London, UK. 5th August 2014. The Last Post at the opening of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red artwork by Paul Cummins at the Tower of London. 888,246 ceramic poppies, each poppy representing a British or Colonial military fatality during the war, will fill the moat by November 11th. For the opening, battlefield images were projected onto the central tower while Tim Pigott-Smith read out names of the fallen during a 21 gun salute. The evening ended with the playing of the last post. Credit: Paul Brown/Alamy Live News

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Opening of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red artwork by Paul Cummins at the Tower of London.

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Size: 2832px × 4248px
Location: London, England
Photo credit: © Paul Brown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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