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| Keywords: Royal British Legion's Paper Poppy - white background.jpg An artificial corn poppy made of plastic and cardboard by disabled ex-servicemen worn in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries from late October to Remembrance Sunday in support of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal and to remember those servicemen and women who died in war Wearing poppies to remember the war dead comes from the poem In Flanders' Fields by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae which concludes with the line We shall not sleep though poppies grow In Flanders fields Although originally worn to commemorate those who fell in the First World War poppies are also worn for the fallen of every conflict since Own 2007-11-17 Philip Stevens The full version of 'In Flanders Fields' the poem goes In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below We are the Dead Short days ago We lived felt dawn saw sunset glow Loved and were loved and now we lie In Flanders fields Take up our quarrel with the foe To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep though poppies grow In Flanders fields by John McCrae May 1915 Remembrance Day United Kingdom The Royal British Legion Artificial poppies | ||||
