Tales from the Battlefields

66: RBL Great Pilgrimage to the Battlefields 1928 and 2018


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In 1928, the British Legion organised for 11,000 veterans and war widows to visit the battlefields, before marching to the Menin Gate in Ypres. 90 years later, the Great Pilgrimage 90 saw 1,150 branches, and thousands of members and representatives from the UK and abroad, help The Legion recreate their original pilgrimage. In this podcast, we tell the story of these 2 famous tours." 
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Tales from the BattlefieldsBy Terry Whenham

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