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 Moina
Bell
Michael, an American
War Secretary with the YMCA in New York City, was so moved
by Colonel John McRae's poem to buy
poppies with money she collected from her work colleagues, and
sold them to friends to raise funds for ex-Servicemen. Her
French colleague, Madame Guerin, came to the British Legion
HQ in London suggested the sale of artificial poppies in
August 1921, in order to help the ex-Service community in
Britain.
The first donations for
artificial poppies were given in Britain on 11 November
1921, raising £106,000 – an equivalent spending power of
more than £3.1million in today’s terms, a huge sum for the
time.
October 3rd 200,
BBC 2 News report Working Lunch. Poppy Planning
Simon pays a visit to the Royal
British Legion poppy factory and finds out how they manage
to run their business all year round when their product is
only in demand for a few weeks each autumn.
 Major
George Howson, a young infantry officer, had formed the
Disabled Society to help disabled ex-Service people from
World War One. Howson suggested to the Legion that Society
members should make poppies, and the artificial flowers were
designed so that someone who had lost the use of a hand
could assemble them with one hand – a principle that has
endured. This suggestion led to the foundation of the Poppy
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More than 36
million poppies, 107,000 wreaths and sprays, 800,000
Remembrance Crosses and other Remembrance items will be made
at the Poppy Factory in Richmond , Surrey, this year.
 The
Poppy factory made whole variety of other items too. In this
1933 photograph employees can be seen making rosettes for
other occasions.
A visit to the 1938 Haig Fund Brochure Exhibition is
definitely a worthwhile experience. Click on the left hand
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FAQs
Where can I get a poppy wreath?
Where can I order British Legion wreaths online?
Where can I order remembrance
poppies online?
Ordering poppy wreaths from the
Royal British Legion could not be simpler!
Order
Wreaths and Poppies from our
Branch Poppy Organisers in your area! |
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TA Veterans from around the United Kingdom are invited to attend the
National TA100 Armed Forces Memorial Parade and Service at the National Memorial
Arboretum Staffordshire. Saturday 13th September 2008 1400 hours.
Contact
Bob Rankin
TA
Veterans
Organiser for TA Veterans, Royal British Legion & Regimental Associations
Telephone: 01782 444246
Mobile: 07921 611280. Click on link to the
TA100 Armed Forces Memorial
Event page.
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