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Neil Shaw

Put a poppy on your profile in Facebook, Twitter and other platforms

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them

People across the country and beyond are wearing poppies as we prepare to mark the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month - remembering when the guns fell silent at the end of World War One.

Remembrance Sunday, on November 10, will be followed by Armistice Day, on Monday, November 11.

You can pay tribute to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice using our quick and easy social media profile photo poppy generator.

Using our simple tool, you can add a poppy filter to whichever picture you want to use as your profile photo on your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp accounts.

Poppies were the only flowers to grow in the churned up battlefields of the Western Front at the end of World War One, and have become a symbol or remembrance and hope.

They have symbolised our debt of gratitude to those who fought, and those who fell in World War One and all conflicts.

The Royal British Legion's biggest fundraising campaign is held every November, the period of Remembrance, when the charity distributes their iconic paper poppies to raise vital funds to help the Armed Forces community.

The Royal British Legion (RBL) is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

It was set up in May 1921, with an aim to care for those who had suffered as a result of service in the Armed Forces during the war.

The two minutes silence as a form of remembrance had already been established, and the Legion held the first Poppy Appeal that same year.

Armistice Day, on November 11, commemorates the signing of the armistice between the Allies and Germany at 11am on November 11, 1918.

As a result, there is a two minute silence held to mark the occasion - on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - and remember those killed in the two World Wars and the 12,000 British servicemen killed or injured since 1945.

The Armistice essentially ended four years of fighting in the World War One

Poppies have been on sale until November 11, with sites at major supermarket chains, train stations and high street stores.

Failing that, they're available from the RBL website for £1 suggested donation.

The Royal British Legion Benevolent Fund received the money raised to help armed forces' dependents, veterans and those bereaved.

The Legion spent over £85 million on social, emotional and financial care and support to serving and ex-service people and their families in 2014.

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