according to the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/how/poppy.shtml I only today found out why. http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/how/poppy.shtml As the BBC's well-researched rememberance page explains Remembrance Poppy Why the Poppy? the symbol of the poppy World War I memorials with the poppies battlefields after the war life, death and rebirth Archive: Why do people wear poppies? Ninety Years of Remembrance - Why the Poppy? Why the poppy? From the archive: Why do people wear poppies? "Why the Poppy?" BBC Napoleonic Wars of 1803-1815 Archive: Why do people wear poppies? I only today found out why. bbc.co.uk From the archive: Why do people wear poppies? http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/how/poppy.shtml