SA Legion - The South African Legion of Military Veterans - Cape Town - Poppy Day

The South African Legion of Military Veterans

Cape Town Branch

The SA Legion is a National Organisation, part of a world-wide family of organisations serving the needs of ex-service personnel and their dependents in the way of housing, pensions, employment and general welfare. It is non-sectarian and apolitical.

It undertakes investigations on behalf of the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL) in respect of assistance requested by other Commonwealth countries.

60 yrs ago Bill served with the 1st SA Division in the wastes of the Western Desert, & now lives in comfort at the SA Legion’s Cape Town residence.

The SA Legion's objectives

The SA Legion is dedicated to:

Fostering that spirit of self-sacrifice, comradeship and co-operation that inspired members of the armed forces to work together in the common interest of their country.
To perpetuate the memory of those that fell and were left behind to lie in foreign fields and where... read more about our objectives

News

8 Nov '07 - Poppy Day in the Cape Peninsula

11 Nov '07 - Poppy Day collection record

5 Jan '08 - Successful Poppy Day run

15 Feb '08 - Cape Town Branch website goes live

21 Jun '08 - Tobruk Dinner

3 Jan '09 – Next years Poppy Day run

Donate

Your donations help us to care for

our servicemen.

Please click here if you would like to make a donation.

How the SA Legion began

After suffering the horrors of war in France and Flanders thousands of men who fought on the British side in World War One underwent incredible hardship once they had been discharged from the armed services and returned to civilian life.

Realising the serious plight in which men found themselves, three prominent soldiers: Field Marshall Earl Haig, General the Rt. Hon. J C Smuts and General Sir H T Lukin founded the British Empire Service League. read more...