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Poppies

Ideas and Activities

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red

Finally got to London in the last few days with the prime intention of going to the Tower of London to see the the sea of ceramic poppies flooding the moat of the Tower. The sheer mass of colour of these poppies was amazing, and when you reflect that each one represents a life lost during the 1914-18 war, and the number of poppies just represents the British casualties, think how many more there would be if all the casualties were represented the same way, I cannot begin to imagine... Read More

Maps

Commemorating World War One

One hundred years ago this year, saw the start of one of the most devastating wars our world has known, with over 37 million civilian and military casualties, and over 16 million people killed.  Maps such as the one above, and the one below show how in places the front line barely moved during the entire war, and yet these areas are doted with thousands of graves of those who died on the battlefield, many of them sadly unknown. Like most people, I know of at least one relative, buried... Read More