Poppy wearing protocol

[paul@bolton]

Dear members

I have read several threads about when one should start to where a poppy. One week before Remembrance Day. Two weeks etc.

However, at what point, does protocol say we should stop wearing them? Obviously, we were them today and presumably up to 11 o'clock tomorrow but thereafter? i would normally wear mine at work tomorrow.

The reason I ask is that my daughter is attending a 'posh do' on Monday evening. Should she wear a poppy?

She has asked me for guidance. I would welcome your thoughts.

Paul

wear not were. Apologies.

[Old Owl]

Hi Paul,

Personally, I feel that there should be no problem at all for your daughter to wear a Poppy on Monday or even the following Monday. The Poppy is worn as a sign of Remembrance and not as some sort of misguided badge of honour, so I cannot honestly see how anyone could frown upon her wearing one, particularly at this time of year, and more so as tomorrow is infact 11/11 and not today.

Robert

[Gareth Davies]

Surely it is entirely up to the individual? Poppy wearing is not compulsory.

[paul@bolton]

Hi Gareth

I take your point but would you, for example, wear a poppy to a formal event on the evening of 11th November.

She wouldn't like to do 'the wrong thing' in front of the cameras so has asked for advice.

[Steven Broomfield]

Poppy wearing is not compulsory.

Except on the BBC, I suspect.

I shall wear a poppy tomorrow; I wear an enamel pin badge poppy pretty well every day of the year.

[CarylW]

Paul

I can understand exactly why you asked the question and why your daughter would want to know the correct protocol if attending a formal event on the evening of November 11th. No-one wants to be the odd one out at such an event, or stand out for doing the wrong thing - I certainly wouldn't.

Some poppy wearing protocol here, but doesn't really specify when to stop, except to say to be worn 'until Armistice day'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6461635/Poppy-Appeal-pinning-down-poppy-etiquette.html

Personally, if it were me, I would wear one earlier in the day on the 11th, but not to an evening posh 'do', later that day.

(I would wear one to a posh do at any other time during the remembrance period though and I'm none too bothered who wears a poppy, who doesn't or for how long)

Edit: Came across something online about military personnel allowed to wear a poppy behind their badge until November 11th. When do they stop wearing theirs I wonder? After the 11th hour possibly?

Caryl

[Ron Clifton]

Hello Paul

If your daughter is comfortable wearing it, even if she is the only one there doing so, I would encourage her to wear it. If anyone comments on it, the reply should be:

"We don't stop remembering at 11.02."

Ron

[Scalyback]

Wear a poopy brooch. Still a poppy but also seen as dress jewllery.

[Gareth Davies]

Hi Gareth

I take your point but would you, for example, wear a poppy to a formal event on the evening of 11th November.

She wouldn't like to do 'the wrong thing' in front of the cameras so has asked for advice.

I would. But there is no 'wrong thing'.

Paul

I can understand exactly why you asked the question and why your daughter would want to know the correct protocol if attending a formal event on the evening of November 11th. No-one wants to be the odd one out at such an event, or stand out for doing the wrong thing - I certainly wouldn't.

Some poppy wearing protocol here, but doesn't really specify when to stop, except to say to be worn 'until Armistice day'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6461635/Poppy-Appeal-pinning-down-poppy-etiquette.html

Personally, if it were me, I would wear one earlier in the day on the 11th, but not to an evening posh 'do', later that day.

(I would wear one to a posh do at any other time during the remembrance period though and I'm none too bothered who wears a poppy, who doesn't or for how long)

Edit: Came across something online about military personnel allowed to wear a poppy behind their badge until November 11th. When do they stop wearing theirs I wonder? After the 11th hour possibly?

Caryl

Generally people take the poppies off AD 11 Nov but the RTR keep theirs on their uniform until AD 20 Nov.

[CarylW]

Generally people take the poppies off AD 11 Nov but the RTR keep theirs on their uniform until AD 20 Nov.

Ahh well that's interesting and thanks for answering my question Gareth.

[paul@bolton]

AD?

[Gareth Davies]

AD?

After duties.

[Old Owl]

AD?

Armistice Day, no, possibly At Date? Any ideas?

I wore a poppy on the 3rd November when I attended a Militaria Fair at Wakefield. Several other people also wore poppies that day and personally I would feel quite happy wearing one on any day during the month of November.

Robert

[Old Owl]

After duties.

Thanks Gareth. I knew I was no where near with my interpretations.

Robert

[paul@bolton]

Thanks Gareth. I thought it must be a military term of some sort. I considered 'after dusk' or perhaps 'after dawn'.

Thank you to everyone who has responded to my question. I shall now talk to my daughter who will, in any case, ignore me and do what she likes as usual.

If any of you are on the red carpet at the world premiere of 'The Hunger Games' at the Odeon Leicester Square tomorrow evening and see a young lady wearing a poppy, say hello!

At least she'll match the carpet...

[Steven Broomfield]

If any of you are on the red carpet at the world premiere of 'The Hunger Games' at the Odeon Leicester Square tomorrow evening and see a young lady wearing a poppy, say hello!

Blast. Another invitation missing in the post.

[bruce]

By tomorrow evening, I will have "planted" my poppy.

We have a small ceremony at the Lych Gate war memorial about 10.45, a hymn from the local school, a prayer, Late Post, and then a silence, followed by moving into the cemetery to plant our poppies on the graves of the war dead buried there.

Bruce

[stevem49]

There is no protocol - end off

[arboskittler]

If your daughter is concerned then surely better to wear it (with a view to removing it if she somehow feels 'uncomfortable') rather than not take one and then wish she had worn one?

Andy.

[centurion]

Dear members

I have read several threads about when one should start to where a poppy. One week before Remembrance Day. Two weeks etc.

However, at what point, does protocol say we should stop wearing them? Obviously, we were them today and presumably up to 11 o'clock tomorrow but thereafter? i would normally wear mine at work tomorrow.

The reason I ask is that my daughter is attending a 'posh do' on Monday evening. Should she wear a poppy?

She has asked me for guidance. I would welcome your thoughts.

Paul

wear not were. Apologies.

Presumably a were poppy wearer only wears one at full moon? Where one wears one whether one is a were or not is a matter of choice unless one is in Hertforshire 'ware Ware fashion rules (sorry couldn't resist)

[stevie1944]

I usually start wearing mine on November 1st, and wear it through the end of the day November 11th. I heard somewhere that the leaf is supposed to be pointed at 11 o'clock, symbolising the time the armisitice took effect. Cheers!

[horatio2]

There is no "protocol" (formal etiquette and code of behaviour) for the wearing of a poppy on your person or your motor car. And who are all these self-appointed Poppy Police who tell us which way the leaf should point? Get a life.

[seaforths]

I wear my poppy up to and including 13 November in remembrance of Beaumont Hamel. No-one has (to date) mentioned it. I also wear poppy brooches throughout the year for certain acts of military remembrance personal to me and because it is also the birth flower for August. I think that at this time of year people get a little more hung up about it than they should. To me it's personal and if I was attending the said evening function, I would be wearing it through personal choice and not be embarrassed about my choice.

[seaforths]

I usually start wearing mine on November 1st, and wear it through the end of the day November 11th. I heard somewhere that the leaf is supposed to be pointed at 11 o'clock, symbolising the time the armisitice took effect. Cheers!

Depends whether your poppy has a leaf to point!

[BIFFO]

Now im probably going to get shot for this BUT I do not like the way that wearing a straight forward poppy has changed by some as a posh broach, I always will believe that wearing a poppy should be a way of showing that you remember the fallen from all wars not a nice glittery broach thingy to show off to others, as my niece rightly said at least they are wearing a poppy and again rightly if we all felt like I do why does the RBL sell nice glittery broaches. I also thought that wearing a straight forward poppy showed all that you were uniform in your remembrance, I wear all year every day a small enamel poppy, running up to the 11^th I wear a straight forward no frills RBL poppy

Biff

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