15th May 2021 - Centenary Wreath Laying
One hundred years later the RBL is proud to still have 2,500 branches, some with a history reaching back to 1921 and others established in the last decade. To mark the moment of our founding, we are recreating the activity of that day and our National President and serving personnel will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph at 0900 hours on Saturday 15th May, under the rule of six. That moment at the Cenotaph 100 years ago sparked the beginning of something much bigger. Below are Branches from Northumbria who participated in the laying of a wreath at 09.00
| Blyth at their memorial present: Branch Chair, President, Secretary, Standard Bearer and Youth member who laid the wreath |
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| Corbridge at their memorial present: Branch Chairman and Standard Bearer |
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Warkworth and Amble Branch at the Amble Memorial Gardens
Present from the branch: the Chairman, President, Secretary Standard Bearer Trumpeter Ron Creasy
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Warkworth and Amble Branch also arranged to have the Memorial Clock in Amble Memorial Gardens illuminated in Red, White and Blue
on Saturday evening between sunset and 23:00 in attendance was the Standard Bearer
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| Wark Branch at their memorial Present: Standard Bearer, Branch Secretary and the "Silent Solder" |
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North Tyneside Council arranged the illumination in red of St Mary’s Lighthouse on Saturday evening between sunset and 23:00, as a start to our year long centenary celebrations. Images courtesy of Michael Dale MBE, Chairman of Whitley Bay, North Shields and District Branch
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| Riders laying wreaths at the war memorial at Westoe and South Shields |
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