I will be at the ceremony in my village in the Corrèze. Always well attended and the schoolchildren are there to, hopefully, learn and see it never happens again. So many names on the memorial are those of people still living in the village.
The local history society has created a superb display in our village hall, which lists and honours all those who died. Over 500 went to war, 88 died. Each of the dead has a separate sheet of paper with his age, married or not, occupation and how they died. There are also many memories and relics lent by families. I was very pleased to be asked to create a small display about the history of the poppy, as I sell them locally for the RBL.
I try to give out any I have left to the children on the 11th. The French are much more conscious of the poppy since the Tower of London display. I will also be remembering my own father who was killed by terrorists in Cyprus.