After the first world war the ex servicemen formed themselves into groups of Comrades of the

Great War. In and around Headingley they held social meetings, mainly at the public houses.

Along with other groups, such as the Old Contemptible Association; and because of the

immense suffering that war had caused to the widows of soldiers killed, to wounded veterans,

and their families the numbers swelled and other associations were established, with the

collective aims of giving help and support. To unite all these groups in the Headingley area The

(Headingley) British Legion was established in 1930.