The Droxford and District Branch predates the formation of the British Legion (as it was first known in November 1921), holding our first meeting in March 1920 as ‘The Droxford Branch of the Comrades of the Great War’.

We now meet four times a year, usually at Droxford Village Hall with a speaker on a range of interesting subjects.  Supper is available up to a maximum of 20 places. There is also an annual general meeting (again with supper), an annual dinner, a summer drinks party and a Grand National draw.

Apart from selling poppies in support of the annual appeal, we are not otherwise actively engaged in RBL fundraising activity. 

We observe the annual Remembrance Sunday service at one of the local parish churches but that is the limit of any formal ceremonial.  As you would expect being so close to Portsmouth and other military centres, many of our members are ex-Service but an increasing number are civilian.  All are equally welcome.

As a member of the RBL (Droxford and District Branch) you would not only be able to ‘do your bit’ to support the British armed forces but also help keep remembrance alive. This is not glorification of war - far from it; anyone who has witnessed the ravages of armed conflict will be quick to dispel this myth.  It is however through remembrance that we can truly appreciate more than 70 years of peace that has existed in Western Europe and ensure that 1½ million British and British Commonwealth subjects who gave their lives in two world wars and other conflicts are never forgotten.  

The Branch Roll of Honour