I wrote an article on this subject in 2017 for The Citizen titled: “Army Air Force volunteers mobilize as spotters in Owasco.

National Poppy Day is May 23.In the spring of 1915, bright red poppies started poking through the war torn field of northern France and Flanders (northern Belgium). The field had been ripped apart by ...

By Chris Lloyd Chief Features Writer echochrislloyd Share The painted poppies on top of Pieter Vermote's headstone in Sedgefield ...

During WW1 the countryside was destroyed and all that was left was fields of mud with nothing growing. But after the war ended, the resilient poppies grew and flourished.

During the First World War the labyrinths of tunnels were used by all armies as shelters, field hospitals and command posts. Members of the WW1 Group in a chapel in the caves (Image: Tricia Restorick) ...

Voices How remembrance ignores the vital roles and sacrifices of women during WW1, celebrating men and animals more widely One million women worked in the munitions factories in 1918.

The Royal British Legion is the charity which runs the poppy appeal each year and it gives the money to the service women and men who are still alive and whose lives have been changed by war.

The first ‘Poppy Day’ was such a success that demand far outstripped the supply of poppies made in France, so Haig needed to look for a British supplier. Here enters the British connection – Major ...

A field of poppies honour the fallen at Menin Gate in Belgium. Source: Getty Read Part One of Ian’s Remembrance Day series here. Read Part Two of Ian’s Remembrance Day series here.

"A poppy itself since WW1 represents the soul of the fallen," said Starks. You catch little moments while you're standing out in the field, taking in the display.