British Legion
Americannoun
noun
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As for WW2, of five million British men and women who served in it, the Royal British Legion believes fewer than 8,000 are still alive.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
The Festival of Remembrance event was organised by the Royal British Legion, an association dedicated to supporting veterans and their families.
From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025
Rates of hearing problems in veterans under 75 years old are around 3.5 times higher than in the general population, according to 2014 research from the Royal British Legion.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
And so she takes that message with her in the evenings when she's teaching her bagpipe class at the Banchory Royal British Legion Club.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
My son Charles is captain in the British Legion, and James a lieutenant in the same: they are both in New York.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
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