Sponsor a Lamp Post Poppy 2025

In 2024 nearly 200 large poppies bearing the names of local men and women who gave their lives during WWI and WWII were displayed on lamp posts along the Remembrance Sunday parade route in Stocksbridge. This year The Valley at War Stocksbridge aims to double this number with the support of the community.

Individuals, community groups, schools and local businesses are all invited to sponsor a lamp post poppy this year. Donations will contribute to The Valley at War’s efforts to establish a Heritage Trail within the Stocksbridge Clock Tower Memorial Gardens.

The Heritage Trail will feature stories of the people commemorated on the Stocksbridge Clock Tower memorial and will be accomplished  through a significant and exciting new  public art installation depicting life in the Valley between 1914 and 1945. The Trail will also interactively link to a website featuring detailed histories of individuals who lost their lives in WWI and WWII.

Any individual can sponsor a poppy to commemorate a family member who lost their life in any conflict, whether or not they came from the local area. Alternatively, participants may sponsor and "adopt" a local service man or woman who gave their life in wartime; we can match you up to a local hero if you wish, see our website for more details.

Community groups and businesses can also donate and have their names inscribed on a poppy which will be visible to thousands throughout the Remembrance period. 
All donors will receive a certificate and will be commemorated on our online Roll of Honour.