The Royal British Legion - Dedicate a Tribute

This year, we they are also launching a virtual Field of Remembrance, where you can virtually plant your Tribute from home, and explore other Tributes made to remember the fallen.

The website address is https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/remember-a-loved-one/fields-of-remembrance.

The Tributes planted in our Fields of Remembrance each carry a personal message to someone who lost their life in Service for our country.

Every year we take great care and attention in planting thousands of personal Tributes made by members of the public throughout the UK. This year will be no different and we are determined that COVID-19 will not stop us honouring those who sacrificed so much for us all.

Other Fields of Remembrance are held annually in the grounds of Westminster Abbey, with further Fields in the following locations:

• National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire

• Cardiff, Wales

• Royal Wootton Bassett (Lydiard Park), Swindon

• Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Gateshead, near Newcastle

They take great care and attention in planting thousands of personal Remembrance tributes to create each Field. Row upon row of tributes with their scarlet poppies, personal messages and photographs bring home to all of us why Remembrance continues to be such an important and personal event. It also shows that we will never forget the sacrifice made by so many on our behalf.

The very first Field of Remembrance was held in the grounds of Westminster Abbey in November 1928, when The Poppy Factory took a group of disabled veterans, a tray of poppies and a collecting tin to the grounds of St Margaret's Church in Westminster. Only a handful of poppies were planted around a single cross, but it began a tradition that has grown over the decades.