In 2017, no Royal British Legion (RBL) Branch existed in Blyth, Northumberland.  Realising this, Gail Armstrong (ex Royal Navy) began contacting others (mainly veterans) in the local area, to inform them accordingly and promote her idea, plus gauge support, of re-establishing a local Branch.

On Remembrance Day 2017, after the Blyth cenotaph Service, a meeting was arranged in the Commissioner's Quay for those interested in re-forming a Branch and to determine the way forward.  Through a lot of hard work and endeavour, small meetings were held to formally propose the Branch inauguration.

With advertising, a general meeting was held in a Blyth pub (where else) with approximately 25 locals in attendance.  With help from an RBL Cramlington Committee member, our own committee was established and a formal plan to re-form a Blyth Branch instigated.  In March 2018, the Blyth Branch was officially sanctioned.