Blood relatives died and fought in the Great War and the one that followed known as the Second World War.
I've worn Poppies since being in short trousers and quietly remembered the obscene loss of life on all sides.
I don't wear anything to do with the Boer War, the Hundred Years War or the English Civil War despite my ancestral home being in Yorkshire. No, not even a White Rose of Peace.
The reason is relevance. That symbols relate to specific moments in history means that I think we need a new emblem for subsequent campaigns. (You can't have a Burma Star if you weren't there)
I support Help for Heroes and the British Legion and Bomber Command Association but I've not worn a poppy for some time.
It's not through disrespect for the dead of later campaigns it's for the perceived dilution of the original intent.
10,000 soldiers died the same day my ancestor did. Sad.
SGC