British use poppies to commemorate WWI

[@johnlawrence4054]

The Poppy is used as a symbol of remembrance because it was one, of only a few plants, that grew on the battlefields of Europe.

[@andrea22213]

Poppies flourish where earth has been disturbed.

[@vickytaylor9155]

I agree. I was also told the red of the poppy signifies the blood shed.

[@lesleyallinson8738]

I went to see these I was surprised to see so many Americans come to see this, it was a bueatifuĺ tribute. We in England will never forget those who died for us.

[@lexiwilliams9422]

Uk

[@MrLongbow1415]

Every poppy one of our dead. Bloody hell, breaks my heart and stirs it too with pride

[@PLuMUK54]

I am proud to say that one of those poppies is in my house, in memory of my Great Uncle Frank, died 08/04/1917 and buried in Péronne, France. RIP you are not forgotten. When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” John Maxwell Edmunds 1916

[@williampilling32]

Beautiful quote. And your Great Uncle Frank did us all a great service that won’t be forgotten. RIP Frank, thank you for your service and sacrifice.

[@WeeGrahamsaccount]

There is something very simple and very powerful about this. I am glad each year we can remember those people who sacrificed their lives so that we can have ours. A sombre remembrance and a worthy one.

[@philippacowhig-morris5583]

I have 1 of the these ceramic poppies..it will always be a part of our family... we shall always remember !

[@redpeg97]

So very,very moving.

[@tsrgoinc]

I used to walk past every on my to work and every morning when I first saw it it sent shiver down my spine.

[@leedavies4589]

this is why Britain is Great ..were sad still that our Queen is no longer but we are strong don't underestimate the brtish spirit

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

i am 73 and my dad was a seargent in the Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1 . I was born in 1948 and my dad was over 50 when i was born.

[@jamespasifull3424]

The poppies were taken on a 'tour' of display around the UK, after the one at the Tower of London. I remember seeing them in Derby, in the Midlands, where they were actually manufactured. I don't think my family lost anyone in The Great War, but I'll always be thankful for the sacrifice of those families who's relatives gave their lives, & I'll always wear a poppy in the days before the eleventh day of the eleventh month, just as I have done all my life......so far.

[@Sophie.S..]

I also saw the poppies at the Old Silk Mill in Derby and also at the Tower of London - absolutely beautiful and poignant

[@andrewcrawford1170]

100 years this year the war ended never forget thoses who died for are freedom

[@robertlangley399]

God bless them all we owe them everything

[@hughfranklin3072]

We honour our dead case we forget the horrors of the past.

[@markdavid9056]

In

[@Nathan-km9su]

Why did they call that first guy a tourist in his own country

[@anghinetti]

Pope Francis the great nonce III: Because not all tourists are from overseas. If an English person takes a touring holiday of England then that person is a tourist - stands to reason .

[@Mulberry2000]

if they named all the dead my great great uncle would of been named William sharrocks

[@lordbadman9264]

They did

[@wafflyfox7550]

May they rest in peace R.I.P

[@toker6664]

This proves the English Aussie and kiwi banter jeans nothing we are brothers

[@toker6664]

Means not jeans

[@toastedembryo5899]

Don't forget Canada they are tough troops

[@gordonsmith8899]

@@toastedembryo5899 Canada, the first of the great dominions to declare war. God Bless Canada

[@gordonsmith8899]

@Hissam Ullah I didn't deliberately ignore them Hissam . The initial part played by the Union of South Africa in WW1 was securing Germany's African colonial possessions*. This activity outside the main theatre of the war has led to the Union's contribution being somewhat overlooked by commentators on WW1 until fairly recently. *After WW1 The Union of South Africa was given the mandate of German South West Africa (Namibia). Tanganyika & Zanzibar (German East Africa) were absorbed into the British Empire. Tanganyika gained independence in 1961 and united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form the republic of Tanzania. India, as you are well aware, under British rule in 1914, played a huge part in WW1 - over one million men were deployed and fought in German East Africa, Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East theatres. An estimated 62,000 men were killed and a further 67,000 were wounded. Experiences in WW1 added greatly to the debate on the future of British rule (The Raj).

[@vickytaylor9155]

The poppy signifies the loss of all those lost service men and women in all of the services in all wars that fought for people in the UK and those in commonwealth countries.

[@davidwheaton9689]

5 million saw the display at the tower of London.

[@topbanana8438]

2 meanings in this. the poppies coming out of the tower window is like blood flowing from the terrors of history withing the walls

[@keithlawrence5294]

ANZAC DAY to New Zealand 25 April wish the poppies so Young so Young

[@theawesomeladybird9604]

I'm looking for the artist or artists who made the poppies.

[@SLakesCircuit]

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[@jamespasifull3424]

Count his fingers! He sacrificed a couple, while working on the poppies! 😲

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

1:25 'These are only the British losses, they're not the german losses, or american losse.' - He doesn't even mention the French. The English still remember who their real enemy is...

[@vicecapo8767]

I think but may be wrong that you could purchase a poppy after the event and all money raised went to charity

[@johnellis9889]

Thank you very much for your report next time please say Great Britain and not just Britain as saying that word include the Irish

[@SlipperyReel]

Saying 'Great Britain' wouldn't include the Irish; Great Britain is the name of the island which has most of England, Scotland and Wales on it. During the First World War, the country was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

[@UptoMePapiYongKukKuk]

You mean the United Kingdom! Great Britain is the geographical name for the island containing England, Scotland & Wales, which doesn't include Ireland! Just saying.

[@anghinetti]

@@UptoMePapiYongKukKuk: Only a part each of England, Scotland and Wales occupy the island of Great Britain; the remaining part of those three share between them upwards of 6,000 smaller islands.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Waste, I wish people would stop saying hat.

[@amertaher4290]

Less they got pippies right

[@MrDavidht]

The concept of wearing a poppy as an everlasting symbol of rememberance was thought up by 2 ladies, independantly of each other in the United States just after WW1.

[@shaunportlock4924]

It's all conflicts .

[@woffwoff9939]

bloody tower... as its named.... why there??

[@samturver2880]

Famous London landmark

[@amct1019]

Because that is the location where thousands of young men signed up for service. They literally queued up in the moat. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28294770

[@anghinetti]

woff woff: The Bloody Tower (13th century) is just one of the twenty-one towers within Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London. This tower supposedly was the scene of a number of murders, most notable being those of the boy-king Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York, in 1483. The name of the Garden Tower (as once it were named) at some time or other changed to the Bloody Tower.

[@chrisholland7367]

WW 1 for Britain and her commonwealth left a huge enduring scar witch never healed due to the sheer scale of loss and incompetence of Britain's senior commanders .

[@lorddaver1935]

+Chris Holland I am weary of the constantly repeated refrain "the incompetence of Britain's senior commanders" when no thought is given to the level of competence or incompetence of the senior commanders of the other belligerent nations involved in WW1. Yes, British and Commonwealth losses were around 900,000. But what does it say about the competence of other nations' commanders when you consider that British losses were by far the lowest of all those of WW1? The French lost 1.3 million, the Germans lost 1.8 million (some estimates suggest 2 million +). Even the US, with troops on the ground for less than a year in 1918, lost 116,000. In the east (before the 1917 Revolution brought about the withdrawal of Russian troops) Russian deaths amounted to 2 million. And the Austro-Hungarians lost around 1 million. Total combat deaths on all fronts in WW1 amounted to close on 9 million. So maybe Britain wasn't the only combatant nation with incompetent commanders...

[@Wanderer628]

lord daver So agree. The whole Lion's led by donkeys myth is seriously starting to annoy me.

[@lorddaver1935]

+Chris Holland No reply to my comments? I wonder why...

[@chrisholland7367]

lord daver The battle of the Somme,3rd battle of Ypers The Gallipoli campaign 1915 .The battle of jutland.

[@TheFreshman321]

Verdun

[@robertdaniel8125]

Millions seen that display not 100s of thousands