11th November - Remembrance Day - Poppy Appeal

What is the Poppy Appeal?

Each year, volunteers distribute the Royal British Legion's iconic paper poppies throughout the nation.

The bright paper flowers are sold as the charity collect donations in return to help support the vital work they do for the Armed Forces community.

Members of the public wear the paper poppy on their chest as a symbol of Remembrance, to remember the fallen service men and women killed in conflict.

This year, the Royal British Legion will be encouraging those who buy it to also see it as a symbol of hope, not just one of conflict.

When is Armistice Day?

Armistice Day, on November 11, commemorates the signing of the armistice between the Allies and Germany at 11am on November 11, 1918.

As a result, there is a two-minute silence held to mark the occasion - on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - and remember those killed in the two World Wars and the 12,000 British servicemen killed or injured since 1945.

Why poppies?

At the end of the First World War, poppies were the first flowers to grow in the Northern France and Flanders battlefields.

Each November at The British Schools, poppies are sold in the Junior Secretary area. The money is then sent to the British Embassy in Montevideo.