A giant poppy featuring the names of every British and Commonwealth serviceman and woman lost in World War One has been unveiled. The 2.6m-tall (8.5ft) Poppy of Honour includes 1,115,471 ...

While most people know poppies for their association with WW1 and WW2, the flower has long ... were a direct response to a poem - In Flanders Fields - published in the Christmas 1915 issue of ...

Balancing an AK-47 assault rifle slung around his left shoulder and with a large stick in his right hand, Abdul hits the heads of poppies as hard as he can. The stalks fly in the air, as does the ...