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Picture This Field of Remembrance

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Wooden crosses planted at the newly opened Royal British Legion Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance in southwest England. The new memorial, opened on Nov.9, pays tribute to the British servicemen and women killed in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prince Harry attended the opening ceremony and planted a cross for Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate, who was killed while on foot patrol in Helmand province earlier this year. In the UK, the red poppy is worn in the run up to Armistice Day on November 11, which commemorates the end of World War One. The poppy was chosen as a symbol after the flower grew over the battle fields in Belgium and France after the war.

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