STUDENTS from The Skipton Academy have recently returned from Belgium and France where they visited several battlefields and memorials of the First World War.
Phones remain silent, selfies are resisted, Weston stops. These are truly the most self-imposed and respectful two minutes of our collective community being. The First World War’s mechanised slaughter ...
Armed Forces charity Royal British Legion has reassured us that it doesn't matter how you wear your poppy, as long as you wear it with pride. This could be paper poppies, pin poppies, bag charms - ...
In the Footsteps of Heroes” will be presented by Belinda Wilson on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. held at the Irondale Church, ...
A West Sussex village that lost young men in both World Wars but has no war memorial has found a creative way to honour its ...
A group of villagers have created a life-size model of a soldier, decorated with knitted poppies, to mark Remembrance Sunday.
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row ..." So begins the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by ...
They still do flourish: that poem became a sensation and the poppy became a symbol of remembrance. From the end of October, poppies—sold by the Royal British Legion ( rbl) to raise money for veterans ...
16 x 23.5 in. (40.6 x 59.7 cm.) Condition: Visual: Overall good condition. Dust accumulation and grime commensurate with age. An unobtrusive and fine 2" surface scratch near the upper edge, at center.
Animal Aid, a charity that campaigns to end animal abuse, has created a purple “paw badge”. The organisation aims to rewrite ...
In May, clashes between farmers and brigades sent to destroy their poppy fields resulted in several deaths in northeastern Badakhshan. The Taliban government said it "fully rejects" the UNODC ...
The Royal Bermuda Regiment has given hundreds of primary school students insight into the service and sacrifices of Bermudian ...