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3,000 in 9/11. I mispoke. Rest up to all those who lost their lives.
I am an older ENGLISH woman, i am honoured, humbled, grateful and proud to wear my poppy every year. 🏴🇬🇧
My Hong Kong Chinese wife was one of the volunteers laying the poppies. I was surprised how much it meant to her - but she has powerful childhood memories of British soldiers helping with natural disasters and mud slides in the shanties she grew up in. Amazingly patriotic, and I am an ex soldier. I will always be one to wear my poppy and Remembrance Sunday is my annual day in Church. We shall remember them.
That is beautiful. Much love to you and your wife!
The couple are dressed the way they are is because they are London's pearly King and Queen , this tradition has been going for a really long long time . Thankyou for watching about the poppy's.
Cockneys ❤
Oh wow! 💜💜
Over 150 years.
I have worn a poppy every year since a child.
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Me too. And I'm 74. And an Irishman.
Me too and my children, now my grandchild.
The Poppy is a symbol we use to commemorate the lost lives during the wars. We buy Poppy's to wear on our lapels during this commemorative time .
One of the best decisions I ever made was getting a poppy tattooed on my hand, not a day goes by without me remembering my grandad and uncle.
Bought a brooch and wear it all the time. My Grands did not go through that for me not to remember.
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This display was to mark the centenary of the start of WW1. An amazing piece of "art".
The scale of World War 1 casualties was unimaginable, there was not a single village that escaped dead or wounded boys. In the 50s through to the 60s there were markedly fewer old men….& lots of old ladies mourning a faded photograph…an entire generation wiped out. This wonderful project inspired many other arts installation around the country to commemorate those who died. Every one of these ceramic poppies was sold to the public to raise funds for wounded soldiers. They sold out in a week & raised £23million
The names of soldiers were submitted and read out over the course of the poppies being displayed. I put forward my Great Grandfather's name Private Joseph Endersby.
I was one of the volunteers who had the privilege of planting poppies at The Tower....it is a treasured memory that will stay with me always.
We also use the red poppies of Flanders when we pay respect to all those who fought for freedom, on ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army. We are small countries population wise so our losses were horrific. Cheers from Australia
You just restored my faith in humanity. Here in the UK we celebrate Remberance in a huge way. The oppies were very moving. Your comments are 100% correct and very deep and intelligeng. Thank you for being a deep caring person. Youve made me cry.❤
Much love! I appreciate you!!
We have such respect for all of our fallen heroes , always have, always will. The American Lady spoke from her heart and it just goes to show the love our two countries have for each other. 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
I’m in tears, one Grandad was mustard gassed in the trenches of France and the other one was wounded in the trenches. Both survived but only went on to have a hard life. Thankyou for your kind words 🇬🇧
Salute to your family!!
English here 🏴🇬🇧. The installation was called Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red. I went to London to see the poppies and it was quite emotional when you thought about each poppy being a person who died. I bought one of those poppies when they sold them off, I still have it in my living room. Also, you said 300,000 people died in 9/11, I’m sure it was just under 3,000.
So emotional to watch . 🇬🇧🇺🇸
My son was fortunately chosen as a volunteer to place some of the poppies. It ment a huge amount to his mum to remember her great uncle. RIP William Leadbeater died of his wounds aged 26 in Flanders 1917.
If your family have come from the Caribbean, there is a good chance one of your family members are represented here.
About 16,000 volunteered, unfortunately (?) owing to attitudes at the time the were used mostly for labour which, essential though it was, meant the death toll wasn't high although they suffered the weather more acutely as well.
I was fortunate enough to purchase one of those poppies after the installation ~ they are truly beautiful
The poppies were sold after the event and the proceeds given to charity and towards the cost of installation.
Taken from an article at the time:
These poppies were sold for around £23m. Figures filed by the artist show that 41 per cent of that amount went to five military charities and a non-profit infrastructure body, Cobseo. The rest went on the costs of construction and installation.
Smaller poppy displays were set up around the U.K. at various venues. Truly beautiful.
I have one in ny display cabinet.
@@KathleenMc73 I wish I did. They’re beautiful.🌺
The couple you see are the purely king & queen. The Pearly tradition was started by a Victorian street-sweeper. The very first Pearly King is accepted to have been Henry Croft, an orphan and street sweeper. In the mid- to late 1870s Croft completely covered his suit in mother-of-pearl buttons, creating the first pearly 'smother' suit
I wear my poppy with pride and thanks.. to each of those fallen souls that allowed me my freedom to live my 72 years in the country I love.
Each porcelain poppy is slightly different to represent he individuality of each soldier that died. We, the British, commemorate both wars each year. We cannot change the past but we can learn from it. We only have one life, put it to good use.
Sadly nearly three thousand people lost their lives in the 911 attack and thankfully (if that's the right word) not three hundred thousand. Whilst I am here is like to say I originally subbed to your channel for the music reactions but have been enjoying your other content a lot lately, your doing a great job.
* you're..sorry.
Another shocking number is the fact that in 2023 6.3 times the people killed in 9/11 were killed by guns across America
@@reluctantheist5224grammar schooling is not relevant on this sort of post, well done on being so petty.
@@reluctantheist5224 🐓 Award!
I mispoke. Thank you for correcting me when needed. I appreciate you! Thanks for being here.
There are very few families in the UK who did not lose one or more of their relatives in this terrible war. Many too died from what is now the Commonwealth and Ireland too. Many people from my family died in WW1. If you go to northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the war cemeteries cover massive tracts of land, some as far as the eye can see. A real tragedy. Remember too how many people from other countries also died in it on both sides. About twenty million people died and as many were seriously injured.
26 million Russians died in WWII
I've visited those cemeteries several times, The sense of loss of young men's lives and the devastation of the ones they left behind hits very hard.
I've visited those war graves several times and the sense of pointless loss of young mend lives and the devastation of the and the ones they left behind hits you hard.
Due to the pals units whole villages lost their male population.
@@robbiestephenson8497 The poppy was chosen after WW1 as it was the only flower that bloomed on the Western Front after the utter devastation and so were a symbol of hope - life from destruction. As far as I am concerned it has grown to be a symbol of ALL lives lost in war, civilian and soldier, whatever nationality that may be. There have been wars more brutal (in terms of per capita) but everyone acknowledged that the first "industrial" war shouldn't be repeated. Unfortunately humans being what we are, we have only gone on to refine and improve that process.
The couple with the white buttons all over their clothes are a pearly King and Queen.
We Shall Remember Them. 🇬🇧
We SHALL Remember Them.
My Grandfather was an ambulance driver during WW1. My father and mother were in the services in WWII. I served in the army and always wear my poppy with pride. I didn't get to see the poppies at the Tower but did visit the installation at the Sculpture Park in my home county of Yorkshire. It was impressive and very moving. Your comments were very thoughtful.
Bear in mind this is just the figure for British or British colonies deaths during WW1. The total number of deaths globally is estimated to be between 15-22 million.
A very sensitive and thoughtful reaction. Appreciate you man
In the UK, every city, town, and village, has a war memorial.
Listing local men who gave it all in both wars....it hits when you see x3 brothers names listed or see a name from ww1 and you see the same name ww2....father and son in 2 different wars.....
Brave folk one and all.
May they all RIP what you said was so true and actually brought tears to my eyes. Uk viewer ❤️
They fought full with everything they had in the the face of evil without egos, and paid the ultimate sacrifice. They did that defending freedom, your rights, families and whats right and good. Let's think about that.
My brother has one of the poppies, for our great uncle Trooper Harold Lord who died in battle on November 1, 1914, aged 21. He was in the first expeditionary forces that deployed to Belgium in August 1914. His name was read out on one of the rolls of honour.
You must remember that the majority were young men. Women were left with young children and no income. This was before medical and welfare programmers were in place. Besides those that were lost, think of how many children/grandchildren/generations would not exist.
Your great Uncle was very brave, and I wish there was a way that I could thank him for his service and his sacrifice. Blessings. ❤️🇬🇧
Rest up to your Great Uncle!
Harold's two older brothers, Edwin and Richard (my grandfather) also served in WWI and Richard was maimed by wounds received in battle.
The best way to remember veterans is to never forget what happened and why.
My family and friends have a party and raise a glass every year ,dressed in wartime clothes….to thank everyone involved in WW1/ WW2 …..Our house is 1940s inspired and decorated in bunting on November 11th ….Lest we forget ❤️
the brilliance of projects such as these is making what is frankly an unimaginable number that is too large for people to really conceptualise into a very physical representation that allows people to truly grasp the scale of such events in a very visually and emotionally striking way.
My local church has graves of individual soldiers who died in the First World War.
Sadly, I think every church with a graveyard does.
@@Shoomer1988and many show all the male sons of one family or another family, brothers, sometimes a father too. There are villages where practically all the men were killed.
I liked to watch this again. Thanks for your reaction. You may want to take a look at 'The Unknown Warrior Story/ with the Band of HM Royal Marines'. Love from the UK
Love that story, but it’s not a story is it! Reality for those who could not bring their love ones home. Beautiful ceremony x
@VivienneHodson You are right, the whole thing was full of symbolism. The number of Battleships to escort the coffin being more than for a king being just one.
We will never forget their sacrifice 🙏
I visited in the evening when it looked even more spectacular with the way the low level lighting was arranged; the crowds were still very large even at that time. I was actually only in London at the time to see some WW1 records at the National Archives.
When the poppies were taken down they were offered for sale to the public at £25 each I think you had to apply for one. So the last statement about the soldiers going home became much more symbolic.
If you haven't already you should defiantly check out "I vow to thee my country" by the bands of HM Royal Marines. It's one of the most beautiful songs in existence.
Brit here. I have a sweetheart brooch gifted to me by my partner. The brooches were given by soldiers to their love before they departed for WW1. I often wonder if the original owner got her man back, hope she did.
very poignant.
It was a beautiful respect to service people that passed. Remember the ones that came back broken and wounded. No one thinks of them. They are forgotten unfortunately..
You should follow this with Remembrance day at the Cenotaph in London every year attending by the Monach now KIng Charles the 3rd.
I am proud to say i own one of those poppys. it means a great deal to me and my total respect of the fallen.
In the UK for remembrance we say 'Lest We Forget' and I think this is never more important than NOW. Our world is in crisis and division is, once again, creating a knife edge.
Less we forget. 11th November at 11:00 for 2 minute silence. When most of us pay our respects for those that gave their life for us to enjoy our lives and freedoms.
A poem inspired the use of the poppy as a symbol of Remembrance. Shortly after losing a friend in Ypres in 1915, a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was inspired by the sight of poppies growing in battle-scarred fields to write his now famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'.
Obviously the 1st World War is not on the history curriculum in US schools but people from so many countries fought and died in the 1914-1918 War. The poppies were so wonderful to see.
So please that you reviewed this video as I was one of the volunteers who placed the poppies in the moat. Really means a huge amount to me and to all the other people who were there. And this was done over a number of months. The sad beauty on display is amazing.. I give thanks for each. And every soul represented there and for all those who have seen this and the fates touched their hearts. Right now we all need our hearts to heal a little. You make really good points in your comments. Thank you.❤
Much love to you!!! Thank you for what you did.
There were thousands and thousands that were never found . I look after a first world war soldier grave in my village cemetery, his family were lucky enough to bring him home...
If you're interested in learning about black American (or African-American, depending on your preference) contributions to WW1, I suggest you have a look into the Harlem Hellfighters. They were a group of black Americans, from Harlem, who joined the French foreign legion to fight on the front lines. They are remembered for being fierce fighters and were well respected amongst the French and many other nations.
Due to segregation, the American government didn't let black Americans fight on the frontlines and relegated them to support roles. The French had no segregation laws so allowed black soldiers to fight side-by-side with everyone else.
I wear my poppy with pride every year , lest we forget.
My great grandfather Thomas Gregory was one of those who died. He was 43 years old and left 3 children fatherless. He died on the Somme.
The 800 000+ are only uk and the commonwealth.
I went there in the evening….i was moved to tears. Very moving 😢
We gave so much from our cultures to gain freedom for our countries from dictatorship
Beautiful video, very emotional and poignant for today
I visited this. My grandfather was wounded at the Battle of the Somme in1916 and ended the war as a prisoner.
Salute to your grandfather!
Well said. To ignore or forget the past is to be doomed to repeat the same stupid mistakes, but let’s focus on the love. How people come together, support each other in hard times. Everyone stumbles from time to time and it means so much when a hand reaches out to you, to help or protect you. In your turn you can reach out and help someone else. I’m a senior here in the UK. I see the challenge your generation faces. Encouraged to hate, to blame, to just see the negative endlessly thrown at you through Ai memes. It’s a lie. We’re all together just trying to get through the challenges life throws at us. Man or woman, whatever the colour of your skin, or your ancestry, no-one is immune to the pain of loss or suffering. Don’t let anyone convince you - ‘it’s ok for them’ it’s a lie. Love to you all❤
The couple with buttons on are known as pearly kings and queens. From East london
You commented on a couples outfits. They are a pealy King and Qeen. they cover their outfits in pearl buttons. It an old London tradition.
That couple dressed in funny fancy clothes are Pearly Queens
Only one was a pearly queen, the bloke was a pearly king.
@@user-gv9kc7il3m correct
And what will that mean to him? It isn’t any more clear than not knowing what they are called. Maybe an explanation L
@@ianarnett Google is your friend
@@gmdhargreaves I can’t believe you wrote that to be honest. How many of these reactors ever Google anything? They jump into videos without the slightest research in most cases and rely totally to understand what is happening on being told by us. I’ve suggested exactly what you say on many occasions, only to receive the reply “I like to watch things blind and let you tell me all about it”. I concur that what you wrote is the logical route, but I’ve found, regrettably, that you have to tell them everything.
I am so glad I have discovered your channel. You give off vibes of being a very good man. Now I've found your channel I am going to go all the way back and watch them all. I think that is going to keep me entertained for quite a long time. Best wishes from Southern England (Jurassic Coast).
Thank you for being here! Much love to you and welcome 😊.
The poppies are a representation of the wild poppies that grew in the fields of Flanders. Around one million lives lost in a relatively small area . The poppies are said to have grown from the blood soaked fields. The older generations call them Death flowers .
That's a pearly king and queen.
300,000 Irish men went to War to defend neutral Belgium from being pounced on by the German Kaiser Reich in 1914! 50,000 died, God rest their souls.
Back again the tomb of the unknown soldier. Please watch. Love your compassion! My grandfather was in world war 1. At the Somme.
He would never talk about the horrors he saw.
Salute to your grandfather. Must of gave him ptsd.
Many black American soldiers were seconded to French Regiments. There is a good chance that a black American soldier’s name would show on the French Roll of Honor for WWI. The French suffered huge casualties and the black Americans were sent to make up numbers for the French in non-combatant roles, as black soldiers were assigned to in the US Army, being classified as by the US as being unsuitable for combat and not allowed to fight. When the black American soldiers were in the French Army, they were given the opportunity to volunteer for combat. Many black American soldiers were awarded France’s highest military cross medal for valor. (Equivalent to the US Medal of Honor)
You should check out The Festival of Remembrance, especially the poppy drop.
The couples outfit is that of the cockney Pearly king/queen.
Your posting just came up in my suggestions and after watching it you gave me back a fragment of hope for the human race. ,,,, well done 👍
The other side of the coin is at the same time 1M women in the UK died of malnutrion and starvation only referred to in women's history when researched.
We wear a poppy around November, culminating on 11th November - Armistice Day - when at the 11th hour of the 11th Month in 1918 the guns fell silent. The red poppy was chosen because they grew in the fields around Flanders in France & in the other battle fields where men died, many with no grave, known only unto God. The poppy is there to remind us of ALL who fell in the service of their Country in ALL conflicts from WW1 onwards. I wear one all the time on my various coats/jackets, summer/winter & I remember my father who was at Dunkirk & went back into France just after D Day. I was lucky, he came home, many did not, that is why I wear one. You could also check out the video of the British Unknown Soldier & his memorial in Westminster Abbey, it's on UA-cam, that may bring a rear to your eye.
In Every Village ,Town and City across the Uk .You have Memorials to their Fallen. I think there's only a small number of places that Didn't Lose anyone.
One of the villages which did not lose anyone in either WW1 or WW2 was Langton Herring in Dorset - they were called ‘Grateful Villages’ - I think. There were about 12 of them
@SheenaStandring-qd4kr Thankyou for the information, I couldn't Remember 100% .Yes the Greatful villages, I seem to think I heard 15 .it's shocking when think of it .
A very sincere reaction.👍 I agree with you. My Great Grand Father was a POW, in WWI. Regards From Yorkshire.
Salutw to you and your Great Grandfather.
It could be highly probable that you have a relative that would have fought, was injured or died in World War One. Military and civilian casualties total around 40 million with 20 million dead and many wounded including civilians during bombing raids. My great uncle was a soldier who survived the whole of the war and when he came back he caught Spanish flu and died. To go through all that and survive and then be killed by the flu is so sad.
Saw part of the poppies display at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) North in the city of Manchester last month. We regret not visiting London to see the original exhibition, but I’m not good with crowds. Love this video though.
@4:54 that man and woman is The Pearly King and Queen.
Look it up.
2,999 people died in 911 R.I.P.
According to Google it was 2,996 people died on 9/11 including the high jackers this obviously excludes anyone medically effected during and after the attack! This is by no means belittling this atrocity in New York! Just different and should be remembered correctly.
Seeing poppies in the fields have reminded me of the two world war from when I was a child. This was very moving.
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The battlefields of northern France and Belgium are in chalk-rich soil. Poppies thrive on disturbed chalky soil. The ground was churned up by the fighting and then poppies sprung up.
Poppy seeds remain viable in the soil for years, so that when the soil is disturbed and light and heat hits the seeds, up come new poppy plants.
Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.
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The man and woman dressed with buttons all over their clothing ade called pearly king and queen there are quite a few around London they raise money for charity 😊
Great video my great great uncle’s died in the first world world and I lost family members in the Second World War we will always show remembrance to them and you are right we learn from peoples pasts big heart
Salute to you and your family!!
The youngest boy to serve was serbian and he was 8 years old. They youngest Brit was 12.
My Uncles Thomas.. Alfred.. and William Henry are commemorated there.... Thomas and Alfred have No Known Grave.
Rest up to your uncles!
There is a film about the First World War all so steven Spielberg did film called war horse an other one was alls quite on the western front great films
Watch remberance parade or remberance from thr Royal Albert Hall all very moving
My grandmothers younger brother who was irish joined to fight with the English in the first world war and he did not have too, he was also just old enough to fight and was blown to bits very soon after going to the front.
Rest up to him!
They are the Pearly King and Queen,it's a London thing
they are perly royal
That's a pearly king and queen in the black and white .
Those 888 plus thousand lives were just for world war 1. If you take into account world war 2 there would be over 1.2 million poppies. My family always pays there respect on remembrance Sunday and 11/11.
The couple in dress are pearly kings and queens an old London tradition
Has one subcsriber said you must watch the Unknown Soldier very moving.
The USA have a tomb of the unknown soldier.
In the UK it's unknown warrior. Because it is not Known whether he is a sailor, soldier or airman.
That’s just British and Colonial fatalities. 💔
3000 lost lives in 9/11 not 300 thousand
I definetley mispoke.
2,996 died in 911 which is a monumental tragedy of sickening proportions then there is the 888,246 British and Empire soldiers died on the western front, 15.8% of the British population became a casualty of war.. it's no longer a tragedy it's become a statistic .. that's how bad it world war 1 or the great war as we call it is. deadliest war in British history , 57,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme in which 24,000 were deaths. industrial warfare is horrific
I mispoke on the 9/11 part. Thank you for the correction.
@@NAIATHEDRAGON oh i know buddy, was just riffing to myself really. i guessed you meant 3000