This year’s poppy appeal launch will take place at 10.30am on Saturday at The Strand Shopping Centre in Douglas.
Douglas’s mayor, Stan Cain, and mayoress Sheila Cain will declare the appeal open.
In the official party will also be Royal British Legion Isle of Man County President Stephen Rodan SHK, Royal British Legion Isle of Man County chairman Graham Hooton, Royal British Legion Isle of Man County women’s section chairman Pam Collister and Royal British Legion Isle of Man County Poppy appeal co ordinator Audrey Brown MBE.
There will also be a display commemorative stamps newly issued by Isle of Man Post Office to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The stamps, a collaboration between Isle of Man Stamps and Coins and the Royal British Legion, depict life in the trenches, and will be available for sale on the day.
The Army Cadets under the command of Mathew Moffat will be in Strand Street collecting throughout the day.
To add to the occasion, the Ellan Vannin Pipe Band will be playing at the Strand Shopping Centre at 12.30pm and will also be collecting for the poppy appeal.