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Dear Mr.,Ms.
In Margraten (Holland) is a large WWII cementry. In 2005 I adopted the burial place of Orson Wareham of 1st divison 16th infantry. Mr. Wareham entered the war in 1942 and died in Germany on the 8th of April 1945. Naturely I have become interested in the 16th infantry and try to collect infomation to see whether it is possible to know more about Orson Wareham. I know that Orson Wareham was of the first Battalion (C Company) and was therefore stationed in Lyme Regis. I contacted the family in America and got a picture of Orson. I included it in the e-mail.

I am planning to visit Lyme Regis during the Eastern holiday. I bought a book written by Robin Pearce. I read in it:

C Company was billeted in houses and hotels in the town. When they first arrived they spent two weeks in tents. The headquaters of C Company were on the corner of Silver Street and Woodmead Road. The house now has a plaque on the wall which was placed there by John Bistrica from Youngstown, Ohio, and Frederick Erben from Lindenhurst, New York. They had both become very attached to the people of the town and still exchange visits.

Maybe I was hoping you can get me in touch with local people still in touch with some veterans in America. I am therefore most thankful to you for any information. I send you a copy of certifacte of the burial place as proof and a picture of the burial place.

Kind regards,
Patrick Wouters

Royal British Legion Lyme Regis Branch AGM. Presentation

Jack Loveridge Trophy

Our Annual General Meeting was held on 10th Jan. Each Year The Jack Loveridge is awarded to an individual for their services to the Legion. This Year the trophy was awarded to Pip Evans, Publisher of the "View From Lyme Regis" Newspaper. Pip has been a staunch supporter of the Legion for many years and has publicised the work of this branch regularly in his newspaper as well as compering the Annual Festivals of Remembrance held each November.

Web Site

The Lyme Regis branch is putting together its own website. Watch this space. Information regarding The Annual General meeting of the Lyme Regis branch please go to the information page

A meeting of the RBLegion and Magna

The above picture we taken when both the Manager of Magna Housing Lyme Regis and the Chairman of the Royal British Legion Lyme Regis Branch met to discuss the way forward after our very successful Festival week in Lyme Regis . We both felt that we had developed a strong community spirit between both parties and would like to carry it on in the future years `

Magna's tremendous support

Diana Gooding, Chairman of Magna Housing's Western Area Panel, presents a cheque of £1000 to Ken Whetlor,Chairman of the Lyme Regis Branch of the Royal British Legion .

Bethany Chapel,Coombe St, Lyme Regis

To all members of the Royal British Legion and for those who are not, perhaps on Sunday you would like to meet me Ken Whetlor Chairman of the RBL Lyme Regis branch for an hour at the Chapel and hear more of what the SASRA has done for the Association over the years. The tea is good ! Look forward to seeing you.