Mark Brown a farmer who farmed in Westwood (now Westwood Avenue with homes built on the site) joined the Army in the First World War. He was seriously wounded in France, returned to UK, convalesced for a year in hospital and was discharged from the Army. He returned to farming and in 1923 married Ida Ives.

In 1919 a subscription list was opened to raise funds for an Old Comrades club room. Mark became a collector. In a message to the villagers, the secretary Charles Faulkner wrote “Our Membership is now well over 100 and we urgently require a club room. Arrangements have been made for a plot of land in Church Road. Unfortunately, we don’t have the funds to purchase an Army hut to serve as a club room which will form a lasting tribute to those who have fallen and to their dependants as well as providing a place where those who have fought in the Great War can meet. Therefore, on behalf of the comrades your donation and support will be gratefully received”

The appeal was a success and a wooden hut was put up as the first British Legion Hall. It was replaced in 1934 with a brick built club house followed by today’s large and popular multipurpose hall.