Giving Christmas joy through the Flower of Remembrance
At that time, there were 24 old soldiers, who each received a monetary gift in December to make their Christmas a little more special.
During the month November, members of the South African Legion hand out poppies in the guise of guise of monetary donations to old soldiers.
These red poppies were first immortalised by a Canadian doctor, who wrote the poem ‘In Flanders Field’ after they had just buried his dea friend, who was killed in the line of duty.
The poppy then became known as the flower of remembrance and the money collected was used to support old soldiers.
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Eight years ago Lgr. Vince Nixon said he had re-introduced the poppy collection in Newcastle.
At that time, there were 24 old soldiers, who each received a monetary gift in December to make their Christmas a little more special.
“Over the years, a number of these soldiers have answered the sunset call, and this year we were able to give 12 soldiers a gift of R400 each.”
Lgr. Nixon wished to thank Johan Proudfoot, Marco van der Ryst, Arno van Schalkwyk, Daniel Benade and Simon Douglas for their assistance in distributing poppies, and for making it possible to brighten the old veteran’s Christmas.
Photos submitted by Johan van Zyl.
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