Westminster Abbey Field of Remembrance

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The sea of Remembrance Crosses with scarlet poppies continued to grow in the grounds of Westminster Abbey paying tribute to all the brave service men and women who served in the Armed Forces since World War I. London, UK. 12th November 2011

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in Our World, on the 12th of November 2011

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A veteran soldier straightens a cross with a scarlet poppy pinned on it at the Field Of Remembrance.

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A plaque in memory of the Kenya Armed Forces Comrades Association at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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Memorial plaques for the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Servies League at the Field Of Remembrance.

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Memorial plaques at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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Memorial crosses with red poppies at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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Crosses in remembrance of Scouts at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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A memorial plot with crosses of members of the St John Ambulance at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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A memorial plot for the Northern Rhodesia Regiment at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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A man places a cross at one of the memorial plots at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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An elderly couple place a cross at one of the memorial plots at the Field Of Remembrance.

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A couple look at crosses on a memorial plot at Westminster Abbey.

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A veteran hammers down a cross at Westminster Abbey.

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A veteran straightens crosses at a plot in the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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A cross at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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"God Bless" message written on a cross at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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Crosses and poppies at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

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Crosses seen in front of Westminster Abbey.

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A memorial plot for the Kings African Rifles at Westminster Abbey.

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A sea of crosses with poppies at the Field Of Remembrance.

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A plaque in memorial for the Nigerian Legion at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey

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A plaque in memorial for the Tanzania Ex-services Association at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey

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A plaque in memorial for the Uganda Ex-serviceman's Association at the Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey

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People walk past a sea of memorial crosses with red poppies at Westminster Abbey.

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A sea of Remembrance Crosses with scarlet poppies continues to grows in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on the eve of Remembrance Day. The Field of Remembrance pays tribute to all the brave Service men and women who have served in our Armed Forces since World War I.

The Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey was officially opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh on Thursday 11 November at 11.00am.
The 2011 Poppy Appeal was launched on Thursday 27 October and is the culmination of the 90th anniversary year.
A record breaking total of £36 million was raised in 2010 and the target this year is to fund raise £40 million.

Armistice Day, also known as Remembrance Day, marked on 11 November since 1928, commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiegne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning, on the 'eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month' of 1918.