Remembrance Day 2023
In 2023 we are remembering and honouring Service
Service, the act of defending and protecting the nation’s democratic freedoms and way of life, is rarely without cost to those who serve. Physical, mental or emotional injury or trauma; the absence of time with loved ones; or the pressures that come from serving, highlight why the Remembrance of service is so important.
This year we mark significant anniversaries united by the theme of ‘Service’. On the 70th anniversary of the armistice which ended the fighting of the Korean War, we pay tribute to the British and Commonwealth forces who served in almost unimaginable conditions. We also honour the contribution of the generation in uniform who undertook National Service, 60 years after the last serviceman was demobbed.
On the 75th anniversary of the arrival of settlers from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush, we explore the connections between the Armed Forces and the Windrush Generation, and mark their service and the part they played in rebuilding post war Britain.
To learn more on this years theme visit:
https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/what-were-remembering-this-year
Remembering National Service
Our Prayer Leaders raising money for the Royal British legion by selling poppies November 2023
Windrush 75
Exploring the connections between the Armed Forces and the Windrush Generation
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the ship Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex. The ship has become symbolic of the generation who travelled from the Caribbean to settle in, and help rebuild, Britain in the decades after the Second World War.
The men and women on the Windrush came from several countries including Jamaica, Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago, although many disembarking at Tilbury Docks on 22nd June 1948 were not seeing Britain for the first time, they were making a return journey. More than 100 of the passengers were current or former Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel from the Caribbean
To learn more visit:
https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/about-remembrance/windrush-75
