The poppy has a long association with Remembrance ... into fields of blood red poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers. In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders ...

Thousands of students from across the country are pledging to recite a century-old war poem as Remembrance Day approaches. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

John McCrae’s enduring poem In Flanders Field, offers a sombre nod of respect to lives lost ... or pop into your local legion and brighten their day. Seek out your nearest cenotaph, research your ...