It is a sad fact that war is a constant visitor to our planet. The poppy will always, therefore, be relevant. What it says is that by not forgetting those who have died in the past, there are seeds of hope for the future.
APPENDIX
BOOKS
Arthur, Max, Forgotten Voices of the Great War: A New History of WWI in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There (London; Ebury Press, 2003)
Frank, Anne, The Diary of Anne Frank (London; Doubleday Books, 2003)
Hastings, Max, All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939–1945 (London; Harper Press, 2012)
Hennesey, Patrick, The Junior Officers’ Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars (London; Penguin 2010)
Holmes, Richard (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Military History (Oxford; OUP, 2001)
Holmes, Richard, Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914–18 (London; Harper Collins, 2004)
Keegan, John, The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme (London; Pimlico, 2004)
MacDonald, Lyn Passchendaele: The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres 1917 (London; Penguin, 1993)
Price, Sian, If You Are Reading This …: Last Letters from the Front Line (Barnsley; Frontline Books, 2011)
Sajer, Guy, The Forgotten Soldier (London; Cassell Military, 1999)
Saunders, Nicholas J., The Poppy: A Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan (London; Oneworld publications, 2013)
Stallworthy, Jon, The Oxford Book of War Poetry (Oxford; OUP, 2008)
Willmot, H.P. World War I (London; Dorling Kindersely, 2009)
VETERAN SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
Army Benevolent Fund – www.soldierscharity.org
Army Widows Association – www.armywidows.org.uk
Combat Stress – www.combatstress.org.uk
Help for Heroes – www.helpforheroes.org.uk
Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund – www.rafbf.org
Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity – rnrmc.org.uk
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) – www.ssafa.org.uk
The Royal British Legion – www.britishlegion.org.uk
MAJOR UK MUSEUMS
Bletchley Park – www.bletchleypark.org.uk
Eden Camp – www.edencamp.co.uk
Edinburgh Castle/National War Museum – www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk
Fleet Air Arm Museum – www.fleetairarm.com
Imperial War Museum – www.iwm.org.uk
Royal Air Force Museum – rafmuseum.org.uk
Royal Naval Museum – www.royalnavalmuseum.org
The Tank Museum – www.tankmuseum.org
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