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    POLITICISING THE POPPY

    Jan 22, 2018 2 minutes
    Source:   Robin Horsfall served in Second Battalion The Parachute Regiment and the SAS for ten years, before working in security roles around the world. Today he is an inspirational after-dinner speaker and writer. His book The Words of the Wise Old Paratrooper is available on Kindle  

    “SOLDIERS DO NOT LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES, NOR DO THEY SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES – THEY LOSE THEM”

    The first ‘Poppy Appeal’ was carried out by the British Legion in November 1921 and raised over £106,000 to help World War I veterans with employment and housing. In 1922 Major George Howson set up the Poppy Factory in order to employ disabled ex-servicemen.

    The red poppy is a symbol of

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