Remembrance Day comes to DK

The fields of Flanders where some of the worst battles and heaviest casualties of World War I took place. The poppies of Flanders have since been used on Remembrance Day to symbolise the blood spilled by soldiers.
The fields of Flanders where some of the worst battles and heaviest casualties of World War I took place. The poppies of Flanders have since been used on Remembrance Day to symbolise the blood spilled by soldiers.
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Relatives, soldiers, former soldiers and the general public who want to commemorate soldiers who have lost their lives and those who are sent out on international missions, will get their chance next Sunday at a remembrance service at Skibet Church near Vejle, according to Kristeligt Dagblad.

British soldiers living in Denmark have taken the initiative for the service, which takes place as an extension of Remembrance Day or Poppy Day which has been commemorated in Great Britain, the Commonwealth and other countries every year since the end of World War I.

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