TANK Museum visitors are invited to help sow a field of poppies today, as part of a national campaign marking 100 years since the end of World War One.

Inspired by a campaign led by The Memorial Mob - a group dedicated to creating memorials and events to help remember the uniformed services - visitors will be given special Flanders Remembrance Poppy seeds to sow in The Tank Museum arena, in a bid to create ‘a carpet’ of the red flowers across the UK.

Museum director Richard Smith said: “We hope our visitors will join in to help us create what will be a beautifully poignant centrepiece for our First World War event this summer - where thousands of red flowers will act as an enduring reminder of those who gave their lives in the conflict.”

Poppies are a well-known symbol of remembrance, beginning after they grew in abundance on the disturbed battle grounds of the First World War and made famous in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.

It is hoped the poppies will be in full bloom for August 8, when the Bovington museum hosts a special event marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens.

This Allied attack, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy, was the beginning of the road to victory for the Allies.

The offensive, spearheaded by more than 500 tanks and including 75,000 men and 2,000 aircraft, began at dawn on August 8, 1918.

Allied forces advanced eight miles on the first day, one of the largest advances of the war.

The Battle of Amiens is also widely regarded as one of the first battles involving armoured warfare, marking the end of trench warfare on the Western Front.

Standing against the Allies were 37,000 German soldiers, 530 guns and 369 aircraft.

Some 400 guns were captured, 27,000 enemy casualties caused - including 12,000 prisoners taken, in the first 24-hours.

In contrast, the Canadians and Australians who led the attack suffered 6,500 casualties.

German General Erich Ludendorff would later describe August 8 as the “black day of the German Army in the history of the war.”

The museum’s Battle of Amiens event will boast arena displays of First World War vehicles - including tanks, armoured cars, living history encampment displays and static displays of Great War aircraft and other military memorabilia of the era.

An event highlight will be the unveiling of a temporary display where all four Victoria Crosses won by Tank Corps servicemen will be displayed together for the first time.

A French Renault FT-17 tank will also be appearing in the museum’s main arena, following a restoration, alongside the Tank Museum’s replica Mk IV and German A7V to re-enact the world’s first ever tank versus tank battle.

The one-off event Battle of Amiens event is being supported by The Great War Channel.