2019 Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey

The 2019 Field of Remembrance will open at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th November. Once again the Salonika Campaign Society will have its traditional British Salonika Army plot.

The Society will be represented at the official opening by Chairman, Alan Wakefield, and a small group of members. You are encouraged to visit the plot to remember those who died in the campaign. Crosses, crescents, stars of David and tributes for those of no faith will be available from a stall on site with proceeds going to the Royal British Legion.

Now in its 91st year, the Field of Remembrance has been taking place since November 1928 when The Poppy Factory took a group of disabled veterans, a tray of poppies and a collecting tin to the grounds of St Margaret’s Church at the Abbey. Only a handful of poppies were planted around a single cross, but it began a tradition that has grown over the years and now many thousands of poppies on wooden crosses and tributes are planted every year. Other Royal British Legion Fields of Remembrance are held across the UK.

Find out more

• Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance
• Westminster Abbey website
• 2019 Poppy Appeal