Remembrance Day: where to buy your poppy – or ‘bleuet’ – in France It has become more difficult to order remembrance poppies from the UK due to EU VAT changes but you can buy them in France
Armistice Day: Why we remember Director of the Allied Forces Heritage Group Ian Reed, known for his work commemorating UK/France wartime cooperation, explains the history and symbols of Remembrance Day and why it is still important today
French unknown soldier at Arc de Triomphe was one of eight On the occasion of Armistice Day, we look at how the unknown soldier, buried under the Arc de Triomphe, was chosen What’s coming up? The week ahead in France Why chrysanthemums are the French ‘flower of the dead’ 11 things to know about Armistice Day, November 11, in France
The Poppy Appeal turns 100 this year with pride There are seven branches of the Royal British Legion in France, covering Paris, Bordeaux and South West France, Brittany, Nord/Pas de Calais, Nice-Monaco, Somme and Lyon
Memorial for French soldiers killed overseas unveiled Long-awaited monument finally installed in the 15th arrondissement of Paris
French charity gifted €1,800 in Mont-Blanc rower drama A French war veterans’ charity is to receive a €1,800 donation from a British charity, in a bid to make amends for the former British Commando who left a rowing machine on Mont-Blanc in September.
The Frenchwoman behind the Remembrance Day poppy Inspiration for the emblematic poppy came from the war poem In Flanders Fields
1918 rifle salute added poignancy to Armistice event Armistice Day ceremonies across France last November were particularly poignant, as they marked the centenary of the day the guns fell silent.
See 1918 peace treaty The ceasefire treaty signed by the Allied and German leaders on November 11, 1918 is on display at the Château de Vincennes until January 22 as the centrepiece of an exhibition on the armistice.
Britain cannot comprehend French suffering in WW1 When travelling around France it is hard not to be struck by the quality of its memorials to the dead of the Great War. A hundred years on – and we mark the centenary of the Armistice on 11 November – these often elaborate sculptures still make an eloquent statement of the sheer grief a nation felt at its suffering in those four years.
Focus on human tragedy of war, not the grim statistics Every single person who was militarily involved in World War I is now dead. That is some 65 million people, including 10 million who were killed at the time.
Was UK represented at Paris Armistice event? A reader asked if the UK government sent someone to the commemoration of the 1918 Armistice in Paris yesterday - the Embassy has clarified.
Macron warns against nationalism in Armistice speech President delivers strong message in 20-minute speech in front of 70 heads of state at Paris ceremony Rural France to ring bells for historic WWI Armistice Digital image reveals 'Unknown Face' of WWI Pétain will not be honoured at Les Invalides ceremony
Macron defends French army officer centenary ceremony President Emmanuel Macron has hit back at critics of the centenary ceremony in honour of military officers - set to be held at Les Invalides this Saturday (November 10) - saying it “makes sense to celebrate them”. Cornflower bleuets for French Remembrance WWI soldiers to be buried 101 years after they died Peace and reconciliation focus of Armistice centenary Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed