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Re: Do you wear one and if so why?
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Quite true ... and in the First World War, there were four distinct British Armies that fought on the Western Front, starting with the all-regular BEF. You can all figure out the others. According to my mom, my grandad (he fought on the Somme and at Passchendaele and was wounded in both FUBARs) always took out the black button at the centre of his poppy ... the one inscribed "Haig Fund" ... and put it on with a safety pin. Evidently, he didn't like Haig for some reason ... go figure, eh.  By the by, Mr. Google informs me that in the year 2000, Britain had one of the highest densities of veterans in a major country: 219 per 1000 of the population. |
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