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    Legion sets the benchmark with centenary presentation to town

    Friday, July 30th, 2021 - Written by JAKE COLTMAN
    Provost Watson McAteer, seated left, and James Anderson, seated right, with, from left, branch secretary/treasurer Brian McLeod BEM, women’s section standard bearer Susan Moffat and branch vice-chairman George Linton . PICTURE: DERICK THOMSON

    To mark the centenary of the Royal British Legion Scotland, a commemorative bench was unveiled at Trinity Gardens on Saturday morning.

    This was carried out by the Hawick branch’s oldest member, James Anderson, of Wilton Hill, a former president and chairman who has been part of the organisation for almost 68 years.

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