The Royal British Legion 90 Years Of Heroes

Author : Matt Croucher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal British Legion written by Matt Croucher and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Royal British Legion was founded in 1922. It is now the country's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependants. The RBL is behind the annual Poppy Appeal, the highest profile charity appeal in Britain. This superbly illustrated book has the full support of the Royal British Legion and will tell the complete story of its history through exclusive access to its archives, thus providing a celebratory, as well informative, tribute to their work over the past 90 years. It will be the definitive history of this much-loved organisation, charting its work with soldiers and ex-servicemen through the stories of its heroes, famous as well as unknown, during the highest-profile military campaigns of the past 90 years. The book will be divided into nine chapters, each representing one decade in the RBL's existence. Each chapter will celebrate one hero per year; 1922, 1923, 1924, etc. giving an account of that particular person, and what they achieved. Within each chapter will be special spreads that emphasise also the social history of the evolution of the RBL as a charity, supported with iconic imagery and text. Each one of the heroes, from 1922 right through to 2012, has been personally chosen by decorated royal marine, and RBL ambassador, Lance Corporal Matt Croucher GC. Men such as Major Robert Henry Cain VC (1909-1974), who destroyed six tanks during Operation 'Market Garden' at Arnhem in 1944 and was one of the only officers from his battalion to escape the German encirclement of the British 1st Airborne Division. The book will be published in late autumn to coincide with the 2011 Poppy Appeal, which will be the biggest in the Legion's history, with events running nationwide, TV advertising, celebrity involvement and a high-profile marketing campaign. Matt Croucher will be involved in the campaign as an ambassador for the RBL. For any serving member of the armed forces, or those retired from service, or members of the public who are keen to know about this beloved organisation; this will be a fascinating and valued purchase, knowing that royalties will be going to the charity themselves." --Publisher description.

Author : Matt Croucher
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007441541
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal British Legion: 90 Years of Heroes written by Matt Croucher and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921. It is now the country’s leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependants. The RBL is behind the annual Poppy Appeal, the highest profile charity appeal in Britain.

Author : Andrew Richards
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612004482
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flag written by Andrew Richards and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “well-researched” biography “brings home something of what it was to be an army chaplain amid the battles in France and Flanders” (Methodist Recorder). Between 1916 and 1918, chaplain David Railton supported the soldiers on the Western Front in their worst moments. He buried the fallen, comforted the wounded, wrote to the families of the missing and killed, and helped the survivors to remember and mark the loss of their comrades so that they were able to carry on. He was with his men at many battles, including High Wood, the Aisne, and Passchendaele. He received the Military Cross for rescuing an officer and two men under heavy fire on the Somme. It was Railton’s idea to bring home the body of an unidentified fallen comrade from the battlefields to be buried in Westminster Abbey, and on Armistice Day 1920, he was there in the Abbey as the Unknown Warrior was laid to rest with full honors. Although suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, he returned to work as a parish priest in Margate, where he took particular interest in supporting ex-servicemen who had returned home to the aftermath of a terrible war and crippling unemployment. This is the first book to explore David Railton’s life and “the padre’s flag” he used as an altar cloth and shroud throughout the war—the flag that was consecrated a year after the burial of the Unknown Warrior and hangs in Westminster Abbey to this day.

Author : Mike Horswell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351584251
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of British Crusader Medievalism, c.1825–1945 written by Mike Horswell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the uses of crusader medievalism – the memory of the crusades and crusading rhetoric and imagery – in Britain, from Walter Scott’s The Talisman (1825) to the end of the Second World War. It seeks to understand why and when the crusades and crusading were popular, how they fitted with other cultural trends of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, how their use was affected by the turmoil of the First World War and whether they were differently employed in the interwar years and in the 1939-45 conflict. Building on existing studies and contributing the fruits of fresh research, it brings together examples of the uses of the crusades from disparate contexts and integrates them into the story of the rise and fall crusader medievalism in Britain.

Author : Michael Counsell
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848255446
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canterbury Preacher's Companion 2014 written by Michael Counsell and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annual favourite, offering 150 complete sermons for the coming year, with hymn suggestions. For each Sunday of the year there are two sermons, plus material for festivals, saints days, baptisms, weddings and funerals.

Author : Brian Harding
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850528267
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keeping Faith written by Brian Harding and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the millions who had fought in the Great War, and for their families, the 'land fit for heroes' turned out to be an illusion; instead there was suffering and deprivation. Out of this, on 1 July 1921 was born the British Legion. In the years that followed the Legion fought for justice for the ex-service community, meanwhile seeking to protect them. It introduced the Poppy Appeal and insisted on an annual act of national Remembrance for the fallen. It went to extraordinary lengths to try to prevent another war, ultimately finding itself in controversial discussions with Hitler. Even after the Second World War the Legion's work was far from over; the war-disabled and the war widows seemed to have been forgotten in the new welfare state. Remembrance itself appeared to be under threat as the memory of war receded. There were more battles to be fought, while conflicts such as the Gulf War brought fresh problems. Perhaps most inspiring is the human aspect. Those who have done the Legion's work represent every class of society, from admirals and former private soldiers to poppy collectors. But they have one thing in common: compassion for all who have suffered in the service of the country. This is their story too.

Author : Julie SUMMERS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788165792
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Are the Legion written by Julie SUMMERS and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formed in 1921 to provide welfare to soldiers returning from the First World War, the Royal British Legion is today the UK's leading military charity. In May 2021 the Legion celebrates its centenary. We Are the Legion is the first book to look at the whole hundred years, telling the extraordinary story of support to servicemen and women in the UK and around the world - from finding jobs and housing to healing the injuries and trauma of conflict. In recent years the Legion has quietly transformed itself from an organisation of old soldiers to a modern media-savvy charity leading the country in remembrance but also lobbying government on pensions and researching state-of-the-art rehabilitation while working alongside other leading charities on welfare provision. We Are the Legion covers every aspect of the Legion's work: the history of the poppy, the Legion's international links, its role in fostering peace between countries and its latest work on rehabilitation and support. But the book also pulls together lesser known aspects of the Legion's history, whether of the villages set aside for rehabilitation or the misguided trip to Germany in the 1930s as an attempt to foster friendship between nations. Richly illustrated with over 350 images, including an extraordinary collection of early poppy designs, Legion posters and unseen archive shots, the book also includes original photography specially commissioned for the project.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Humble
Publisher : Combined Books
ISBN 13 : 9780850525151
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legion written by Richard Humble and published by Combined Books. This book was released on 1996-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's premier veterans organization has been helping former service people and their families since the end of World War I. The large number of appalling casualties suffered by British forces 1914-1918 helped set the primary emphasis of the Legion, which has always been on aiding those disabled or in need. Over the years, veterans of World War II, Korea, the Falklands and Northern Ireland have been added to the ranks.Although associated by the British public with the World Wars, the Legion has continued to grow as veterans of subsequent campaigns join the organization. Membership in the Legion now stands at 750, 000, with 80,000 new members joining each year.After over 40 years of service, the British Legion was granted the coveted Royal title. To celebrate its 75th Anniversary, the Legion has issued its official history, written by famed military historian Richard Humble, best known for his account of Captain Bligh and the Bounty mutiny.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215039996
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Armed Forces Covenant in action? Part 1: Military casualties written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government must show how the excellent medical care being delivered to injured service personnel will continue long after the memory of the Afghan Operation fades. This report, which gives praise to the first class medical treatment provided for the Armed Forces, questions whether the support for injured personnel will be sustainable over the long term. In particular, the committee is concerned about the number of people who may go on to develop severe and life-limiting, physical, mental health, alcohol or neurological problems. There is still a question mark over whether the Government as a whole fully understands the likely future demands and related costs