Royal British Legion

(L-R) Owner of Seeded in Southsea Alexsis Seed with volunteers Maggie Crompton, Margaret Kelly, Sarah Dobie, Sarah Yetman and Lesley Callaway.

Picture: Sarah Standing

Knitters unite to create 27,000 poppies for Southsea Castle tribute

The Poppy Appeal will be returning to Fareham once again on October 22 after raising tens of thousands of pounds last year.

Tens of thousands raised in Fareham Poppy Appeal - set to return

Denis Ogalo, 28, is a Royal Navy sailor who reached out to the RBL so he could attend his grandma's funeral.

Devastated sailor attends grandma's funeral in Kenya thanks to RBL

The annual D Day memorial service will be taking place at the D Day stone in Southsea, near Canoe Lake on Friday, June 6, 2025.

Poignant commemoration marking D-Day to be held at memorial stone

The Royal British Legion runs a support group in Gosport which supports veterans with dementia. Pictured is organiser Cliff Cropley, Royal Navy veteran, speaking to the attendees.

'Uplifted' Royal Navy veterans with dementia given new life at groups

Veteran Janet Riddell, of Fareham, before a Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, to mark 15 years since the Iraq War. The Royal British Legion are leading commemorations marking the 15th anniversary since the end of Operation Telic.

Veteran who lost leg in Iraq War remembers 'nightmare' amid memorial

Army veteran Andrew Hollins has organised a gig in aid of the Royal British Legion.

Veteran fundraising for Royal British Legion with charity gig

A service was held on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at the First World War cenotaph in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, to mark Armistice Day.

24 reflective pictures of Armistice Day Remembrance service

Alan Mak MP lays a wreath in Emsworth Memorial Garden during the annual Act of Remembrance held to mark Armistice Day

Havant MP takes part in 2025 Armistice Day Act of Remembrance in Emsworth

Alan Mak MP in Parliament's Garden of Remembrance

MP Alan Mak plants cross in Parliament's 2025 Garden of Remembrance to honour Ha...

Limited-edition glassware designed by Colin Waite

Get your hands on a limited-edition poppy pint glass in 16 pubs in Hampshire

Alan Mak MP joins Angela Hopkins (left) and her RBL Hayling Branch team at the Lidl store in Manor Road to sell poppies

Local MP Alan Mak joins Royal British Legion volunteers on Hayling Island to rai...

Alan Mak MP (centre) at the Poppy Appeal launch with Havant area Poppy Appeal Lead Andy Carter MBE (fourth right) and RBL Havant Branch President Chris Atkinson (third left)

MP Alan Mak launches Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in Havant

On Thursday, October 23, 2025, the Royal British Legion launched the Hampshire Poppy Appeal outside the Spinnaker Tower in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth. Crowds gathered to celebrate the launch of the appeal.

"Fantastic support" for poppy appeal parade kicks off campaign

Free rail travel is being given to armed forces personnel and veterans attending remembrance services.

Free train travel for military and veterans for remembrance services

Care UK's Carpathia Grange received a VFF award.

Hythe care home achieves veteran-friendly status
A care home in Hythe has been recognised for its commitment to the armed forces community.
Honor Skelding

Alan Mak MP and veterans visiting the Bayeux War Cemetery to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019

Havant MP Alan Mak to lead delegation of local veterans to Normandy to commemora...

The care home hosted its first veteran brunch.

Supporting veterans – Horndean care home secures prestigious accreditation

Michelle Towner from Orlaya Floryn Blooms at the Hotwalls Christmas Creative Market

Delight as artists open their studios for Christmas market - in pictures

Portsmouth Depot Manager, Colin Ashcroft hands £3990 cheque to the Royal British Legion

Stagecoach South Donates £3,990 to the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal

Alan Mak MP lays a wreath in Emsworth Memorial Garden on Armistice Day

Havant MP Alan Mak takes part in Armistice Day Act of Remembrance in Emsworth

Gosport Remembrance Sunday parade at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.

Crowds gather for Gosport Remembrance ceremony - pictures

Alan Mak MP lays a wreath during the Remembrance Sunday service held at St James' Church, Emsworth

Havant MP Alan Mak takes part in parade and services to mark Remembrance Sunday

Portsmouth united to honour the fallen on Remembrance Sunday during a service in Guildhall Square.

Portsmouth unites to honour the fallen at emotional remembrance parade

Alan Mak MP selling poppies at Lidl in Manor Road, Hayling Island

Havant MP Alan Mak helps Royal British Legion volunteers on Hayling Island to ra...

Poppy decorated Stagecoach buses

Stagecoach offers free travel to veterans this Remembrance Weekend

The Portsmouth poppy appeal was launched on October 24 with sailors bringing donation boxes from a landing craft involved in the Falklands War. Lt Cdr Steve Cass leads as a poppies are brought ashore from landing craft F8. Poppy Appeal launch at HMNB Portsmouth.

Historic Falklands War landing craft delivers poppies for city appeal
Heartfelt testimonials stressed the importance of remembrance as a historic landing craft delivered the first poppies of this year’s appeal.
Freddie Webb

The government has announced that Veterans ID Cards will be an acceptable form of identification for voting in elections.

Veterans ID Cards to be accepted for elections after people blocked

A memorial obelisk to honour those who died during the sinking of HMS Royal Oak is being unveiled. Pictured is the battleship in Portsmouth Harbour prior to the Second World War.

Obelisk honouring those who died on HMS Royal Oak to be unveiled

A landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6 1944, a scene that the film Saving Private Ryan re-created.

Watch: D-Day war film streaming for free for limited amount of time

Fish and chips.

Watch: National Fish and Chip Day’s fascinating connection to D-Day

The Portsmouth City Council and Royal British Legion D-Day 75 memorial service on Monday 6th June 2022 at the D-Day Stone, Southsea. Visitors laying the wreath by the D-Day Stone, Southsea.

City to pay its respects today at D-Day memorial event - details

D-Day veteran Jack Mortimer gets emotional as he travels to France for the D-Day 80 commemorations. Photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Veterans sail out of Portsmouth on an emotional day - In pictures

(left to right) Royal Navy Commander Glen Hickson, D-Day veteran Jim Grant, Royal Navy Commodore John Voyce, and D-Day veteran Charles Horne, on board the Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel as it prepares to sail from Portsmouth Harbour in the UK to Ouistreham, in Caen, France, carrying 31 D-Day and Normandy veterans who are travelling with the Royal British Legion and Spirit of Normandy Trust to take part in commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

People wave D-Day veterans off as ferry to France leaves Portsmouth

D-Day veteran Bernard Morgan reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe.

Watch: D-Day hero reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe

King to become patron of Royal British Legion

Mixed reactions following announcement from Buckingham Palace

Breaking King, Queen and Prince of Wales to attend D-Day 80 events

Vice Admiral Clive Johnstone CB CBE, has passed away at the age of 60. He is pictured reviewing the Ceremonial Guard on the flight deck of HMS Duncan in 2018. NATO photo by GBRN LPhot Paul Hall.

"Extraordinary" Vice Admiral dies aged 60

The Red Arrows flay past over Southsea Common on June 5, 2019 for D-Day 75.

Prime Minister to lead the D-Day commemorations in the city

Alan Mak MP meets Falklands War veterans in Havant following the 40th anniversary parade.

Havant MP Alan Mak welcomes Government launch of new veterans' ID card

Luke Delahunty, 49, from Portsmouth, was discharged from the RAF on medical grounds after a motorbike crash left him in a wheelchair. He was invited to join Bravo 22 Company, a theatre company created from veterans, to tell their stories.

Veteran tells how Royal British Legion helped him after life-changing injuries

Tesco has a long association with the Armed Forces

Tesco customers can support Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal

Remembrance poppies are undergoing major changes this year. Picture: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images.

Remembrance poppy undergoing major changes

Remembrance Sunday service at Gosport War Memorial
Picture: Matthew Clark

Gosport’s Conservatives face allegations of 'politicising' Remembrance Sunday

Stephen Morgan MP

MP calls for constituents to offer suggestions for Remembrance tribute

The Royal British Legion's new 100% paper poppy, available for Poppy Appeal from October 2023.

Poppy Appeal volunteers sought by Royal British Legion

What the development would look like

Portsmouth Royal British Legion building will be demolished for new flats

An artist's impression

Plan to demolish former RBL building is set to be refused

Vintage military vehicles travelling through Southwick last year. Picture: Tom Morton

Military convoy to travel through Southwick for Armed Forces Day

Veteran Peter Backlog ahead of Remembering National Service - 60 years on, a Royal British Legion commemoration event to mark the service and sacrifice of all National Service veterans, at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. Picture date: Tuesday May 16, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire

Fareham veteran joins Princess Anne to commemorate end of National Service

Peter Backlog of Fareham pictured now and in 1955 during his National Service days
Picture: Royal British Legion

'Bring it back': Fareham veteran recalls happy days in National Service

The new plastic-free poppy (Photo: Royal British Legion)

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

Artist impression of the plans

Former RBL building set to be replaced with flats

Ready to bust ghosts at the Cosplay for Poppies event in Havant. Pictured: Andy Hornby (44) and Craig Braisby (48). Picture: Mike Cooter (051122)

Hampshire Cosplay bring the force and help fundraise at Havant Tesco

War veterans David John Dade (Left) and Ken Sprowles at the launch of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in central London (photo: Getty Images)

Annual Poppy Appeal is launched across the UK