Kegworth Royal British Legion

10/11/2025

Another selection showing Kegworth Scouting showing their respects

10/11/2025

What an incredible show of community spirit on Sunday. A phenomenal turnout for the Remembrance Day Parade — so many gathered to honour and remember those who served. 🌹

10/11/2025

Lovely way to remember

09/11/2025

Remembrance Parade 10.30 from school today

08/11/2025

Thank you to all our raffle donators - and well done to the winners

Dinner for 2 at Marco's
Afternoon tea for 2 at the Hilton EMA
Picnic Hamper
Ruby port
Royal Edinburth shortbread
Prosecco
Yankee Candle
Poppy Fields Book
Hessian bag with food goodies
Gardening hand tool set
Poppy note book
Set of storage tins
Poppy salt and pepper set
Fold up shopping bag and list
Fitz and Floyd reindeer canape dish
Glass bon bon dish - with chockies
Set of 2 matching picture frames

08/11/2025

What an amazing morning!
Over 100 supportive friends joined us to share coffee, tea, and some incredible cakes.

A huge thank you to our brilliant bakers — Karen, Lesley, Jo, Kate, Sheila, Yvonne, Lindsay, and Robin — and to our wonderful volunteers who made it all happen , Jo on raffle, Lesley and Sheila- , cake servers- what a wonderful queue- and Phil, Drew and Stuart- (the washing-up crew were heroes!). Terry for manning the Poppy Donation point.

Most importantly, thank you for coming. The Kegworth Poppy Appeal is now £450 better off!

Hope to see you all tomorrow! ❤️🌺

08/11/2025

New CWG signage up , ready for
Remembrance Day

08/11/2025

Coffee morning all ready!

07/11/2025

The reason we wear a poppy;

On 7th November 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.
Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied. A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside. On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage with Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Verdun bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen-gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London. He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War, the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.
We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th November, we remember.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

05/11/2025

04/11/2025

Alongside currently serving personnel and veterans from the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, we are proud to present the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance this Saturday 8th November.

Together with stars of stage and screen we will celebrate and pay tribute to our incredible Armed Forces community, honouring their extraordinary sacrifice and service.

Hosted by Hannah Waddingham and with performances from Rod Stewart, Sam Ryder, Blessing Offor and The Wellermen, we’d love for you to join us as we mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War, and pay tribute to the fallen.

We will also honour the resilience and strength of military children who have faced bereavement, and mark the 25th anniversary of the UK government lifting the ban on gay, le***an and bisexual personnel serving in the armed forces.

📺 Watch on Saturday at 9pm on BBC One
▶️ Stream on BBC iPlayer anytime from 9pm on Saturday