Retail Outlets for the Poppy Umbrella
A number of shops and online shops trading on behalf of registered charities working for ex-Service and welfare organizations, military and history museums in the United Kingdom and on the WW1 and WW2 battlefields of France and Belgium, military Remembrance associations and not-for-profit organizations sell The Poppy Umbrella as a popular gift item and fundraising product.
These retail outlets and/or their online shops selling The Poppy Umbrella are listed below. Other commercial companies which actively support Service and ex-Service organizations from sales of The Poppy Umbrella are listed here also.
All three styles (telescopic, standard and golf) are generally in stock unless noted below. It is advisable to check with an outlet that the umbrellas are available to purchase before you make a special journey.
Poppy Umbrella Retailers in the United Kingdom
Award Productions
An online shop with a large range of gifts and the largest supplier of military commemoratives. Award Productions provides a mounting and framing service for commemorative and Service medals. Award Productions is a supporter of a number of Service and ex-Service charities including The Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes. Award Productions stocks the telescopic and golf Poppy Umbrellas.
Address: Award Productions, PO Box 300, Shrewsbury SY5 6WP
Telephone: 01952 510053
Email: info@awardmedals.com
Website: www.awardmedals.com
Secret Wartime Tunnels at Dover Castle (English Heritage Site)
The Secret Wartime Tunnel museum shop has a WWII theme. The telescopic Poppy Umbrella is on sale at this shop. Visitor information about the Secret Wartime Tunnels is available on the website link below.
Address: Dover Castle, Castle Hill, Dover, Kent CT16 1HU
Telephone (Dover Castle Site): 01304 211 067
Telephone (English Heritage Customer Services): 0870 333 1181
Website (Dover Castle Secret Wartime Tunnels): www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/dover-castle/wartime-tunnels
National Memorial Arboretum Gift Shop (Staffordshire)
The National Memorial Arboretum is part of The Royal British Legion family. It is the United Kingdom's centre of Remembrance. The National Memorial Arboretum is run by staff and volunteers. The National Arboretum Company Limited is a Registered Charity No. 1043992.
The gift shop sells a range of cards and gifts including the telescopic, standard and golf styles of The Poppy Umbrella.
Address: National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Telephone: 01283 792333
Email: info@thenma.org.uk
Website: www.thenma.org.uk
Royal British Legion “Poppy Shop”
Buying from the Royal British Legion “Poppy Shop” helps to fund the work of The Royal British Legion (Registered Charity No. 219279). The Poppy Shop is operated by The Royal British Legion Trading Ltd. All profits from sales go directly to the work carried out by the Royal British Legion in its welfare support for the Armed Forces.
The Poppy Shop sells a variety of poppy gift products, ceremonial items, cards and stationery, badges and flags.
Order Enquiries
Address: Poppy Shop, RBL Village Hall Road, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7NL
Email: PoppyOrders@britishlegion.org.uk
General Enquiries
Address: The Royal British Legion, 199 Borough High Street, London SE1 1AA
Email: PoppyShop@britishlegion.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 123 9110
Website: Poppy Shop online catalogue at www.poppyshop.org.uk
Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S.) Wisley Gardens Gift Shop (Surrey)
The RHS is a Registered Charity No. 222879/SC038262. The RHS Gift Shop at Wisley stocks the telescopic style of the Poppy Umbrella.
Address: RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QB
Telephone: 01483 211750
Email: info@rhs.org.uk
Website: www.rhs.org.uk
Royal Hospital Chelsea Gift Shop (London & Online Catalogue)
The Royal Hospital Chelsea Appeal Ltd. is a Registered Charity No. 1076414. All proceeds from funds raised by sales from the museum shop go to the welfare work carried out by The Royal Hospital Chelsea Appeal Ltd. for the ex-Service in-pensioners accommodated at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Launched at the Royal Hospital Chelsea stand at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1998, the Poppy Umbrella saw sales of over 2,000 umbrellas in three days. All proceeds went to The Royal Hospital. The Poppy Umbrella continues to be a popular gift item at the Royal Hospital stand during the annual Chelsea Flower Show.
Address: The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea, London SW3 4SR
Telephone: (switchboard - ask for the shop) 020 7881 5200
Email: info@chelsea-pensioners.org.uk
Website: www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk
Online Shop: shop.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/cats.php
The Strawberry Fox
The shop is located in the centre of Salisbury, Wiltshire. The Strawberry Fox makes donations to a selected military related charity from sales of the Poppy Umbrella.
Address: 14 Cross Keys Chequer, Queen Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 1EL
Telephone: 01722-331 414
Email: Via Contact Form on the website at thestrawberryfox.com
Website: thestrawberryfox.co.uk
The Union Jack Club
The Union Jack Club is a private club for all serving and ex-service personnel below Commissioned rank of Her Majesty's Armed Forces. (Telescopic style Poppy Umbrella is on sale only.)
Address: The Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, London, SE1 8UJ
Telephone: 020 7902 6000 (24hr Switchboard)
Website: www.ujclub.co.uk
The Wardrobe: The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum Shop
The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum is owned by the The Rifles Wardrobe and Museum Trust, Registered Charity No 272051. The museum and its shop are located in the famous Close of Salisbury Cathedral. For opening hours or to check availability of stock (telescopic style only) contact the museum via the details below.
Address: The Wardrobe, 58 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2EX
Telephone: 01722-419 419
Fax: 01722-421 626
Email: curator@thewardrobe.org.uk
Website: www.thewardrobe.org.uk
Poppy Umbrella Retailers in Australia
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Poppy Umbrellas are available to purchase from the museum shop and the museum's online shop:
Website (museum online shop): www.awm.gov.au
Family and Friends of the First AIF Inc. (FFFAIF)
The Poppy Umbrella is available to members and non-members of FFFAIF. All proceeds go towards research, projects and ceremonial attendances carried out by FFFAIF in the commemoration of the part played by Australian Servicemen and women in the First World War.
The FFAIF website is currently unavoidably offline but the Secretary can be contacted regarding purchases of The Poppy Umbrella within Australia by the following email:
Email (Secretary, FFFAIF): cmunrodlsa@yahoo.com.au
Poppy Umbrella Retailers in Belgium
Ariane Hotel**** (Ypres/Ieper)
The Ariane Hotel donates to The Royal British Legion Ypres Branch from gift items sold items at the front of house desk.
Address: Slachthuisstraat 58, 8900 Ieper, Belgium
Telephone: +32 (0)57 218 218
Email: info@ariane.be
Website: www.ariane.be
In Flanders Fields Museum Shop & Visitor Centre for Ypres (Ieper)
The idea for The Poppy Umbrella was conceived as Lt Col Graham Parker passed the famous Cloth Hall in Ypres on a wet Armistice Day in 1995. Located inside the Cloth Hall, the gift shop for both the award-winning In Flanders Fields museum and the Visitor Centre for Ypres is a popular destination for visitors to Ypres. The Poppy Umbrella is one of a range of poppy-related gift items available from the shop. Proceeds from the well-stocked museum shop help to fund the work of the museum and its archive.
Address: Lakenhallen, Grote Markt 34, 8900 Ieper, Belgium
Telephone: +32 (0)57 239 450
Email: flandersfields@ieper.be
Website: www.inflandersfields.be
Talbot House (Toc H), Poperinge
Talbot House (Toc H) is a "living" museum in Poperinge, used by British soldiers from December 1915 to the end of the war as a place for relaxation and rest behind the lines. The Poppy Umbrella is sold in the gift shop to help support the work of the museum.
Address: Talbot House Association, Gasthuistraat 43, B-8970 Poperinge, Belgium
Telephone +32 (0)57 33 32 28
Fax +32 (0)57 33 21 83
Email: info@talbothouse.be
Website: www.talbothouse.be
Poppy Umbrella Retailers in France
Thiepval Visitor Centre, Thiepval (WW1 Somme battlefield)
The Thiepval Visitor Centre has a well-stocked shop with a wide range of quality books, cards, maps and souvenir items associated with visits and study of the First World War battlefields. The Thiepval Visitor Centre is managed by the Historial de la Grande Guerre museum on behalf of the Conseil Général de la Somme.
Address: Rue de l’ancre, 80300 Thiepval, France
Telephone: +33 (0)3.22.74.60.47
Email: thiepval@historial.org
Historial de la Grande Guerre Musée 14-18 (Péronne)
The internationally renowned First World War museum has a well-stocked shop with books, maps, cards and many items associated with visits to the Western Front and the study of the war of 1914-1918.
Address: Château de Péronne, BP 20063, 80201 Péronne cedex, France
Telephone: +33 (0)3.22.83.14.18
Email: info@historial.org
Website: www.historial.org
Juno Beach Visitor Centre (Normandy)
Juno Beach Visitor Centre is a WW2 museum and cultural centre situated on the Normandy beaches, scene of the Canadian landings on D-Day, 6th June 1944. The beach landing site is a national historic site for Canada. The Juno Beach Centre is a non-profit organization and is the only Canadian museum in Normandy. The Centre focuses on the involvement of Canadian military personnel and civilians in the Second World War on the battlefields and on the home front.
Address: Juno Beach Centre, Voie des Français Libres, BP 104, 14470 Courseulles-sur-Mer, France
Telephone: +33 (0)2.31.37.32.17
Email: contact@junobeach.org
Website: www.junobeach.org
Related Topics
The Great War 1914-1918
Joanna Legg, David Legg and Lt Col Graham Parker OBE (Retd) of Rembrella Ltd. also have a website focused on the Great War of 1914-1918 at www.greatwar.co.uk. Graham and the family have been visiting and studying the First World War battlefields of the Western Front in France and Belgium for over 30 years.
Graham's 32 years' service as a regular Officer in the British Army, his personal and family loss of life in military service and his dedication to the study of the First World War lie behind his inspiration for The Poppy Umbrella as a means to help raise funds for good causes and to remind us to “Remember” throughout the year, in sunshine or in rain.
See our website for The Great War 1914-1918 at www.greatwar.co.uk