Tag Archive: Flanders poppy

After the bloodletting of the First World War, a new charity was set up to help the surviving soldiers and their families. This was the Royal British Legion. Its source of income was and still is, from a weekly lottery, called the Poppy Lottery. It takes its name from the only flowers that would bloom on the barren battlefields of Western Europe. Today it remains one of the UK's most popular lotteries, as you have a chance of winning some great cash prizes, as well as helping a good cause.