Poppy Day

The two-minute silence is held on the 11th hour of the 11th

day of the 11th month. But at what time was the Armistice

of 1918, which signified the end of the war, signed?

• 11pm the night before

• 5am

• 10am

Which year did the Christmas Truce occur between French, British and German soldiers on the Western Front?

• 1916

• 1917

• 1914

How many ceramic poppies were created for the touring centenary art installation ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ in 2018?

• 888,246

• 111,111

• 246,888

How many charities helped towards the British war effort 1914-1918?

• 180

• 1,800

• 18,000

How many horses were used by Britain in WW1?

• 120,000

• 1.2 million

• 12 million

In 2018, the 100th year anniversary of the end of the war, how many volunteers distributed the red remembrance poppy?

• 40 million

• 400,000

• 40,000

How many women were in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps?

• 20,000

• 30,000

• 50,000

How many soldiers and labourers from across the Empire and Commonwealth served alongside the British Army in the First World War?

• 1.3 million

• 3 million

• 30 million

How many veterans marched at the cenotaph parade in 2018?

• 100,000

• 10,000

• 1000

How many memorial cenotaphs are there in the UK?

• 20

• 60

• 100