Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day ... John McCrae, a famous wartime poem, referenced poppies in his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'. "We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in ...

Remembrance Day – also known as Armistice Day – takes ... Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote a now famous poem about them called ‘In Flanders Fields’.

The poem describes the delicate red wildflowers ... and were sold to the public for £25 each after Remembrance Day in 2014, raising more than £15million for service charities.