THE REMEMBRANCE DAY POPPY

This is the story of how the red field poppy came to be known as an internationally recognized symbol of Remembrance . . S.L.

From its association with poppies flowering in the spring of 1915 on the battlefields of Belgium, France and Gallipoli this vivid red flower has become synonymous with great loss of life in war.

Yet the scope of the poppy and its connection with the memory of those who have died in war has been expanded to help the living too. It was the inspiration and dedication of two women who promoted this same “Memorial Flower” as the means by which funds could be raised to support those in need of help, most especially servicemen and civilians suffering from physical and mental hardship as a result of war.

Field poppies growing near Connaught British Military cemetery on the old Western Front battlefields.








The first lines of the poem have become some of the most famous lines written in relation to the First World War:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

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