The Royal British Legion

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-->The Royal British Legion is the United Kingdom's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces, and their dependants.

The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community.

Poppy Appeal

The charity organises a fund-raising drive each year during which artificial poppies are sold to the public who wear them on their clothing. Over the course of the preceding year disabled people are employed making the poppies. The idea of poppies dates back to the poem In Flanders' Fields about the First World War, after which the Legion was founded. The idea is that the poppys are worn from November to Remembrance Day to remember the fallen of the First World War and implicitly the dead of other wars.

Wreaths of artificial poppies used on Remembrance Day

See also

• Remembrance Day
• British Army
• Royal Air Force
• Royal Navy
• Royal Canadian Legion

External links

• [Official website for The Royal British Legion]
• [Poppy Appeal - official website]
• [Commonwealth War Graves Commission - official Website]

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