Worn on Armistice Day, now Remembrance Sunday, the White Poppy was produced by the Co-operative Wholesale Society because the Royal British Legion had refused to be associated with its manufacture.

The chosen names were to honour those who served in World War One, after the puppies were born on Remembrance Sunday, the force said. The six pups have been sent to temporary homes with volunteers ...

Poppies were chosen as a symbol of remembrance as many of the battlefields in WW1 had poppies growing ... people who feel the red poppy glorifies war. The Royal British Legion say it is not ...

A British author has suggested ... shows German POWs mending a road during WW1 He added: “It’s not history, it’s a very peculiar sort of remembrance of a particular horrific event.” ...