About us: We are a small branch of the Legion in Somerset; part of the East Mendip Group. Membership is open to all and it is not necessary to have been in the armed forces to join.  The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants. There are about 300,000 calls for help every year and the call on our welfare work is increasing. All these welfare activities of the Legion are embraced under the title "Poppy Support". Assistance can be as simply as giving help and advice on claiming allowances or state benefits, or practical assistance in providing a wide range of home appliances in approved situations, or helping applicants to get holiday breaks or respite care at one of the Legion's own holiday homes, such as Somerset Legion House in Weston-Super-Mare.
 Locally, the Pilton Branch is the co-sponsor of the Pilton Weekend in September. We also organise the annual Poppy Appeal in our area and arrange the November ceremony at the Pilton War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday.
We have an accredited welfare caseworker in our Branch who can provide local help and advice to those with problems, with the ability to seek support and assistance from the larger resources of the Legion's "Poppy Support", when needed. For more information contact the Hon. Branch Secretary on 261. Ken Dilkes "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We shall remember them" Written by Laurence Binyon. Taken from the Poem ' For The Fallen' First published in the Times Newspaper on September 21st 1914. It was written as a reaction to the high casualty rates of the British Expeditionary Force at Mons and Le Cateau but these four famous lines have now taken an existence of their own that apply to all war casualties. (Click the link at the bottom of the page to read the whole poem) |
Those from Pilton that fell 1914 - 1918 
Click the titles below to read the Poems In Flanders Fields Anthem for Doomed Youth For The Fallen  
Above is a Photograph taken from the Pilton 'History Page'. It shows the Pilton British Leigon presenting a special poppy brooch for 25years selling Poppies to Dora Lovell & Winnie Boyce in 1972. Left to right: Dora Lovell, Walt Fleming, Winnie Boyce, George Windsor, Official from Brithish Leigon, Joyce Keirl, and Sir George Forester Walker. Photograph kindly supplied by Diana Knowles. 
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