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Leicester City Honours Armed Forces Community Through Remembrance Programme

Leicester City has marked Remembrance 2026 with a programme of tributes, community events and fundraising activities, bringing together serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and supporters.

2026-11-11T11:59+00:00

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Leicester City Honours Armed Forces Community Through Remembrance Programme

Leicester City has marked Remembrance 2026 with a programme of tributes, community events and fundraising activities, bringing together serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and supporters.

Admin

2026-11-11T11:59+00:00

Leicester City Honours Armed Forces Community Through Remembrance Programme

Leicester City has marked Remembrance 2026 with a programme of tributes, community events and fundraising activities, bringing together serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and supporters.

Admin

2026-11-11T11:59+00:00

Leicester City Honours Armed Forces Community Through Remembrance Programme

Leicester City has marked Remembrance 2026 with a programme of tributes, community events and fundraising activities, bringing together serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and supporters.

Admin

2026-11-11T11:59+00:00

Leicester City Honours Armed Forces Community Through Remembrance Programme

Leicester City has marked Remembrance 2026 with a programme of tributes, community events and fundraising activities, bringing together serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and supporters.

Admin

2026-11-11T11:59+00:00

Over 200 complimentary tickets provided to serving Armed Forces personnel and veterans across our Men's and Women's Remembrance fixtures
Veterans, military representatives and supporters brought together through commemorations and special events
Our longstanding support for the Royal British Legion continues through fundraising and the Poppy Appeal

Across our Men's First Team fixture against Stevenage and LCFC Women's meeting with Watford, we paid tribute to those who have served and sacrificed, while continuing our longstanding support for the Royal British Legion.

Fundraising has remained an important part of our Remembrance activities, with poppy collections, merchandise and the auction of match-worn shirts supporting the Royal British Legion's work with serving personnel, veterans and their families.

Supporters wishing to make a further contribution can still donate directly to the Royal British Legion.

Our programme also saw 216 complimentary match tickets provided to members of the Armed Forces community, including 159 for the Stevenage fixture and 57 for LCFC Women's game against Watford.

At King Power Stadium, approximately 32,500 cards formed a full-stadium Remembrance mosaic, accompanied by poppy displays and commemorative lighting.

Wreath-laying ceremonies, the Last Post and periods of silence provided opportunities for supporters to pay their respects, while military organisations with strong connections to Leicestershire joined us for displays and engagement activities outside the stadium.

The Coldstream Guards drummers also performed for guests in the Fosse Club before leading our Armed Forces and Veterans' Lap of Appreciation at half-time.

Away from the pitch, 61 guests registered for a special Veterans' Coffee Morning in The Gallery, featuring a Royal British Legion presentation, a Q&A with Leicester City supporter and veteran Ian Dilkes, hosted by Dan Bates, and an opportunity to meet former City captain Matt Elliott.

Personnel from B (Leicestershire) Company, 2 R ANGLIAN also attended, bringing together different generations of the Armed Forces community.

Several participants shared personal connections with Leicester City.

Guardsman Scott Moore, a lifelong City supporter, laid a wreath representing the Coldstream Guards. Scott is the great-nephew of former Leicester City player Ted Jelly, who served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and represented us in the 1949 FA Cup Final.

Fellow supporters Antony Beazer and Benji Jaklem also participated in the wreath-laying ceremonies, alongside Simon Towe, a Leicester City supporter and Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London.

During our Remembrance fixture, the Deputy Lord-Lieutenant alongside Leicester City Chief Executive Kevin Davies, presented ET Tomms, representing HMS Daring, with one of the club’s former substitutes' chairs from the technical area.

The chair now takes pride of place aboard HMS Daring as the Captain's chair, providing a unique and lasting connection between the Royal Navy and Leicester City, with the HMS Daring recently being affiliated to the County of Leicestershire.

Our association with Remembrance in English football stretches back to November 2003, when Leicester City became the first English club to wear embroidered poppies on their shirts during a Premier League fixture against Blackburn Rovers.

The shirts from that occasion were subsequently raffled to raise money for the Royal British Legion, establishing a tradition that has since spread throughout English football.

Supporters have continued to contribute generously in the years since, leading to hundreds of thousands of pounds raised through the auction of signed match-worn poppy shirts alone.

Through this year's commemorations, we have continued to remember those who have lost their lives in service, recognise the contribution of today's Armed Forces community and support the Royal British Legion's important work.

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