The Bury St Edmunds Branch Celebrate 100 Years of the Formation of The British Legion 15th May 2021.
Mr Bernie Millard (chairman) conducts the service on the Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds On Saturday 15th May 2021 to celebrate the formation of the Royal British Legion. Many events took place all over the Country.
Young School Girl Imogen Forman Attends the service to Play the Last Post. She has performed at several of our services and She and her Family should be Very Proud as we are of her as a Branch.
Mr Bob Ewington (treasurer) lays a wreath on the memorial on the Angel Hill on behalf of the Bury St Edmunds Branch.
The Bury St Edmunds Branch Of the British Legion Held a service of remembrance For D-Day, Which took place in the Rose Garden In Bury St Edmunds on the 6th JUNE 2021. The Service was Attended By Te Bury St Edmunds Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Also in Attendance were Personnel from RAF Honington ,RAF Mildenhall And RAF Lakenheath. we were also Honored to Have Normandy Veteran Mr Jim Palfrey 101 Years Young .
The Service was conducted by the Chairman of the branch and the Last Post was played by Miss Imogen Forman Who after the service had finished she was presented with a Certificate of appreciation for her dedication to the Bury Branch, this was presented to her By the Mayor Mr Peter Thompson.
As we are all aware that this year The Royal British Legion Celebrate Its 100
Years since formation in 1921.
The Branch of the Royal British Legion In Bury St. Edmunds was
formed on The 18th of July 1921 and has been running for 100 years. To Mark this special Anniversary the Bury St Edmunds Branch will be Holding a Service at St Mary’s Church in Bury St. Edmunds, Plans are in place for this event and updates will be posted soon.
On the 19th of September 2021 we as a branch have been invited to attend a service at St Mary’s Church. This is limited to 2 Committee members plus our Standard Bearer.
In November 2021, the Branch are going to organize a Christmas Lunch at the Risbygate Sports Club
Ex Royal Marine’s Remembrance Service Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds 17th April
On 17th April 2021, five former Royal Marine Commandos held a parade at the War Memorial Angel Hill Bury St. Edmunds to honour the memory of their former Honorary Captain General, Royal Marines, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip had held this post for sixty-four years and is held in high regard by all former Royal Marines.
They had all experienced active service in some of the myriad of conflicts that have broken out around the world since the end of the Second World War and still wear their coveted Green Beret with pride and passion’.
‘D’ Day Landings of the 6th June 1944
On June 6th The Branch organised a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the ‘D’ Day Landings of 1944 where members of all the Armed Forces were present together with veterans. We also had presents a contingent from the American Air Force based at Mildenhall, together with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Bury St Edmunds. We received very complimentary comments in all these activities. There are other ceremonies that will be carried out during the time.
Members of the Bury St Edmunds Committee were invited along with the Branch standard.
Commemorative Service
For the
30th Anniversary of Op GRANBY
Major Dennis Wise USAF
23rd June 2021
On the 21st of June 2021 the Branch of the Bury St Edmunds Royal British Legion Held a service on the Angel hill in Bury St Edmunds to mark the start of Armed Forces week.
The Service was attended by members and the Mayor Mr Peter Thompson And Deputy Mayor Mr Patrick Chung.
The Service was also Attended by Two Members of the Grenadier Guards.
Yet Again another superb performance by our fantastic bugler Miss Imogen Forman.
The Branch would like to thank the Staff of the Abbey Gardens who worked alongside us to Raise the armed Forces Flag at the Abbey Gate On our Signal.
Saturday 28th August 2021 proved to be an auspicious occasion for the Branch.
As you are aware, the Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 and the Bury St. Edmunds Branch was also founded in 1921. Consequently, 2021 was also the centenary year of the founding of the Branch. To commemorate the centenary Head Office commissioned a centenary pennant which could be an integral component of a Branch’s Standard providing that the Branch had been operative continually for one hundred years.
Fingers were crossed that by the time of our service, the restrictions placed upon us all due to Covid would be at least reduced or hopefully removed to enable us to conduct the service in the ‘normal’ and traditional manner. Fortunately, by the time of our service, the maximum number allowed to attend had been eliminated and the congregation were allowed to sing the hymns.
August saw a small representation of the branch at both RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, we were invited to attend family Diversity events at both USAF Bases.
Joan Mann Sports Day
We were honored to be invited to attend the Joan Mann sports day RAF Mildenhall, at the invitation of the Commander 100th Refueling Wing.
Please keep an Eye on times and beware that most events are invitation only due to Covid-19 Rules.
Please keep a watchful eye out for the calendar of events.
