of the Cumberland View Hotel in December 2022, the Branch was extremely lucky to be invited back to The York Hotel by the landlady, Mrs Gemma Gardner and her husband, Gareth, (both of whom are Armed Forces Veterans) and this is now our base, which is provided free of charge and includes storage space for the Branch Poppy Appeal stock.

The Branch has seen Membership rise and fall and, especially when the Club folded, quite dramatically dropped to around 80 members. Due to the efforts of the Branch Officers and Committee, this did rise to 142 at one point. However the Membership has been fairly stable at the current number of 98.