British Legion (disambiguation)
British Legion could refer to:
- The British Legion (or Royal British Legion), a British charity that provides support to armed forces' veterans
- The British Legion (1860), a voluntary corps composed of Englishmen and Scots who fought for the unification of Italy, 1860–1861
- British Legion (American Revolution), a British provincial regiment that served in the American Revolutionary War, 1777–1782
- British Legions, foreign volunteer units, established in 1819, who fought against Spain in South America's independence wars
Other uses
- British Auxiliary Legion, officially the Auxiliary Legion, a British expeditionary force sent to Spain in 1835 to serve in the First Carlist War
- British German Legion, a group of German soldiers recruited to fight for Britain in the Crimean War, 1855–1856
- British Legion Volunteer Police Force, a short-lived police force established in response to the outcome of the Munich Agreement in September 1938
See also
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