Royal Canadian Legion Branches Europe

Events Calendar For The Year 2009

26 Jan 2009            Saturday 31 Jan a Zone Meeting will be held at 1400 hours in the Legion Hall of Branch 004 in Lahr.

09 Apr 2009           Thursday 09 April is Vimy Ridge Day. I have been advised by the Director that this year they may have a large ceremony and if so we will be requested to attend with a Colour Party. Details TBA.

25 Apr 2009           Saturday 25 Apr a Zone Meeting will be held at 1400 hours in the Legion Hall of Branch 001.

03 May 2009          Branch 003 will participate in the annual ceremonies at Hotten and Bure in Belgium . For information of this event contact an executive member of Branch 003

04-5 May 2009      Annual Liberation Ceremonies in the Netherlands . On Monday 4 May we will attend the ceremony in Holten and 5 May in Wageningen.

01 Jul 2009             Wednesday 01 July there will be the annual Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Service.

01 Jul 2009             Wednesday 01 Jul Branches will celebrate Canada Day with scheduled events as appropriate. For info contact your Branch.

16 Jul 2009             Branch 005 will do a ceremony in support of the Canadian Military Contingent that participates in the Nijmegen March at the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek.

25 Jul 2009             Saturday 25 Jul a Zone Meeting will be held at 1400 hours at Branch 003 in Geilenkirchen.

?? Aug 2009          Branch 003 will participate in the Ceremony at the De La Haye Memorial in Belgium . For details contact an executive member of Branch 003.

12-13 Sep 2009      Saturday 12 Sep there will be a Ceremony at the Moorbrugge Memorial in Belgium followed by the Liberation of Belgium ceremony on Sunday 13 Sep 2009 at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adagem. The details of this event will be announced at a later date.

10-11 Oct 2009      A Zone meeting to be hosted by Branch 005 at 1400 hrs on Saturday 10 Oct in Lochem on route to the Annual Royal British Legion 450 Ceremony that will be held on Sunday 11October. Details TBA

20 Oct 2009          Tuesday 20 Oct Ceremony at IJzendijke, the Netherlands , if this ceremony develops the Zone Commander and Deputy Zone Commander will travel to Belgium and our Belgium members will form the Colour Party.

07-08 Nov 2009     Friday 06 Nov a Colour Party will depart for France to take part in the Annual Remembrance Day Ceremonies at Beaumint-Hamel on Saturday 07 Nov followed by the Vimy Ceremony on Sunday 08 Nov. Timings, accommodations and details of the events to be announced at a later date.

11 Nov 2009           Wednesday 11 November is the Official Remembrance Day in Canada . Branches will host their Remembrance Day Services accordingly as appropriate.

22 Nov 2009           Sunday 22 Nov Branch 001 will host a Remembrance Ceremony at Choloy , France , commemorating the 332 Canadians buried there. Members of other Branches are also welcome and encouraged to attend. Members will meet at the Cemetery in Choloy at 1430 hours. The Colours will be parades to the Cross of Remembrance where a small ceremony will take place. Following the ceremony members will have the opportunity to visit grave of friends. This ceremony is considered basically a day trip so following the ceremony we will depart for home.

Note:                    All dates are subject to change. Branches will be notified of amendments, as additional information becomes available. Future requests received by Zone for further ceremonies we may be required to attend will also be added to this list as an amendment notification. This schedule will also be published on the Zone Webpage at www.rcl-europe.org

This schedule was distributed to Branches on 11 October 2008 and will be amended as necessary by the Zone Commander. Additional information pertaining to the schedule and further requests for ceremonies are to be forwarded to the Zone Commander for consideration. 

Amendment No. 1.            25 April 2009