Royal British Legion- Tenterden Branch

Royal British Legion- Tenterden Branch The Royal British Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community.

Branch Chairwoman Ann Beaven presents a group photograph of C Company ,1st Battalion, The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)...
23/12/2022

Branch Chairwoman Ann Beaven presents a group photograph of C Company ,1st Battalion, The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), to Mr Robin Wilkins, Curator of the Tenterden & District Museum.
Taken in May 1917, the large photograph shows men from Tenterden, St Michaels and Wittersham recently enlisted or conscripted as part of reinforcements for the Battalion, then in the frontline with the 6th Infantry Division in northern France.
The photo had been gifted by Colonel Peter Bishop (Deputy Lieutenant of Kent) to our Branch and is now in the safekeeping of our local history Museum.

The OFFICIAL Royal Cypher of King Charles III.Note the return of the Tudor crown.
29/09/2022

The OFFICIAL Royal Cypher of King Charles III.
Note the return of the Tudor crown.

Branch Member Mike Goldthorpe (second from right in the first picture) paying his respects at the funeral of her late Ma...
28/09/2022

Branch Member Mike Goldthorpe (second from right in the first picture) paying his respects at the funeral of her late Majesty The Queen in his capacity as CEO of The Royal Navy Officers Charity as she was their Patron.
(Pictures courtesy Mike Goldthorpe)

08/09/2022

It is with deepest sorrow that the Royal British Legion marks the death of our Sovereign and Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen has served as Patron of the Royal British Legion since 6 February 1952. We are immensely thankful for Her Majesty’s faithful service, and we join the entire Armed Forces community in mourning the loss of its Commander-in-Chief.

The Queen’s unwavering dedication to the British Armed Forces will be greatly missed. Our sincere condolences are with the Royal Family at this time. Rbl.org.uk

07/07/2022

Branch Meeting at The White Lion Hotel, Tenterden
Tuesday, 12th July 2022, 1930 hrs

Agenda

1. Welcome and Apologies.

2. Exhortation.

3. Minutes of meetings in May and June and matters arising.

4. Branch Matters and Events:
• Armed Forces Day, 25th June;
• Spirit of Tenterden, 2nd July;
• Summer Lunch, 13th August;
• Annual Civic Service, 4th September;
• Poppy Appeal, 2022.

5. AOB:
• Branch Community Support, Caye Gould;
• Future talks - suggestions and volunteers?

6. Next Meeting: Tuesday, 13th September 2022, 1930 hours.

7. Kohima.

Armed Forces DaySaturday the 25th of June 2022Rendez-vous at the Tenterden War Memorial at 10:45.There will be a short s...
20/06/2022

Armed Forces Day
Saturday the 25th of June 2022
Rendez-vous at the Tenterden War Memorial at 10:45.
There will be a short service by the Reverend Canon Lindsay Hammond, Padre of the Branch between 11:00 and 11:15.
Some pictures from the past few years.

Tuesday, 14th June 2022, at 19 h 30 at the White Lion in Tenterden.Don Grant, ex-5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, ...
12/06/2022

Tuesday, 14th June 2022, at 19 h 30 at the White Lion in Tenterden.

Don Grant, ex-5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, will deliver a talk on "The development of British and Russian tanks since World War II".

The public is welcome to attend the talk and ask questions to the speaker.

Pictured are a Chieftain and a T72 Main Battle Tanks, potential opponents at the height of the Cold War (pictures from the Internet).

12/06/2022

Branch Meeting at The White Lion Hotel, Tenterden
Tuesday, 14th June 2022, 1930 hrs

Agenda

1. Welcome and Apologies.

2. Exhortation.

3. Talk: Don Grant on "The development of British and Russian tanks since World War II".

4. Branch Matters and Events:
• Armed Forces Day, 25th June;
• Spirit of Tenterden, 2nd July, 10.00am-3.00pm;
• Annual Civic Service, 10th July;
• Possible Summer Lunch, August.

5. AOB:
• Branch Community Support, Caye Gould.

6. Next Meeting: Tuesday, 12th July 2022, 1930 hours.

7. Kohima.

The Branch schedules several talks by passionate lecturers through the year, generally on historical subjects, and we ar...
26/05/2022

The Branch schedules several talks by passionate lecturers through the year, generally on historical subjects, and we are always happy to welcome members of the public.
Information and date of future talks will be published on this page.

Slightly late for the actual anniversary of his death (19 May 1935), but a talk on T. E. Lawrence, the "Uncrowned King of Arabia", was given to the Branch by Member - and distinguished historian - Adrian Greaves, assisted by Committee Member Eric Crépin-Leblond, a few years ago.
Here are Lawrence's Arab dress exhibited in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and the frontispiece of an original (public) edition of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', his memoirs of the Arab Revolt (pictures courtesy Eric Crépin-Leblond).

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