Remembrance Day FBV October 2015

2 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. John McCrae

QXrhKU The poet and artist Isaac Rosenberg; who was killed at dawn, after a night patrol, on 1 st April 1918; paints a darker image of the iconic poppy in his poem Break of Day in the Trenches.

What was the nationality of Moina Michael, the woman who in 1918 came up with the idea of wearing a poppy as a symbol of remembrance? Canadian British American Australian

Pals Battalions: In WW1 young British men were encouraged to enlist with their friends, relatives, neighbours and colleagues, with the promise that they would serve together. What advantages and disadvantages do you see to this?

World War 1 took a terrible toll on human life. Can you work out the percentage of the population that perished for each of these countries? COUNTRYPOPULATIONDEATHS% OF POPULATION United Kingdom45,000,000826,000 France40,000,0001,700,000 Russia175,000,0002,840,000 Germany65,000,0002,200,000

If the Ricoh Stadium holds 32,609 people, how many times would it have been filled by 826,000 British dead of the First World War?

What was the average age of the pilots who flew for the RAF in the Battle of Britain?

How many Indian troops served in the British Army in World War 2? 136, , ,000 1,440,500

On the 25 th May 1982 HMS Coventry was attacked and sunk with the loss of 20 of her crew. What did the survivors sing as they were waiting to be rescued from the waters of the South Atlantic? Jerusalem Always Look on the Bright Side of Life Stormy Weather

The UK's military role in Afghanistan since 2001 has brought with it a heavy human toll. 456 Members of the Army, RAF, Royal Marines and special forces have lost their lives in the fight against the Taliban.

JpHiE Lest We Forget.