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Article: Last World War One Tommy launches poppy ...
Belfast Telegraph;  October 30, 2008 ;     309 words ...Britain's last Tommy joined serving Navy personnel to launch this year's poppy appeal as the Royal British Legion reveal they have seen the number of young serviceman needing help double in the past year. Harry Patch ...

Article: Poppies fill the sky as West war veteran Harry launches appeal ; ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  October 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... fight in the trenches of World War I joined Navy personnel yesterday ... the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. West hero Harry Patch ... Mr Lowe added: "The poppy appeal is one of the main ways that ... those are the people that the poppy appeal is all about. "We have ...

Article: Does poppy still appeal to society? Since it began in 1921, the ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... it. The First World War is so widely taught ... believes the Poppy Appeal will be relevant ... end of the Second World War there has only ... the world. "The Poppy Appeal is still relevant ... know about the Poppy Appeal and the importance ... battlefields of the ...

Article: Poppy appeal unites Derbyshire's old and young ; ...
Derby Evening Telegraph;  November 1, 2008 ;     545 words ... ... their cause. Second World War veteran Douglas ... Arm in the Second World War, has supported the Poppy Appeal since the 1950s ... fought in the First World War and won a bravery ... organises Derbyshire's Poppy Appeal. He said: "People ...

Article: Music lifts poppy appeal
The Weekly Gleaner;  November 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Khan, chairman of the Poppy Appeal, told The Weekly Gleaner ... proceeds go towards the Poppy" Appeal fund. "Most of the ... ex-servicemen from World War II rely on the legion ... as supporting the poppy appeal. It is a symbol of ...

Article: HENRY PROMOTES POPPY APPEAL.
Eastbourne Herald (Eastbourne, England);  November 7, 2006 ;     457 words ... ... promote this year's Poppy Appeal along with the leader ... volunteers for this year's Poppy Appeal started with poppies ... launch this year's poppy appeal." Former resident ... Henry Allingham is a World War I Veteran, last surviving ...

Article: Lest we forget ; The 2008 Poppy Appeal this autumn ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  November 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The 2008 Poppy Appeal this autumn is ... since the end of World War II, and it is ... month in 1918, World War I ended. Civilians ... Since then, the Poppy Appeal has been a significant ... The work of the Poppy Appeal is just as important ... from the end of ...