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Spectacular display of thousands of ceramic poppies at Tower of London to honour the fallen

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Spectacular display of thousands of ceramic poppies at Tower of London to honour the fallen Monday August 4 th , 2014  at  6:14 PM News | Mail Online 1 Share Installation to be officially unveiled tomorrow created to mark 100 years since the day Britain went to war in 1914 Work of artist Paul Cummins titled Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red will eventually include 888,246 poppies It will grow over the summer, and last poppy will be planted on November 11, symbolically marking end of WWI By  Martin Robinson  and  Eleanor Harding  and  Mark Duell Published:  16:01 GMT, 4 August 2014  |  Updated:  20:56 GMT, 4 August 2014 1,442   shares Few visions could capture the overwhelming human cost of the First World War quite so well. A sea of blood-red ceramic poppies flows out of the Tower of London and into the dry moat – one flower to represent every life lost. The installation, to be officially unveiled tomorrow, has been creat