RBL Lurgan and Brownlow Club Ltd

Everyone Welcome over the weekend in our Downstairs' Bar to watch Sport on the Big Screen.

Every welcome to listen to Sharon Heron on Saturday 10th August in our Downstairs' Bar and also it's back again our RETRO DISCO by popular demand Saturday 17th August 2024.

Singing # Lurgan # Disco #

Don't forget folks bingo starts back tomorrow night. Hope to see yous there.open to everyone

BINGO returns again this Thursday 25th July 2024! Come along and try your luck!!

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A thank you letter from the Princess of Wales after the Branch and Club sent her a 'Get Well Card' on the announcement of her cancer diagnosis.

15th May 2024 marks the 103rd Anniversary of the Royal British Legion.

Mr Albert Houston, President of the Lurgan and Brownlow RBL, Mr Clive Higginson, the Chairman of the Lurgan and Brownlow Club, and Squadron Leader Jim Maginnis, Chairman of the Lurgan and Brownlow Branch are sorry to have to record the tragically sudden death of Vice Admiral Sir Clive Johnstone KBE CB, our esteemed National RBL President. Sir Clive died on Sunday 12th May 2024, shortly after he officiated at the closing Service of our National Conference in Newport, South Wales; he was 60.

An extraordinary military leader and person of great integrity and intellect, Sir Clive was extremely honoured to be National President for the Royal British Legion. Only a day before his passing, Sir Clive shared his passion for the charity in an address to RBL Members at the Annual Conference, describing the Legion as ‘the best and most amazing charity’.

He assumed his role as the National President of the Royal British Legion in May 2023, taking over from Lieutenant General James Bashall CB, CBE. He came from a family who served in the Royal Navy and British Army over many generations and he served in the Royal Navy from 1985 to 2019.

Across his career, Sir Clive was deployed to most points on the compass and had served on ships ranging from minesweepers to aircraft carriers. Onshore, he operated in staff roles focussed on procurement, people, policy, and operations. A defining theme of his military leadership was the projection of a considered maritime voice into the National and NATO defence and security debate, linking across boundaries with partners of all forms, alongside friends and allies.

Sir Clive was knighted in the 2019 New Year’s Honours.

In his short time as RBL National President, Sir Clive made a huge impact, and his loss will be felt across the charity and the Armed Forces community. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Alison, and their two daughters, Phoebe and Emily. The Branch Secretary will be forwarding a Sympathy Card on behalf of all Branch and Club members to the family in due course.

‘The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart’ - Psalm 34:18

'A tribute, in song, to Pte William McFadzean VC, of the 14th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles - who sacrificed his life for his Comrades just before the opening of the Battle of the Somme 1st July 1916'. A son of Lurgan, after whom the main function room of the Lurgan and Brownlow RBL is named in memory of.

Billy McFadzean - British WWI Song (The Derry) Among the Ulstermen who were awarded the Victoria Cross was William Frederick McFadzean, a member of Newtownbreda Presbyterian Church. He was born 9 October...

A letter from King Charles' III after the Branch and Club sent him a 'Get Well Card' on the announcement of his cancer diagnosis.

A 'Get Well Card' sent today, Tuesday 26th March 2024, to Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales, on behalf of the Lurgan and Brownlow Branch and Club RBL

'The Lord sustains her on her sickbed; in her illness You restore her to full health.' Psalm 41 v3 (amd)

The President, Officers and Members of the Club and Branch would like to extend their best wishes to Catherine, Princess of Wales and pray that God will give her the strength to come through this illness.
We admire her openness to talk about her illness and trust that the strength she has shown will stand with her in the coming months.
We send our love and best wishes to Prince William the Prince of Wales and their children, George, Charlotte and Louis and trust that God will give them strength to help and support them through this difficult time. God Bless x