The Royal British Legion has already kicked off this year’s Poppy Appeal, meaning many people have purchased poppies in ...

After six of his mates were killed in Afghanistan within two months, Major General Jason Blain says he will be thinking of ...

From Lord Patrick, who was shot down over German lines and captured in France in 1918, to Laura Kuenssberg’s grandfather, ...

Every November, members of the British royal family wear a red poppy pin, a meaningful accessory that honors military members ...

The Scottish poppy has the same recognisable blood red colour, but it has four-lobed petals and no leaf. That is in contrast ...

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row ..." So begins the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by ...

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Animal Aid, a charity that campaigns to end animal abuse, has created a purple “paw badge”. The organisation aims to rewrite ...

They still do flourish: that poem became a sensation and the poppy became a symbol of remembrance. From the end of October, poppies—sold by the Royal British Legion ( rbl) to raise money for veterans ...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment has given hundreds of primary school students insight into the service and sacrifices of Bermudian ...

In May, clashes between farmers and brigades sent to destroy their poppy fields resulted in several deaths in northeastern Badakhshan. Following the poppy ban, prices soared for the resin from ...

or that the poppy has stood as the nation’s symbol of remembrance since 1921, inspired by John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields. According to Statistics Canada’s most recent figures ...