This is in no way intended to diminish the sacrifice of soldiers, or civilians from other lands, but I was told by a representative of the Royal British Legion that since the end of WWII there has only been one year, 1968, when a British serviceman, or woman was not killed on active service somewhere in the world.

BTW, I think the poem about the poppy says it all and to my mind states quite clearly why we wear a red poppy, not a white one. Red poppies covered the fields of Flanders. That's why they were chosen as the emblem for Armistice Sunday. I'm going to read that poem on my radio programme.

Eddie