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	The Royal British Legion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal British Legion is the United Kingdom's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces, and their dependants.
		The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community as a merger of four organisations: the Comrades of the Great War, the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers and the Officers' Association.
		The Royal British Legion is the UK’s leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served or are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Royal_British_Legion (752 words)

	Legion - LoveToKnow 1911
		Unlike most foreign legions the "British Legion" which, raised in Great Britain and commanded by Sir de Lacy Evans, fought in the Carlist wars, was a regularly enlisted and paid force.
		The term "foreign legion" is colloquially but incorrectly applied to-day to the Regiments etrangers in the French service, which are composed of adventurous spirits of all nationalities and have been employed in many arduous colonial campaigns.
		It was considered rather as a small army of the British type, most of which served abroad by regiments and battalions while a small portion and depot units were at home, the total numbers under arms being about 25,000.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Legion (801 words)

	BOLIVAR'S BRITISH LEGION
		The British volunteers were recruited mainly in London by one of Bolivar's agents, Luis Lopez Mendez, who had established himself in No.27 Grafton Way and by the end of May, 1817, he had begun to enlist active, retired or discharged officers and non-commissioned officers of the British army for service in South America.
		The force was to be known as 'The Second British Legion' and the motto Morir o vencer (Die or Conquer), was adopted by them as well as a Legion anthem, composed to the tune of Ye Gentlemen of England which was continually played by the Legion's band.
		What the British Legion wanted most of all, however, was a spell of action and it came as a great relief when, on July 14th, 1819, the whole force of about 1000 British and 300 natives at last sailed for the mainland of Venezuela.
	www.simon-bolivar.org /bolivar/bolivar_s_brithsh_legion.htm (3872 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: The Royal British Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown.
		The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community.
		The Royal British Legion was a group dating back to the 27th century that was controlled by Sir Tyler Dixon the Magnificent.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Royal-British-Legion (366 words)

	Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		From the early 18th century to the middle of the 20th century, it was the largest and most powerful navy in the world, helping to establish the British Empire as the dominant power of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
		The British Royal Navy is commonly referred to as the "Royal Navy" both inside and outside the United Kingdom.
		Nowadays the British sailor is usually "Jack" (or "Jenny") rather than the more historical "Jack Tar", which is an allusion to either the former requirement to tar long hair or that, in the age of sail, hemp ropes were preserved in tar, causing the sailor's hands to become stained with tar.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Royal_Navy (5746 words)

	Loyalist Institute: British Legion, Cavalry Officers
		On September 29, 1781, a Legion detachment, led by Lt. Cameron skirmished with the Americans while the the British were abandoning their outposts and withdrawing into Yorktown.
		The Legion uniform worn was described as "short green coat with narrow gold lace and nankeen waistcoat and overalls").
		The surviving British Legion Infantry, not captured at Cowpens, were either transferred to the cavalry or sent to Charlestown, where they stayed until the end of the war.
	www.royalprovincial.com /military/rhist/britlegn/blcav1.htm (3081 words)

	The Royal British Legion - Quorn (Quorndon) Branch
		The Quorn branch was formed in 1936 by ex-servicemen who fought in the grim battle of the 1914-1918 War, and is committed to safeguarding the welfare, interests and memory of those who have served in the Armed Forces and their dependants.
		In 2001 the Royal British Legion, to which the Quorn branch is affiliated, spent more than £40 million providing welfare services and relieving distress.
		The Quorn branch of The Royal British Legion is well known in the local area for its fundraising events, in particular, the concert which it organises annually at nearby Beaumanor Hall, has become a very important event in the fundraising calendar.
	www.quorndon-mag.org.uk /british_legion (293 words)

	british legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The British Legion is known as a charitable organisation, which looks after the interests of ex-servicemen and women, as well as caring for many of them in homes and providing work in sheltered workshops for those who are disabled.
		The British Legion in its official form rather than its individual membership and the official Remembrance ceremonies rather than all the participants are a yearly promotion of the dominant belief that being armed to the teeth is not only necessary but desirable.
		Following a widespread public debate in the media, dubbed as ‘The war of the poppies’ the British Legion attempted to justify its view that the red poppy and remembrance are for peace.
	www.ppu.org.uk /poppy/new/tx_11_bl.html (1756 words)

	Jewish Legion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Zion Mule Corps served on the Gallipoli front, as for political reasons the British opposed the participation of Jewish volunteers on the Palestinian front, but ultimately, in August 1917, the formation of a Jewish regiment was officially announced.
		The British opposed the participation of Jewish volunteers on the Palestinian front and they were put to serve as a detachment for mule transport on another sector of the Turkish front.
		Besides various skirmishes, the Legion also participated in the Battle of Megiddo in mid-September, 1918, widely considered to have been one of the final and descisive victories of the Ottoman front.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jewish_legion (1246 words)

	Royal British Legion
		The Royal British Legion was formed in 1921 and is the nation's premier ex-service charity, dedicated to caring for men and women who have served in the armed forces - and their dependants.
		Its objects include promoting the welfare of ex-service men or women and their dependants and relieving hardship among them where it exists; raising and distributing money for these purposes; assisting serving men and women in their return to civilian life; and promoting the interests of their dependants while they themselves are still serving.
		Legion funds ensure that 23,000 much-needed visits are made to those who are either housebound or in hospital.
	www.caldicot.com /enjoy/legion.html (411 words)

	Jewish Legion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jewish Legion was the name for five battalions of Jewish volunteers established as the British Army's 38th through 42nd (Service) Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers.
		Between the dissolution of the Zion Mule Corps and the formation of the Jewish Legion, Jabotinsky and Trumpeldor and 120 Zion Mule Corps Veterans served together in Platoon 16 of the 20th Battalion of the London Regiment.
		Former members of the Legion took part in defense of Jewish communities during Riots in Palestine of 1920, which resulted in the arrest of Jabotinsky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jewish_Legion (1246 words)

	Background: British Legion Uniforms
		The uniform of the British Legion could be said to be both famous and obscure.
		By the period of the Revolution, the familiar British army uniform of red coat with white small clothes had become the accepted norm, but regimental colonels (and even individual officers) still had considerable leeway in terms of adapting and personalizing the details, such as cut and braid.
		The Lauzun Legion came in close contact with Tarleton and the Legion of Pulaski was "surprised and destroyed at Monk's Corner" according to a letter from Tarleton.
	home.golden.net /~marg/bansite/backgnd/legionuniforms.html (1785 words)

	Tarleton's Legion by Thomas H. Raddall
		By all accounts, British and American, this was the best led, the most enduring, the most dashing, the most relentless, and on the whole the most successful of the Loyalist regiments, and for all these reasons it was the one most feared and hated by rebels.
		For the British on the other hand the upheaval in America was an episode in a struggle waged over half the world, a regrettable episode about which the less said the better; and as a result comparatively little has been said or written on the British side.
		When the British finally abandoned Charleston late in 1782 we assume that the women and children of the Legion removed with the others to New York, and there rejoined the husbands or such of the husbands as had survived the battles and hardships of that tremendous march to the Chesapeake.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /merseyhersoc/tarletonslegion.html (12670 words)

	Tarlton's Legion
		The British Legion, which became known as "Tarleton's Legion", was originally formed in 1778 by the union of the Philadelphia Light Dragoons, Caledonian Volunteers, and Kinloch's Light Dragoons, all from the Pennsylvania and New Jersey area.
		After being reunited with family members, the remaining Legion members were evacuated to Shelburne, Nova Scotia and subsequently most went to Port Mouton to help found the Guysboro Township, named in honour of Sir Guy Carlton, supreme commander of the British forces.
		The British bad guy, William Tavington, is based on Banastre Tarleton, although Tavington is extremely evil, burns children alive, etc, and is killed in the end.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /merseyhersoc/tarleton.html (1394 words)

	Royal British Legion Scotland Arbroath Branch
		It was then that the Legion was born, though the official date is 18th June 1921, when the first 'Unity Conference' was held in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, and when its title, The British Legion, was unanimously adopted.
		The brackets were removed from the word 'Scotland' in 1950, and today's title The Royal British Legion Scotland was granted by the Queen, the Legion's Patron, on its 50th Anniversary in 1971.
		Today The Royal British Legion Scotland and it's counterpart The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading charity for the Welfare, Interests and Memory of those men and women who have served in H.M. Armed Forces and their dependants.
	www.arbroathbranchrbls.org.uk (723 words)

	Royal British Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The British Legion was formed in 1921 and adopted the branch standard in the same year.
		The design of the badge, for use on the Legion's stationery, Standard and as a lapel badge was approved by the Queen 6 July 1972.
		The official website of the Royal British legion Scotland (http://www.rblscotland.org.uk/) shows a standard with the name "the Royal British legion Scotland" in full so the local branches might have it too instead of simply "British Legion".
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-leg.html (335 words)

	PoppyFresh - The Royal British Legion Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After careful consultation with The Legion at their London offices it was decided the way forward would be to create a new fragrancer product featuring the poppy image from The Legion's logo.
		We are pleased that The Legion has given such a small fledgling company their support and guidance in creating PoppyFresh, and we look forward to making a difference to those that matter in the coming years.
		The Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community and its 550,000 members continue to ensure that this voice does not go unheard.
	www.poppyfresh.com /html/legion.htm (342 words)

	COMBER ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
		But, like the Royal British Legion, they will be there, looking after one another as they do their duty and they will prevail.
		The sports committee of the Royal British Legion Northern Ireland held its annual rifle and pistol shooting competition on Saturday June 9th.
		The Royal British Legion is dedicated to help serving and ex-service men and women and their families.
	www.sixgolds.com /legion.htm (3329 words)

	British Legion talk - page 1
		What follows is more or less the text of the talk my father gave to the local branch of The Royal British Legion in December 1995.
		Thanks to the lack of foresight of successive British governments and most politicians in the 1930s (with the exception of course of Winston Churchill) we were quite unprepared for was in 1939 and the 1st British Expeditionary Force was poorly equipped to face the might of the German war machine.
		One of the qualities of the British character is the ability to find humour in adversity, but in the next few weeks there was very little humour to be found.
	members.aol.com /jimspars/blztalk1.htm (1969 words)

	RBL Rheindahlen Branch
		The Royal British Legion is the prime ex-Service organisation and one of Britain's best known and highly respected charities.
		The Rheindahlen Branch's primary aim is to look after the welfare needs of British ex-Service personnel and their dependants in our area of responsibility which because we are the most southerly Branch in Germany stretches down to the Austrian and Swiss borders.
		There is a good bar and comfortable surroundings prospective British Legion members and their families are most welcome to pay us a visit.
	www.rblrheind.web.com (412 words)

	Royal British Legion
		The British Legion was formed in 1921 and adopted the branch standard shortly afterwards.
		The British Legion was established in 1921 out of amalgamating 4 other ex-service organisations.
		It would therefore appear that the unauthorised Standard of 1921 was submitted to the College of Arms by the General Secretary of the British Legion, and properly authorised in 1923.
	flagspot.net /flags/gb-leg.html (477 words)

	The Royal British Legion - Media Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Legion magazine is published 5 times a year and sent to around 450,000 members worldwide.
		The magazine is one of the benefits of being a Legion member.
		A short resume of the Legion its history and activities.
	www.thepressdesk.com /britishlegion/tab.php?tabid=2471 (99 words)

	British Cycling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Legion have organised their own version of the Battle of the Bulge – a 500km charity ride from Aylesford to the Ardennes which departs from the UK on 9th June arriving at the scene of the Battle itself on the Belgium/Luxembourg border 5 days later.
		Each cyclist has pledged to raise at least £1,000 each for The Royal British Legion, the charity which provides welfare to thousands of people who have served in the British Armed Forces and their dependants.
		Russell Thompson, Director of Fundraising at the Legion said, ‘Although the Poppy Appeal raised an incredible £21 million last year this is less than half the £50 million the Legion requires to respond to the 300,000 calls for help we receive each year.
	www.britishcycling.org.uk /news/2004/05_may/28_legion.shtml (343 words)

	Royal British Legion Lyme Regis
		The Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community and our 550,000 members continue to ensure that this voice does not go unheard.
		Although the needs of ex-Service people have changed over the years, we are still there to safeguard their welfare, interests and memory.
		British service people are in action around the world every day of the year.
	www.whatsoninlyme.co.uk /britishlegion.htm (442 words)

	LEGION (Lat. legio) - Online Information article about LEGION (Lat. legio) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat.
		The term " Foreign Legion " is often used for irregular volunteer corps of foreign sympathizers raised by states at war, often by smaller states fighting for See also:
		It was considered rather as a small army of the British type, most of which served abroad by regiments and battalions while a small portion and See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org.cob-web.org:8888 /LAP_LEO/LEGION_Lat_legio_.html (1170 words)

	The Royal British Legion Riders Branch
		“Riders” is a National Branch of The Royal British Legion, which was established at an inaugural meeting held at the Legion’s Cheltenham Branch on Saturday 27 November 2004.
		The Riders Branch is keen to attract motorcyclists and supporters from throughout the UK and further afield who would enjoy comradeship, social activities and supporting the important work of the Legion among the ex-Service community.
		All members are encouraged to play an active role within the branch at Local and National level, with the emphasis on being pro-active in getting together with other branch members in their geographical area.
	www.rblr.co.uk (360 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| British Legion challenges MoD on Gulf war jabs
		The Royal British Legion and the Ministry of Defence are heading for a legal showdown over the multiple vaccination of 52,000 soldiers in the first Gulf war, after the disclosure in the Guardian this week that when they were given anthrax vaccinations the official safety guidelines were not observed.
		Patrick Allen of the law firm Hodge, Jones and Allen, which is taking up compensation claims for members of the armed forces who suffered Gulf war illnesses, said the disclosure was "very significant".
		Yesterday Colonel Terry English, the legion's director of welfare, said: "We have been appalled by the attitude of the Ministry of Defence.
	www.guardian.co.uk /military/story/0,11816,1012870,00.html (316 words)

	The Royal British Legion
		Royal British Legion Paderborn Branch e.V. News and events of this branch.
		Members of The American Legion that participate in parades and other ceremonies that are within the aims and goals of The American Legion.
		The American Legion Auxiliary was organized in 1919 to assist The American Legion.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Royal_British_Legion (1581 words)

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