We don't show it But the British people are hugely patriotic about our armed forces

That last line actually made me tear up. "Before we look away, think of the lives they would have led."

I was in a discrete German war memorial in Lastrup 3 years ago. It was snowing. I realised the German people had lost loved ones just as we did. That they were inhibited from mourning. The same people with whom we have so many intimate tie and not just as deadly foes in battle.. Their grief is like our grief. May god be with all victims of war and may the German people be reconciled.

I am proud to say that one of those poppies is in my house, in memory of my Great Uncle Frank, died 08/04/1917 and buried in Péronne, France. RIP you are not forgotten. When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” John Maxwell Edmunds 1916

Thank You America for remembering Our Lost Men!

We don't always celebrate our living soldiers as we should but we know how to honour our dead. For our tomorrows they gave there todays

We honour our war dead they made the ultimate sacrifice for our king and country. Bless the all.

My Fathers family (Granma) lost her Father and Uncle in WW1, she never forgot about the pain caused and always hated War. We must remember all the lost Men and Women killed on all sides that died for some stupid fears about Imperalism which changed the World in so many ways!!

Thank you NBC ........ Spoken like a friend and ally.

The loss of so many young men from the population was to cast a very long shadow. The shortage of young men left many young women without the opportunity to marry. Many survivors left physicaly and mentally disabled. Almost all families left in grief, each poppy was a person known to the families who went to visit the tower.

Very moving, seeing all those poppies...very tearful

Lest we forget.

Not just the British those poppies represent every fallen soldier from the commonwealth.

Thank you for stating British Soldiers, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Once the display finished part of the display traveled across the country at regional iconic venues my local one was St George’s Hall and it looked amazing ,they sold a certain amount of the ceramic poppies and the money raised went to charity for the armed services and their families and I was so lucky to be able to get 1 and it stands proud in my garden a daily remind of the ultimate sacrifice these lads gave

I was lucky enough to go and see the poppy's amazing totally amazing

As a Canadian I am always disappointed in our American cousins this time of year. Why don't you wear poppies on November 11th like all other WW1 and WW2 allied countries? Why do you always feel you have to be so different? You too lost so many soldiers in both wars. I know you celebrate Memorial Day and Veterans Day, but I have frantically searched all your news broadcasters, watched your politicians on TV and to my chagrin, nobody is wearing poppies on their lapels. Same with the citizens. Sure you wear cute little red-white and blue ribbons and cute little American flags, but still it only shows your patriotism to your country, but it does not express the fact that you were not the only country to help win the wars. Plus by donating a buck or two when picking up a poppy wherever they are distributed, the proceeds go for a good cause, i.e. The Legions, veteran affairs, and more.

It is called Remembrance Day Amistice Day was on 11th November 1918. I’m a regular visitor to the battlefields.

In Flanders Fields 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.

God bless them all

The poem I just posted commemorates the armistice. I hope the next 100 years is much more peaceful than the 20th Century was. My poem is told from the point of view of a martyred English soldier whose ghost is missing his family. My great grandfather was wounded in the trenches from mustard gas. My late father served in Aden and was wounded three times in action for his country. He left the British Army with PTSD and was a alcoholic for the rest of his life. His friend in Aden committed suicide because of the violence and the trauma he had witnessed. This is my take on the real damage that war has on families and society at large. Certainly, my father's trauma affected me greatly as a child, especially, his violent outbursts. The poem is published in my book, 'Psychotropolis' - (a collection of poems about Human Rights and Dignity), which you can get on Lou Lulu. God Bless our Arm Forces, God Bless Her Majesty and God Bless all the fallen men, women and children from both wars on both sides... Peace!

2:11 I wonder how many died, or were badly injured or just developed some chronic mental illness due to trauma

Theres nothing better than USA and UK bond the best fighting forces out there

what is the title of the music you can hear at the end ?

Honor to all the death of the word wars 1

John Mccrae actually didn't survive the war

Anyone who died for a good reason deserves respect. Just glad to see that the Americas have more respect that some people here in the UK!

sa fait combien de tulipes en tout ?!

British and Commonwealth soldiers for dying out loud. Get your facts straight

ARMISTICE I don’t think much of Armistice Day I’ve killed so many I cannot pray and to the living I say war is the wrong way. Have you heard the dead weeping for a mother or a wife? If you had you would end all war and not take another life. For Purgatory I’ve been bound in barbed wire for Christ’s sakes man let’s call a cease-fire. Listen to the bleeding flowers marshal my advice for thou know’st not the profanity of my sacrifice

Coucou aux 1°C ;p

? poppy flower?

All them poppies are dead soldiers..

And commonwelth

One day we will “learn war no more” Isaiah 2:4, have the “exquisite delight of peace in the abundance of peace” Psalms 37:9-11 ,and have “peace until the moon is no more” Psalms 72:7 because God will “bring an end to war” Psalms 46:8,9 and the “meek shall inherit the Earth” Matthew 5:5 FOREVER - Ecclesiastes 1:4, Psalms 37:9

Haha Honour the dead but not the living! In 2017 in Britain 1 in 10 who is homeless is an ex serviceman (veteran)