The official re-dedication of the Royal British Legion Largs branch colours is to be held on Sunday 14 September at 12.30 within St Columba’s Parish Church in Largs (next to Nardini’s).

Anyone interested is welcome to attend this service. The format is going to see the colour of the Legion being marched in, and Rev Armstrong will say a few prayers and then the standard will be re-dedicated.

It has been a busy year for the recently reformed Royal British Legion, and it has recently welcomed a new member who is 94 year old Jack Ransom who is probably the oldest member of the Royal British Legion.

Secretary Phil Chinery said: “Jack has re-joined the Royal British Legion after 40 years, and it is rather unique that he should be born in the year that the Royal British Legion Scotland was formed. He should re-join the youngest branch. It is rather unique.” Jack was a prisoner of war in the Second World War after he was unceremoniously caught in 1942 by the Japanese, and forced to march through Southeast Asia, pressed into forced labour on the Thai-Burma railway where he endured the horror of death of close comrades, and unbearable conditions which left him severely malnourished.

He has even embraced the modern world of Twitter and computing, and written his compelling tale about his epic adventure as a prisoner of war in a recently released book.

So it is ironic that the Royal British Legion in Largs have also joined digital media and have set up a new Facebook site which has been set up by Social Convenor Patrick Murphy. You can access the site by typing in ‘Royal British Legion Largs’ in the Facebook search engine.