Royal British Legion Lyme Regis

The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants.

Currently, nearly 11 million people are eligible for our support and we receive around 300,000 calls for help every year.

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.

They know that if they need our support - now or in the future - the Legion is always on active duty for them.

Lyme Regis Branch Events

Remembrance Day Parade

REMEMBRANCE DAY
1100: TWO MINUTES SILENCE AT THE WAR MEMORIAL Monmouth Street

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY PARADE AND REMEMBRANCETIDE SERVICE.
Church Service at St Michael's. It is hoped that this will be amongst one of the biggest parades ever seen in the town and all organisations in the town are welcome to attend.

Laying of wreaths & crosses. Followed by laying of wreaths & crosses at Polish Memorial, Anning Road.

Royal British Legion FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE

For any further information regarding any of the above please contact David Manners on 01297-443999

Fusilier Bill Kenely receiving his medals for a second time presented by RBL President Cecil Quick.

The Burma Star
and the
1939-1945
war medal.

Wearing his medals with pride.

Proud veteran of WWII Burma Bill Kenely of Staples Terrace was re-presented with his service medals at a short ceremony at a Royal British Legion Meeting

Events Co-ordinator for the Legion David Manners noticed last Remembrancetide that Bill’s Burma Star medal was attached to his jacket by only a small piece of black cotton tape. "My first thought", said former RNR Lt. Cdr Manners, was “here’s a man who saw active service in the Far East and his medals have seen a lot better days. So I decided, with Bill’s consent, to get his medals re-ribboned, cleaned and mounted.”

Bill served for two years in India and Burma and is the fourth generation of his family to have served in the British army. Bill was with the Lancashire Fusiliers. “Some people may think nowadays why bother to rejuvenate such medals after 63 years? I have no doubt in my mind having seen Bill Kenely. He is proud of what he achieved, full of painful, sad and sometimes fond memories and determined to wear his “new” medals with the dignity they rightly deserve. In conclusion Mr. Manners stressed that the task was paid for privately and did not involve Royal British Legion funds.

Editor's Note: Mr Kenely is now sadly deceased. We leave this on the page in tribute to him.

The Polish War Memorial

Polish memorial

A small team of Royal British Legion committee members cleared the site of weeds, pruned the roses and made the memorial stone of the Polish Air Force memorial on Anning Road more visible to the public in 2007.

David Manners of the Royal British Legion said: “Several thousand Polish airmen died on our behalf during WWII and we think it is only fitting that this humble memorial, which I believe to be the only one in south- west England, is given the respect it deserves."

Lyme Regis Branch
Committee Members

President: Mr Cecil Quick
Vice President: Mr W Reed
Chairman: Mr K Whetlor
V Chairman & Events Organiser: Mr D Manners
Treasurer: Mr M Jones
Secretary: Mr M Kirkby
Welfare Sec: Mrs A Driver (tel: 07971 631380)
Membership Sec: Mr D Humphrey

Poppy Organiser: Mrs S Marler
Standard Bearer: Mr J Rice
Deputy Standard Bearer: Mr D Humphrey
Mr K Austin
Mr E Bignall
Mr N Hampton-Rumbold
Mr M Lloyd
The Rev John Harrisson, St Michaels Church