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.

Tracey Largue Remembrance Day commemorates the sacrifice that ... It was inspired by the famous poem, In Flanders Fields, which was written during World War One by Lt Col John McCrae.

Remembrance Day poppies will start popping up around ... up out of the freshly-dug graves of the dead soldiers in Flanders ...

Gordon Michie, Poppyscotland’s Head of Fundraising, said: “100 years ago, the Poppy that grew on Flanders Fields was adopted as our nations symbol of Remembrance, this little flower has over the last ...