Poppies To Paddinton

More than 200 poppy wreaths were carried to the capital today, as part of Great Western Railway’s latest Poppies to Paddington operation. Five ‘Poppy’ trains – starting from Plymouth, Carmarthen, Taunton, Worcester Shrub Hill and Great Malvern – made their way to London ahead of the remembrance service Paddington’s iconic war memorial.

GWR have been running the Poppy Trains for five years, since Covid, when local Armistice Day ceremonies were not possible.  The Poppy Trains became very popular and GWR were asked if they would continue to run them.

Residents gathered at Honeybourne Station this morning at 7:57 am when the Chair of the Parish Council, on behalf of the residents of Honeybourne, handed a wreath to the GWR staff on the ‘Poppy Train’ to be carried to Paddington Station.

This year, the event is specifically commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

We will remember them.