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Byfield & District Branch

Byfield and District RBL's GALLERY of PHOTOS

A selection of photos relating to Byfield and District RBL are shown below... PLEASE SCROLL-DOWN, all the way... To aid navigation, we have also provided separate folders for particular subjects - e.g. see the sub-folders Rembrance and RAF Cosford etc. herein. Look to the left hand side of this page (tablet users tap their "menu icon") for our full selection of subjects.


The dedication of Byfield & District's new Standard in 2014 and the laying-up of our old standard in Holy Cross Church, Byfield

New Standard Dedication 2014

Byfield’s Standard “in action” at wreath laying ceremony outside Preston Capes’ Church on 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War in 2014

    Byfield Standard in Action

Children’s remembrance ceremony; planting dedicated crosses alongside Byfield War Memorial in 2011

Crosses ' Planting

 Two Byfield RBL stalwarts Dougie & Life Member Ken at The National Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire in 2012

         Byfield's Dougie and Ken at the Arboretum

 We wonder, was it something in particular that attracted our members to the B17 “Sally B” during our visit to The Imperial War Museum at RAF Duxford in 2013?
B17 'Sally B'

As you can see, we were lucky that day to see a fighter in the air…

Fighter in the air

AND one that wasn't...

ME109 at Duxford

 On a more musical note, we are regular visitors to the
Daventry Brass Band Concert; this one was in 2014

Daventry Brass Band Concert

Back in the air, we were privileged to see the last flying Avro Vulcan bomber pass over Byfield on Sunday 4th October 2015

Vulcan over Byfield

The team in charge of our 2015 Christmas QUIZ

Quiz team in charge

Supplies to be unloaded - for sale at our 2015 QUIZ evening

Boot full of booze

 Byfield & District RBL Members manning our County's Gazebo at the 2016 Byfield Festival.

RBL County Gazebo - Manned

Byfield War Memorial standing proud November 2016

Byfield War Memorial 2016

Staverton's Standard laid-up in Hellidon's church of St. John the Baptist 

 Hellidon Staverton Standard

   Below my Dad received this letter, looks like everyone got one...