Each year the generous people of South Tyneside express their unequivocal support for The Royal British Legion’s charity work through the Poppy Appeal and this year’s appeal is set to be a record breaker. In 2008, the Royal British Legion (custodians of the poppy appeal) spent over £88 million helping the serving and ex-Service community. This was largely funded by donations and [...]
Most people are steadfastly united that the Two Minute Silence – observed by millions on Remembrance Day - is still important, despite the deaths this year of the last remaining British veterans to have seen active service in the First World War. In a survey for The Royal British Legion conducted by Ipsos MORI, a massive 94% of the [...]
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a time for reflection … In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago [...]