Below is a list of dates for your diary on what's happening in the Ilkeston Branch of The Royal British Legion.

EASY REMINDER

Branch Meeting 2nd Friday of the Month, Coffee Morning 3rd  Social 4th Tuesday of the Month,

Both Venues; Flamsteed Centre, 25a Albert St, Ilkeston, DE7 5GU

DIARY DATES 2024

Notable Dates

February

3^rd County Annual Conference 1030 Matlock

9^th Branch meeting

10th Norman Merrill Memorial at the Cenotaph

20^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

27^th Social

        MARCH

8^th Branch Meeting

19^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

26th Social

APRIL

5^th Committee Meeting

12th Branch Meeting

16th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

23rd Social

MAY

8^th 79^th Anniversary VE-Day

10th Branch Meeting

10-11 Annual National Conference

13^th 1943 Final Surrender of Axis troops in North Africa

21^st Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

28^th Social

JUNE

6^th D-Day 80^th Anniversary 1030 at the Cenotaph

14^th Branch Meeting

14^th End of the Falklands War

18^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

22nd  80th Battle of Kohima

29th Armed Forces Day TBC? 40’ Day, Erewash Museum?

25th Social

29th Armed Forces Day

JULY

5th Committee Meeting

12^th Branch Meeting

16th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

23^rd Social

27^th 70th anniversary of The Cessation of Hostilities

The Forgotten War Korea 1950-53

AUGUST

9th Branch Meeting

15th VJ Day/End of WW2 hostilities 1030 Cenotaph. Market Place Ilkeston

 6HY17^th VJ Party. Scots Barn, rear of High Lane East, West Hallam, DE7 6HY

20^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

27^th Social

31st Stanton by Dale bomber memorial

SEPTEMBER

3rd Merchant Navy Day/Start of WW2

13^th Branch Meeting

15^th Battle of Britain Day

17^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

17^th-27^th Operation Market Garden

21st Branch Annual Dinner 1830

 OCTOBER

11^th Branch Annual General Meeting /Branch Meeting

15^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

19th or 26^th RNA Trafalgar (Diner date to be confirmed)

22^nd Social

26th Ilkeston Brass Poppy Concert at the URC Church (Green Spire) TBC

 NOVEMBER

Remembrance Services

5^th Park Cemetery 1000 Chauser school,

 Kirk Hallam All Saints Church, Dallimore/ Ladywood Schools 1100

Lower Stanton Cemetery, Kensington Juniors 1200

6^th Stanton Iron Works (Rugby Club) Hallam Fields School, 1030

7^th WW2 Memorial, Cantelupe Centre Children, 1050

8th Risley War Memorial 1030 Risley Juniors

8th Service of Remembrance Noel-Baker/St. Martins TBC

8^th Branch Meeting

10th Remembrance Sunday Service of Remembrance 100th Anniversary and Rededication of the Cenotaph

11^th Armistice Day Service of Remembrance 1045, at the War Memorial. /Canal Vue S of R 1130

19^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

26^th Social TBC

DECEMBER

3^rd 80^th Anniversary of British Home Guards Standing Down

13th Branch Meeting

17^th Veterans coffee Morrisons café 100-1200

17th CHRISTMAS PARTY. Entertainer-Jonny Victor

19th Coffee morning at Morisons 100-1200

24^th Donald Rose 110^th Birthday, Canal Vue