Tag: John McCrae
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WW1 poppies
Poppy plucked from the trenches goes on show BRITAIN’S oldest remembrance day poppy was on show for the first time yesterday. Private Cecil Roughton was just 17 when he picked the flower during a bloody battle in Arras, France, in May 1916 [1917?]. The soldier, from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, kept it in his notebook […]
Antiquarian's Attic 
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