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Armistice poppies placed along George Street on Sunday

A section of light rail route along George Street was transformed on Sunday with rows of poppies in memory of those who lost their lives as a result of their service in war or armed conflict.

The bed of poppies were placed along George Street at the western end of Martin Place.

Sunday 11 November marked the 100th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War (1914-18).

Over the course of the war, 8,447 men from the NSW Railways and Tramways Department enlisted for service and 1,210 of them died as a result of their service.

The 2018 State Remembrance Service was held at the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park to mark the significant occasion and the completion of the Memorial’s Centenary Extension.

During the First World War, red poppies were among the first plants to bloom in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Poppies have since been embraced as the flower of remembrance for Armistice Day.