e/Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League

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has gloss	eng: The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League was founded in 1921 as the British Empire Services League by Field Marshal Earl Haig and Field Marshal Jan Smuts in order to link together ex-service organizations from throughout the British Empire. It was renamed the British Commonwealth Ex-Services League (BCEL) in 1958 and then the Commonwealth Ex-Services League (CEL) in 2002. The appellation "Royal" was granted by royal assent in 2003. The RCEL has 57 member organizations from 47 Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations.
lexicalization	eng: Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League
instance of	c/Military veterans' affairs in the United Kingdom