"Remembrance and White Poppies in November leaflet" [Temp.2024.14.47]

Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.14.47

Object Name
Leaflet

Title
Remembrance and White Poppies in November

People
Peace Pledge Union

Date
circa 1980s

Description
Black and white leaflet titled "Rememberance and White Poppies in November" which describes the meaning of white poppies, their use as a symbol of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU), and the projects (Children and War, Peace Education project) that the PPU are engaged in. The reverse of the leaflet includes a membership form for the PPU.


Founded in 1934, the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) promotes pacifism and nonviolence, educates on conscientious objection, and challenge everyday normalisation and veneration of the military. PPU distribute the white poppy each year in the run-up to Remembrance Day, as a symbol of remembrance of all victims of war, a challenge of militarism, and a commitment to peace. The poppies were first made in 1933 by the Co-operative Women's Guild, many of whom had lost family and friends in the First World War.

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