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Victory Services Club

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The Victory Services Club (VSC) is a private members club for retired and serving members of the British Armed Forces in London. Its patrons have included General Eisenhower, Field-Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis and Field-Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has been the Patron-in-Chief since 1954. The club has approximately 29,750 members and has the largest membership of any military club in the UK.

Tri-service All Ranks,Military Club open to British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and Allies as well as their families, widows and widowers

The Victory Services Club was established in 1907 as a charity with two primary objectives:

  • Promote military efficiency and esprit de corps bringing together members of the Armed Forces of the Crown and members of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth and foreign Countries with whom we are currently allied and by improving the life of such persons.
  • Relieve need, hardship or distress among persons who have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their dependants