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The Poppy Factory is a factory in Richmond, London, England, where remembrance wreaths are made. It was founded in 1922 to offer employment opportunities to wounded soldiers returning from the First World War , creating remembrance poppies and wreaths for the Royal Family and the Royal British Legion 's annual Poppy Appeal .
An artificial corn poppy, made of plastic and cardboard by disabled ex-servicemen, worn in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries from late October to Remembrance Sunday in support of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal and to remember those servicemen and women who died in war
In 1993, The Royal British Legion complained that Cannon Fodder, a video game with an anti-war message, had planned to use a poppy on its cover. The Legion, along with some politicians, called it "offensive to millions" and "monstrous". [81] The publisher was forced to change the cover before the game was released. [82] Jon Snow in 2007.
The Royal British Legion has launched its annual poppy appeal in central London with a huge red wall covered in paper flower tributes. Unveiled in the Hay’s Galleria mall in Southwark, the ...
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Cloth poppy with "Haig's Fund" button at centre. The Haig Fund (more properly the Earl Haig Fund, also called Haig's Fund) is a charity set up in 1921 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.
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