Huge cascade of knitted poppies pour from church ready for Remembrance Day
A SEA of thousands of knitted poppies have been draped from a church in Wiltshire to mark Remembrance Day.
Inspired by the cascade of poppies at the Tower of London, volunteers spent months hand stitching the 4,000 strong poppies adorned on the side of St Lawrence Chapel in Warminster.
It was unveiled at the weekend to commemorate British and Commonwealth fallen soldiers during World War One.
Royal British Legion's poppy appeal organiser and designer of the stunning display Lesley Fudge said: "The poppies are all knitted and or crocheted, most of it is synthetic wool so it's not going to lose its colour.
"It was done as a tribute to the fallen, to our veterans and to our serving military personnel whom we have got quite a lot of in this town.
"I drive through town every day for a look to check on it to make sure it's all still there.
The curtain of red has attracted the attention of dozens of passers-by.
"Every time I go past there are crowds of people taking photographs and posing in front of it and the comments we've had are astonishing, everybody loves it," Lesley said.
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The names of all the soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan have also been sewn into poppies which have been cascaded over the town's memorial bench.
Lesley added: "We will put it up again for the rest of the centenary of World War One, so up to 2018."
Warminster Town Council clerk Heather Abernethie said: "The town council is delighted to see the wonderful displays prepared by volunteers to commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice."
On November 11 every year – Armistice Day commemorates the agreement to end fighting during the First World War in 1918.
This year, Remembrance Sunday is on Sunday 13th November.
The instalment will remain in place until the Christmas.
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