VIDEO: Tower of London poppies - volunteers remove commemorative ceramic flowers from Chesterfield artsist’s display

Volunteers have begun removing the commemorative ceramic poppies from the display created by Chesterfield Artist Paul Cummins in the moat at the Tower of London.

Each of the 888,246 poppies represents the death of a British and Commonwealth soldier during World War One.

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The poppies are now being removed from the Tower of London
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