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Cellphone NewsRemembrance Poppy Goes High-techNov. 11, 2005 LONDON (Reuters) -- Britain's remembrance poppies have gone high-tech -- digital versions of the red paper flowers are now available for downloading to mobiles. The poppies' move into cyberspace is a bid to get younger Britons aware of the sacrifices made by those who fell in battle, the Royal British Legion charity said on Friday. "This is the first time the poppy can be downloaded to mobile telephones," a spokesman said. "The Poppy is about remembering those who did not come back." The digital image can be accessed via www.poppy.org. Text the word POPPY to 85099 to receive a virtual poppy on your mobile. Each text costs GBP1.50. Only available on WAP enabled mobiles. This year's Poppy Appeal has been fronted by an Iraq war widow and her young daughter, a move designed to show the charitable work of the Legion will continue so long as Britain is engaged in military conflicts. The symbol was adopted in the 1920s after the end of World War One because the poppy, a wild flower, was the only plant that grew in the aftermath of the bloody trench warfare which devastated parts of northern France and Belgium. Millions will remember those who died in all Britain's wars with a two-minute silence at 1100 GMT on Friday. The silence, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, marks the moment when the guns fell silent at the end of World War One in 1918. The first Legion Poppy Day was inspired by a 1915 poem written by John McCrae, a serving officer, which starts: "In Flanders' fields the poppies blow, |
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