According to BBC.com
… The Queen laid a wreath at the Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red exhibit, where each poppy commemorates a fallen WWI serviceman.
By 11 November – Armistice Day – there will be 888,246 ceramic poppies, one for each British and colonial death.
The Tower of London was where more than 1,600 men swore an oath to the Crown after enlisting for the war.
It was also used as a military depot, ceremonial setting-off point for regiments stationed there and the execution location for 11 German spies.
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