Royal British Legion Brussels Branch
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We organise commemorations, socials & battlefield tours. New members welcome - all ages, you don't need to be a Brit or ex-military: https://shorturl.at/idQRR
'Every grave is a human being with a story.' VRT follows Roger, David and Alan, three Brits who for over 30 years have made an annual pilgrimage to Belgium to pay their respects at war cemeteries www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
“There’s hardly a family in Britain that wasn’t affected in some way” (VIDEO) | VRT NWS: news
Many are the visitors from at home and abroad who come to Ieper for the annual ceremony of remembrance under the Menin Gate in Ieper (West Flanders). Many visitors also remember individual soldiers wh...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
'Every grave is a human being with a story.' VRT follows Roger, David and Alan, three Brits who for over 30 years have made an annual pilgrimage to Belgium to pay their respects at war cemeteries www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
RBL Standard Bearer Freddy Roiseux had pride of place at the Armistice Day ceremony led by King Philippe at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Brussels this morning. Branch Chair Dennis Abbott laid a wreath with Baron Christian Houtart, President of the Tenby Memorial Committee
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
RBL Standard Bearer Freddy Roiseux had pride of place at the Armistice Day ceremony led by King Philippe at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Brussels this morning. Branch Chair Dennis Abbott laid a wreath with Baron Christian Houtart, President of the Tenby Memorial Committee
Thank you to everyone who attended our Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Heverlee war cemetery in such numbers yday. Our gratitude to HE Anne Sherriff, the UK Defence Team, Military Wives Choir, the scouts & NATO top brass! More pictures here www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended our Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Heverlee war cemetery in such numbers yday. Our gratitude to HE Anne Sherriff, the UK Defence Team, Military Wives Choir, the scouts & NATO top brass! More pictures here www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
If you're in the Brussels or Leuven area on Sunday, do come and join us in paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you're in the Brussels or Leuven area on Sunday, do come and join us in paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice
UK Ambassador Anne Sharriff hosts launch of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in Belgium - report via The Bulletin www.thebulletin.be/remembering-...
Remembering the fallen of WWI: Poppy appeal launched in Belgium
The Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal has been launched in Belgium by British Ambassador Anne Sherriff.At a ceremony at the British Residence in Brussels, she paid tribute to the fallen of wo...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
UK Ambassador Anne Sharriff hosts launch of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in Belgium - report via The Bulletin www.thebulletin.be/remembering-...
Today is the 81st anniversary of the Liberation of Brussels by the Welsh Guards. W01 RSM Christoper Greaves (pictured) and Regimental Adjutant Lt Col Guy Bartle-Jones presented a new hand-made uniform to the city for the Manneken-Pis. The little boy can now say he is taking a leek
September 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today is the 81st anniversary of the Liberation of Brussels by the Welsh Guards. W01 RSM Christoper Greaves (pictured) and Regimental Adjutant Lt Col Guy Bartle-Jones presented a new hand-made uniform to the city for the Manneken-Pis. The little boy can now say he is taking a leek
‘A dark period in Antwerp's police history’: of the 25,000 deported, barely 5 per cent survived www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
Antwerp police hand over Second World War deportation list to city archives | VRT NWS: news
Antwerp police have handed over a list containing the names of the people deported by the Germans during the Second World War to the FelixArchief, Antwerp's city archives. Until now, the document had ...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
‘A dark period in Antwerp's police history’: of the 25,000 deported, barely 5 per cent survived www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
Belgium sends troops in response to Russian threat vrtnws.be/p.6Kewp3W0K
Belgium sends 200 soldiers to Lithuania to beef up NATO’s military presence in Eastern Europe | VRT NWS: news
Belgium is deploying over 200 soldiers to Lithuania starting next week Belgian defence minister Theo Francken (Flemish nationalist N-VA) has announced. Since the war in Ukraine and the increased Russi...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Belgium sends troops in response to Russian threat vrtnws.be/p.6Kewp3W0K
Original Wipers Times collection saved www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
Talbot House acquires full collection of Wipers Times | VRT NWS: news
Talbot House in Poperinge(West Flanders) has been able to acquire the complete collection of 'The Wipers Times'. The publication was an underground satirical soldiers' newspaper written at Talbot Hous...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Original Wipers Times collection saved www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
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It’s the 81st anniversary of the end of the battle of Kohima - you can go back and listen to Rob and Jack’s description in the series one overview here:
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June 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It’s the 81st anniversary of the end of the battle of Kohima - you can go back and listen to Rob and Jack’s description in the series one overview here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/4BIV...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/4BIV...
Thx to all who joined our commemoration at Evere despite the sweltering heat. Our President Zoe White presented a richly deserved certificate of appreciation to #WW2 veteran Count Henri d’Oultremont, who served with the #PironBrigade. The fittest 100 year old we've ever seen!
June 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Thx to all who joined our commemoration at Evere despite the sweltering heat. Our President Zoe White presented a richly deserved certificate of appreciation to #WW2 veteran Count Henri d’Oultremont, who served with the #PironBrigade. The fittest 100 year old we've ever seen!
All welcome!
June 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
All welcome!
Wishing a very happy 100th birthday to our member Count Henri d'Oultremont, a veteran of the #WW2 #PironBrigade. Here he is speaking to the Belgian national broadcaster, urging today's leaders to avoid making the same mistakes as 80 years ago shorturl.at/Np41S
45K views · 731 reactions | Survivant de la 2e Guerre mondiale : "J’ai peur mais j’espère un sursaut pour ne pas recommencer les mêmes bêtises" explique Henri d'Oultremont. | La Première - RTBF
Survivant de la 2e Guerre mondiale : "J’ai peur mais j’espère un sursaut pour ne pas recommencer les mêmes bêtises" explique Henri d'Oultremont..
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May 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Wishing a very happy 100th birthday to our member Count Henri d'Oultremont, a veteran of the #WW2 #PironBrigade. Here he is speaking to the Belgian national broadcaster, urging today's leaders to avoid making the same mistakes as 80 years ago shorturl.at/Np41S
Don't miss our battlefield tour in Flanders and northern France on 7 June! We're visiting #WW2 V1 and RAF crash-landing sites & the infamous location of the #WormhoutMassacre. Only a few seats remain - register at shorturl.at/HvRTt
May 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Don't miss our battlefield tour in Flanders and northern France on 7 June! We're visiting #WW2 V1 and RAF crash-landing sites & the infamous location of the #WormhoutMassacre. Only a few seats remain - register at shorturl.at/HvRTt
WW1 battlefield tour by helicopter in Belgium www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
Visit the Great War battlefields by helicopter! | VRT NWS: news
The city of Ieper and Toran, a helicopter flight company based in Wevelgem (West Flanders), are teaming up to offer flights over the Great War battlefields. Passengers fly over cemeteries and old bomb...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
WW1 battlefield tour by helicopter in Belgium www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
tvlux made a report on our recent ceremony at Hotton www.tvlux.be/video/info/b...
Hotton rend hommage aux Britanniques tombés il y a 80 ans
Ce dimanche, Hotton a rendu hommage aux militaires britanniques, anglais, canadiens, australiens, néozélandais tombés il y a 80 ans. Anciens combattants, autorités civiles ...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
tvlux made a report on our recent ceremony at Hotton www.tvlux.be/video/info/b...
Our new branch newsletter, out soon, includes this shot of #WinstonChurchill, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in #Brussels in November 1945. He was joined on the visit by his daughter Mary who commanded an ATS battery at Terlanenveld near Overijse during WW2
May 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our new branch newsletter, out soon, includes this shot of #WinstonChurchill, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in #Brussels in November 1945. He was joined on the visit by his daughter Mary who commanded an ATS battery at Terlanenveld near Overijse during WW2
Our annual ceremony in #Evere takes place close to the Waterloo crypt & the grave of Joséphine Napoléone de #Montholon, said to be the daughter of #Napoleon
May 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our annual ceremony in #Evere takes place close to the Waterloo crypt & the grave of Joséphine Napoléone de #Montholon, said to be the daughter of #Napoleon
2025 marks 85 years since Operation Dynamo. From 21-26 May more than 75 Little Ships will moor in Dunkirk to commemorate the events of 1940. The Military Wives Choir Belgium will perform after the service on Sunday 25 May www.adls.org.uk/copy-of-dunk...
DUNKIRK 2020
80TH ANNIVERSARY
The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships is an association of vessels that took part in the dramatic rescue of British, French and other allied soldiers in May/June 1940.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
2025 marks 85 years since Operation Dynamo. From 21-26 May more than 75 Little Ships will moor in Dunkirk to commemorate the events of 1940. The Military Wives Choir Belgium will perform after the service on Sunday 25 May www.adls.org.uk/copy-of-dunk...
Comet Line courier Odile de Vasselot has passed away, aged 103 www.liberation.fr/politique/mo...
Mort de la résistante Odile de Vasselot, ancienne agente de liaison durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale
L’ancienne résistante des réseaux «Zéro France» et «Comète», spécialisés dans l’évasion des pilotes Alliés, s’est éteinte dans la nuit du 20 au 21 avril 2025, à l’âge de 103 ans.
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April 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Comet Line courier Odile de Vasselot has passed away, aged 103 www.liberation.fr/politique/mo...
Our next battlefield tour includes a visit to the site of the Wormhout Massacre
April 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our next battlefield tour includes a visit to the site of the Wormhout Massacre
Belgium's soldier king, Albert I. The statue was made by Rik Poot & inaugurated in 1952
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Belgium's soldier king, Albert I. The statue was made by Rik Poot & inaugurated in 1952
Our next commemorations take place on 4 May at Hotton War Cemetery (11.15am) and the 51st Highland Division memorial at La Roche. Why not join us?
April 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Our next commemorations take place on 4 May at Hotton War Cemetery (11.15am) and the 51st Highland Division memorial at La Roche. Why not join us?