Coffee cups become poppies

Bright red Flanders poppies grew in their thousands on the scorched earth of First World War battlefields, flourishing even in the middle of chaos and destruction. As a tribute to the fallen, remembrance poppies have been worn since 1921, the year the Royal British Legion was founded.

Every year millions of red paper poppies are produced as a symbolic gesture of remembrance for fallen soldiers. Originally made from silk, today’s memorial poppy is made of paper, using both traditional and modern-day techniques.

Did you know?

All our coffee cups at Lloyd’s are recycled at James Cropper, a specialist mill in Cumbria. 

The recycled cups are then used by James Cropper to produce the special red paper that make the Remembrance Day poppies.