Royal British Legion - Larne Branch

23/07/2024

TONIGHT

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Veterans Support Group
Tuesday 23rd July
6.30pm TO 8.30pm
The Royal British Legion, Point Street, Larne,
BT40 1HU

All Serving Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Welcome.

Please contact the team on:
T: 074 2207 4363
E: [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you all soon for a chat and a brew the kettle is always on.

17/07/2024

OVER FIFTIES CLUB
Thursday 18th of July

15/07/2024

It is with deep sadness that the committee would like to inform the membership of the passing of Raymond Rea on the 12th July, 2024, who passed peacefully at home.
In the long time Raymond spent with the Royal British Legion he had worked on both the branch and club committees and had been Legion standard bearer in Larne for a number of years before passing on the role. As well as all of this, he was a piller of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in the town and could always be found at the poppy appeal stand in Murryfield.
We are sure that all our members will join us in sending our deepest condolences to Raymond's family's and friends at this difficult time.

Anyone wishing to attend Raymond's funeral please see the details below.

Service on Wednesday 17th July at 10.00am in Ramsey's Funeral Parlour, 5 Upper Main Street, Larne. Funeral afterwards to Larne Cemetery.

Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu, if desired, to Action Cancer c/o E. W. Ramsey & Son Funeral Directors (address as above). Cheques made payable to charity please.

08/07/2024

STILL PLACES AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WISHING TO GO

ISLANDBRIDGE DUBLIN
BATTLE OF THE SOMME CEREMONY
13th JULY 2024

Coach leaving from

The Royal British Legion
Point Street @ 0800

Return

Depart Dublin @ 1500

Anyone wishing to go on this trip please contact the Branch Chairman or Secretary alternatively please leave your name and contact details in a message or at the Royal British Legion Club Bar

07/07/2024

ROAD MAP TO RECOVERY

The next two Road Map to Recovery sessions with Inspire Wellbeing

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Familys Support Group
Monday 08th July
6.30pm TO 8.30pm
Royal British Legion, Point Street, Larne

All family members of Serving Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Welcome

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Veterans Support Group
Tuesday 09th July
6.30pm TO 8.30pm
The Burnside Barn, Moyra Road, Burnside, Ballyclare, BT39 0SQ

All Serving Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Welcome.

Please contact the team on:
T: 074 2207 4363
E: [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you all soon for a chat and a brew the kettle is always on.

01/07/2024

ON THIS DAY

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME 1 JULY -18 NOVEMBER 1916

The Battle of the Somme was a joint operation between British and French forces intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front. For many in Britain, the resulting battle remains the most painful and infamous episode of the First World War.

In December 1915, Allied commanders had met to discuss strategies for the upcoming year and agreed to launch a joint French and British attack in the region of the River Somme in the summer of 1916. Intense German pressure on the French at Verdun throughout 1916 made action on the Somme increasingly urgent and meant the British would take on the main role in the offensive.

They were faced with German defences that had been carefully laid out over many months. Despite a seven-day bombardment, prior to the attack on 1 July, the British did not achieve the quick breakthrough their military leadership had planned for and the Somme became a deadlocked battle of attrition.

Over the next 141 days, the British advanced a maximum of seven miles. More than one million men from all sides were killed, wounded or captured. British casualties on the first day – numbering over 57,000, of which 19,240 were killed – make it the bloodiest day in British military history.

The Somme, like Verdun for the French, has a prominent place in British history and popular memory and has come to represent the loss and apparent futility of the war. But the Allied offensive on the Somme was a strategic necessity fought to meet the needs of an international alliance. British commanders learned difficult but important lessons on the Somme that would contribute to eventual Allied victory in 1918.

28/06/2024

NOW AVAILABLE
IN THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
NEW 2024 POPPY PIN BADGES
&
D-DAY 80 PIN BADGES

26/06/2024

ISLANDBRIDGE DUBLIN
BATTLE OF THE SOMME CEREMONY
13th JULY 2024

Coach leaving from

The Royal British Legion
Point Street @ 0800

Return

Depart Dublin @ 1500

Anyone wishing to go on this trip please contact the Branch Chairman or Secretary alternatively please leave your name and contact details in a message or at the Royal British Legion Club Bar

22/06/2024

ROAD MAP TO RECOVERY

The next two Road Map to Recovery sessions with Inspire Wellbeing

ROAD MAP TO RECOVERY
Familys Support Group
Monday 24th June
6.30pm TO 8.30pm
Royal British Legion, Point Street, Larne

All family members of Serving Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Welcome

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Veterans Support Group
Tuesday 25th June
6.30pm TO 8.30pm
Royal British Legion, Point Street, Larne

All Serving Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Welcome.

We look forward to seeing you all soon for a chat and a brew the kettle is always on.

15/06/2024

Congratulations 👏

Congratulations to Miss Hilary Richardson on being awarded the ( BEM.)in the King's birthday honours awards ....well deserved.

From the Chairman, officers and all ranks.

15/06/2024

Congratulations Noel. Well deserved 👏

It is with great pride and a very well deserved MBE awarded to our President Mr Noel Irwin

MBE
Mr James Noel Irwin: President, Dungannon and Moy Branch, Royal British Legion. For voluntary service to Veterans in Northern Ireland

Well done Mr President, thank you for all your hard work and dedication 🎖️

14/06/2024

ON THIS DAY 14th June 1982

On this day 14th June 1982 the Argentinan forces that held the Falkland Islands for 74 days surrendered after fierce fighting in the mountains overlooking Port Stanley.

British troops arrived in Port Stanley the same day to an enthusiastic welcome from the islanders.

Over 11,000 Argentinian troops were disarmed and repatriated to Argentina. At the same time the British also retook control of the South Sandwich Islands.

907 lives were lost during the conflict:
649 Argentinian, 255 British and three Falkland Islanders255 British personnel lost their lives defending the Falklands, of whom 86 were Royal Navy, 124 Army, 27 Royal Marines, six Merchant Navy, four Royal Fleet Auxiliary and eight Hong Kong sailors. Seven ships were also lost to enemy action and nine aircraft shot down.

11/06/2024

Today, 11th June 2024, marks 25 years since the end of the Kosovo War in 1999. The following day, 12th June 1999, saw the deployment of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force – KFOR – into Kosovo.

We pay our respects to the 4,000 British troops who were initially deployed as part of a 50,000 strong multinational force in 1999 and to the thousands more who served in KFOR over the past 25 years. They worked tirelessly to establish and maintain a secure environment and promote peace and stability. This included assisting aid initiatives supporting refugees, distributing food, providing medical assistance, and the removal of mines.

Detachments of British troops still serve in Kosovo, continuing to support with the return of refugees, reconstruction and removal of mines, medical assistance, security and public order, conducting border patrols, amongst many other duties.

09/06/2024

ROAD MAP TO RECOVERY

The next two Road Map to Recovery sessions with Inspire Wellbeing

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Familys Support Group
Monday 10th June
6.30pm TO 8.30pm
Royal British Legion, Point Street, Larne

All family members of Serving Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Welcome

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Veterans Support Group
Tuesday 11th June
6.30pm TO 8.30pm
Royal British Legion, Point Street, Larne

All Serving Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Welcome.

We look forward to seeing you all soon for a chat and a brew the kettle is always on.

07/06/2024

As the Chairman of the Larne Branch of The Royal British Legion, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents and visitors of Larne for their support and help in marking the 80th Anniversary of D-Day over the last two days.

With everyone's help and support we have raised just over £400 so far for the Poppy Appeal through the sale of the commemoration D-Day pin badges. Which can still be purchased from the Royal British Legion on Point Street for a donation.

Once again thank you all for your continued support to our Armed Forces, Veterans and Remembrance.

Lest we forget
Service not self

06/06/2024

As chairman i would like to thank all those who attended the D-Day services last night and this morning.

I would also like to thank those who helped me to set out the display on the beach at the chaine memorial in the early hours of this morning without your help this would not have been possible.

05/06/2024

03/06/2024

Normandy Landings 80th Anniversary events. Everyone Welcome.

29/05/2024

18/05/2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day
Events in and Around Larne
5th &6th June

18/05/2024

Today makes the 80th anniversary of Monte Cassino

17th January to 18th May 1944

The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The intention was a breakthrough to Rome.
Between 17 January and 18 May, Monte Cassino and the Gustav defences were assaulted four times by Allied troops, the last involving twenty divisions attacking along a twenty-mile front. The German defenders were finally driven from their positions, but at a high cost. The capture of Monte Cassino resulted in 55,000 Allied casualties, with German losses being far fewer, estimated at around 20,000 killed and wounded after it’s capture by Polish troops on May 18th.

15/05/2024

On this day the 15th of May 1921, the British Legion, later to become Royal British Legion we know today was formed. Bringing together four national organisations of ex-Servicemen that had established themselves after the First World War:

The National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers
The British National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers
The Comrades of The Great War
The Officers' Association

The amalgamation of these diverse bodies can be attributed largely to two men: Field Marshal Earl Haig and Tom Lister

SERVICE NOT SELF

14/05/2024

We now have a number of RBL D Day Commemorative Badges available from today at The Royal British Legion Point Street Larne
These commemorative D Day Badges will be also be available at both our own upcoming events as well as events being held by Mid and East Antrim Council over the 5th snd 6th June.