The Royal British Legion - Larne Branch

05/05/2023

Saturday, May 6 – Coronation Day

What’s the timetable for the King’s coronation?

King Charles and Queen Camilla will officially be crowned.

Here are the full timings for the big day.

6am Public viewing areas will open for keen beans along the main procession route.

7.15am Westminster Abbey guests will start to arrive for security checks.

7.30am Live TV coverage will get going and interviews will air.

9.30am VIP coronation guests are expected to arrive, including members of the royal family, heads of state and former prime ministers.

10.20am The royal procession from Buckingham Palace will kick off. Charles and Camilla will travel on the Diamond Jubilee Coach, leaving the Central Arch and passing many London landmarks to Westminster Abbey.

11am The coronation ceremony will begin. The part where the crown is actually placed on the King’s head will probably happen at around midday, just after the secret sacred anointing ceremony.

1pm The coronation will probably last around two hours and the second procession will take place back to Buckingham Palace. This will be on a much larger scale than the route there.

1.45pm The Royal Salute will take place.

2.15pm Fifteen royal family members, including Prince William and Kate Middleton, will take their positions on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch the historic flypast.

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RBL Annual Somme Ceremony of Remembrance and Wreath Laying
Anyone wishing to attend please get in contact with the Branch before 5pm Wednesday the 3rd May.

26/04/2023

25/04/2023

We Will Remember Them

23/04/2023

Upcoming events @ Larne Royal British Legion

22/04/2023

Larne Royal British Legion invite all to help them celebrate the coronation of King Charles III on the 6th May 2023

21/04/2023

Ferguson Norrell from Larne.

Ferguson Norrell was born on 20th April 1925 and when he was 14 years old he walked from Larne to Ballymena to join the Army.
When they realised his age Ferguson was discharded from the Army and when he was 16 years old he joined the Royal Navy.

He served on Submarine HMS Seascout P253 and two other Submarines as a Sonar Technician and was based at Subic Bay, Phillipines for three months before going to Manila.

On one occasion when he was on Leave Ferguson married his childhood sweetheart, Margaret, when they were both eighteen and they were married for 73 years!

Ferguson served extensively in the Pacific Theatre. Borneo, Bali, Lombok Islands, South China Sea, Malaya, Sumatra and Egypt!

He survived two near misses from Depth Charge attacks and was away from home for 4 years.
On one occasion when the submarine was being attacked with torpedoes the Crew pushed clothing and "debris" out one of their torpedo tubes to make the enemy believe they had been sunk.

Ferguson survived the war and lived until he was 92 years old.
(Thanks very much to Anna Marks for information and pictures)