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Wilfred Owen - War Poet - Killed 4th November 1918 #OTD
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) - who was born in Oswestry on the Welsh borders, and brought up in Birkenhead and Shrewsbury - is widely...

Si Biggs
Nov 4, 20182 min read


We will remember them @SiBiggs @PoppyLegion
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and...

Si Biggs
Nov 11, 20171 min read


For the Fallen (Ode to Remembrance)
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end...

Si Biggs
Nov 10, 20171 min read


A Poppy in Remembrance @PoppyLegion @gwtorg @Ghurkah_Brigade #Gurkah
At a petrol station in Abu Dhabi last year I was asked by the girl behind the counter what my poppy was for, so I told her. I asked...

Si Biggs
Nov 9, 20171 min read


Yvonne Burney "Odette" the youngest female SOE agent passes away at 95
Yvonne Jeanne de Vibraye Baseden MBE; Legion of Honour; the Resistance Medal and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme, (20 January 1922 – 28...

Si Biggs
Nov 2, 20173 min read


Imperial War Museum - Operation 'Market Garden' In Photos @I_W_M @16AirAssltBde @PoppyLegion
Dutch civilians and veterans of 1st Airborne Division watch as children place flowers on graves at the Arnhem-Oosterbeek Cemetery, 25...

Si Biggs
Sep 18, 20171 min read


The Soldier
The Soldier If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall...

Si Biggs
Nov 11, 20161 min read


For the Fallen (Ode to Remembrance)
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end...

Si Biggs
Nov 10, 20161 min read


A Poppy in Rememberance
At a petrol station in Abu Dhabi today I was asked by the girl behind the counter what my poppy was for, so I told her. I asked where...

Si Biggs
Nov 8, 20161 min read
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