The Poppy, chosen as the flower of remembrance by the British and all Commonwealth countries, its bright red colour represents the blood shed by soldiers during the First World War, particularly during the battles on the Somme.
In 1915, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian army doctor, made it even more popular by writing his poem "In Flanders Fields" following the death of his friend killed by a German shell at Ypres, buried in a makeshift grave marked by a simple wooden cross, where wild poppies grew between the rows.
It is also said that this is the flower that grew back with the cornflower when the violent bombardments had razed everything to the ground and wiped out nature. These two flowers thrive in a chalky soil like ours.
To pay tribute to all the soldiers who fell on the Somme, and out of respect for all the British who come to pay their respects on our territory, it has been decided to call our territory the Land of the Poppy.