The poppy flower has long ... 1915 poem written by Canadian soldier Major John McCrae, "who saw firsthand from the front lines of World War I the emergence of red poppies around the graves and ...

Irish soldiers fought and died in the world wars ... The Royal British Legion told Newsbeat: "The red poppy is a universal symbol of Remembrance and hope, including hope for a positive future ...

written by serving soldier John McCrae, which begins: Royal British Legion volunteers collect donations and give out poppies in the streets The Royal British Legion, which sells the red poppy, is ...

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

Strangely, it was returning north American soldiers who first adopted the red poppy as an emblem. Canadian doctor John McCrae had captured the beauty, symbolism and pathos of the poppy in a poem: In ...