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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

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November 7: What’s coming up? The week ahead in France

€100-€200 cheque on way to thousands of homes using heating oil, a cross-sector strike, a literary prize award, a road speed change and more

Why chrysanthemums are the French ‘flower of the dead’

As the festival of Toussaint and honouring the dead approaches, the chrysanthemum flower spikes in popularity. But why is this flower the French symbol of the dead?

11 things to know about Armistice Day, November 11, in France

As the country commemorates the 1918 Armistice and President Macron honours the last member of General de Gaulle’s Ordre de la Libération, we explain the French origins of today’s commemoration

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.

Digital image reveals 'Unknown Face' of WWI

Image will evolve as more photographs are added to the digital database, which already features tens of thousands of pictures

Armistice

Remembrance Day: where to buy your poppy – or ‘bleuet’ – in France

Armistice Day: Why we remember

French unknown soldier at Arc de Triomphe was one of eight

November 7: What’s coming up? The week ahead in France

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