We would like to extend our gratitude to Henry Lewis for these wonderful photos. Henry is a great supporter of Murphy’s Army Purple Poppy Campaign and lives on the Isle of Man. He and his BAPD dog Zack were invited to meet Lieutenant General Sir John Lorimer and Lady Lorimer for an informal lunch. It was also attended by 30 Grenadier Guards…
With our very grateful and humble thanks to our good friend Sue Robinson for laying one of our Murphy’s Army purple poppy wreaths today. In Sue’s words.. ‘Laid with love on behalf of your charity, thank you for trusting us. Animals of WW1 Pozieres France. 02/07/2023’ An honour for us indeed, thank you so very much
Perhaps you know that these purple poppies are hand made. But we wonder if you know just how much time is spent preparing them… the knitting or crocheting… adding pins for the ‘human’ poppies, Velcro for the animal ones… bagging… counting into boxes for our ambassadors and outlets… packing and posting for the online sales Hours upon hours (upon hours!) of work, and every minute given freely
The purple poppy is a symbol of remembrance for animals lost in Service but was little known until Murphy’s Army launched our Purple Poppy Campaign back in 2016. We felt that it was only right that the animals should be remembered, alongside their human counterparts, and thus our journey to inform and educate began. We remember not only the animals lost, but pay tribute to those who serve us today – working alongside our Emergency Services, in the Military, Prisons and Border Forces – keeping us safe in so many different ways…