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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Madeline Link

Newcastle pays its respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice

Bugler Captain Graeme Reynolds at Remembrance Day last year. Picture by Simone De Peak

RED like timeworn blood, the poppy has become a symbol of Remembrance Day.

After the World War I, it was the first flower to spring up in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium.

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