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Book of Remembrance

The Book of Remembrance is a lasting testament to the memory of your loved one. Inscribe their name into the Book and honour their life.

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Tribute crosses from the Lydiard Park Field of Remembrance

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Belfast Field of Remembrance

The Tributes planted in the Belfast Field of Remembrance each carry a personal message to someone who lost their life in service for our country.

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Cardiff Field of Remembrance

Every year we take great care and attention in planting thousands of personal Tributes within the grounds of Cardiff Castle during Remembrance.

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Saltwell Park Field of Remembrance

Saltwell Park (Gateshead) Field of Remembrance is a special way to pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives in service for our country.

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Lydiard Park (Swindon) Field of Remembrance

The Tributes planted in Lydiard Park (Swindon) Field of Remembrance honour and remember those who have lost their lives while serving in our Armed Forces.

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Black and white atmospheric image of St Paul's Cathedral dome

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Garden of Remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral

The opening of the annual Garden of Remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral, London, took place on Monday 4 November, 2019.

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Festival of Remembrance

RBL hosts the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall to commemorate lives lost in conflict and to celebrate Service.

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A new plastic-free poppy being held by the stem in two hands

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The new plastic-free poppy

Available from October 2023, the new poppy is made entirely from paper and can be recycled in ordinary paper recycling collections.

The largest amphibious operation in history, D-Day marked the beginning of the liberation of France and Western Europe in the Second World War. -->The largest amphibious operation in history, D-Day marked the beginning of the liberation of France and Western Europe and was years in the planning.

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British soldier reading for relaxation at jungle base during WWII Burma campaign

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Letters from the Far East

Letters brought comfort to many. For some soldiers communication was easy but for soldiers from India it was not straightforward.

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Limbless prisoners of war from Hong Kong celebrate

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Troops returning to a changed UK

By the end of 1945 troops were back home in the UK. But a UK that looked very different from the one they’d left when at the outbreak of war.

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How the fourteenth Army dealt with disease

The Fourteenth Army not only faced the dangers of the Japanese forces in WW2 but also the danger of tropical disease. Their first line of defence was prevention from wearing long trousers and sterilizing water to the use of insect repellents and insecticides.

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