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Volunteers are being sought to support the Poppy Appeal in Portsmouth ahead of Remembrance Sunday. Pictured: Launch of the Hampshire Poppy Appeal outside the Spinnaker Tower in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, on October 23, 2025.

Rallying cry for volunteers to support Portsmouth Poppy Appeal

Royal British Legion and Freemasons partner to boost Poppy Appeal

Sainsbury's 2014 Christmas advert - 1914.

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Remembrance services have been organised across the Portsmouth area to honour those died serving our country.

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Remembrance services have been organised across the Portsmouth area to honour those died serving our country.

Remembrance services in the Portsmouth area - location and times

Marine and Air Engineers from HMS Sultan at Leadenhall Market for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal, during London Poppy Day 2023.

HMS Sultan sailors take part in London Poppy Appeal

The Havant Poppy Appeal has been launched, with a call for residents to get behind the cause once again. Pictured: Mayor of Havant Cllr Peter Wade, second left, poppy appeal organiser for Havant Andy Carter MBE, third left, Alan Mak MP, fourth from right, Rick Standen who is chair of the Havant branch of the Royal British Legion, right, and others at the launch of the Havant Poppy Appeal at Tesco, Havant
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Veterans and serving personnel travelling to remembrance events will get free train travel on specific days.

Military and veterans get free train travel for remembrance events

The annual D-Day memorial service took place at the D Day Stone near Canoe Lake, Southsea, on Thursday, June 6, 2024, to commemorate 80 years. Picture: Sarah Standing (060624-4006)

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Organisers of a poetry reading event at Southsea Cinema and Arts Centre ahead of D-Day 80 in Portsmouth.

D-Day veteran recounts being prisoner of war - D-Day poetry event

A member of "B" Company of the Royal Scots receiving an injection in Saudi Arabia against the effects of chemical attack. Photo: PA

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Alan McQuillin joined the RAF in 1941

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Johnny Mercer, veterans minister. Picture: UK Parliament

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Dancing with her technicolour LED cape,, Claire Jefferson-Jones, near St Mary's Church, Portsmouth. Picture: Habibur Rahman

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An installation made from 20,000 poppies with messages from supporters of the Royal British Legion goes on display to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings at the beaches of Arromanches in Normandy, France. Picture: Doug Peters/PA Wire

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An installation made from 20,000 poppies with messages from supporters of the Royal British Legion goes on display to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings at the beaches of Arromanches in Normandy, France. Picture: Doug Peters/PA Wire

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Veterans together with their D-Day 75 comrades left Portsmouth International Port to sail on the Brittany Ferries, Mont St Michel to take parts in the events in Normandy, France over the coming days. Pictured is Albert Lamond, left, and Edwin Leadbetter, both 94. Picture: Malcolm Wells (190603-8109).

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6th June 1944: British soldiers of the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) in France on D-Day. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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6th June 1944: British soldiers of the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) in France on D-Day. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth II will attend D-Day celebrations in Portsmouth. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Queen confirms she will attend D-Day 75 anniversary commemorations in Portsmouth

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Veterans at the Portsmouth Poppy Appeal in Gunwharf Quays. Picture: Vernon Nash

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HUNDREDS of people have vowed to honour the fallen and support veterans in the '˜most important' year for the Poppy Appeal.
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Examples of counterfeit merchandise seized in 2017. Credit: Intellectual Property Office

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Children from Lyndhurst Junior School wave their flags at the D-Day 70 Drumhead service on Southsea Common in June, 2014

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Celebrations for the D-Day 70 commemorations in Southsea in 2014.

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Elizabeth Caush at a knit-in at Knight and Lee department store, Southsea Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Crochet team add knitting skills to this year's war effortÂ

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Crochet team add knitting skills to this year's war effortÂ

The appeal launch

Poppy appeal launch to raise funds for service families

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Developer has pledged armed forces support

Producer Carol Harrison with members of the cast of the Mod musical, All Or Nothing which is at The Kings Theatre, Southsea. Chris Simmonds, Drew-Levi Huntsman, Tim Edwards, Josh Bowen and Josh Maddison
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