MEMBERS of the Builth Wells branch of the Royal British Legion celebrated 100 years since the formation of the organisation on Saturday morning, May 15.
Members gathered to lay a poppy wreath at the town’s cenotaph. They included Herbie Herbert, Tony Prynne, Martyn Hughes, Pauline and Peter Roberts, Reverend Brian Reardon, Doe Herbert and Adam Johnstone.
The Royal British Legion was formed on May 15, 1921, bringing together four national organisations of ex-servicemen that had established themselves after the first World War. These included the National Association of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers, the British National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers, the Comrades of the Great War and the Officers’ Association. The amalgamation of these organisations is attributed to field marshall Lord Haig who remained as president of the Royal British Legion until his death, and Tom Lister, of the Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers.