https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ceramic-poppies-to-be-planted-in-the-tower-of-londons-moat#
the short answer is 883.246 young kids died for our freedom in WW1 ,
our UK remembrance date is 11/11 .annually
I will be there , ( (ex Royal Air Force Air Sea rescue) “RAF”,
Our UK remembrance wll include the quote “
“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 in the morning
We will remember them.
they mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.”
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain”
That always reduces me to tears ,
BTW, our UK service also includes our USA & allied friends
Indeed we were one back then ,but now thankfully still kissing cousins,
Best regards to all on TMN,
Roco