Stamps mark WWI battle’s centenary

A life-saving Bible and a shattered poppy are among the striking images featured in the latest set of stamps issued to mark the centenary of each year of the First World War.

The fourth set in Royal Mail’s five-year commemoration of the conflict combines historic memorials and artefacts, portraits, poetry and newly-commissioned artwork.

The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele is marked with a stamp showing the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium, where fallen soldiers are buried.