Tomorrow will not only mark the centenary of Armistice Day but also the 90th birthday of another kind of Poppy.

Local legend Poppy Butcher will mark her own remarkable milestone by attending the Remembrance Day service on Portland on her 90th birthday.

She said: “I always go to the service on Portland every year because my father's name is on the war memorial there.”

His name was Robert Collins-Dryer and he was a civilian who was killed on the dockyard during the war. It was in the air raids at the time of the Blitz in World War Two.

Born in 1928 on November 11, her parents named her Poppy in dedication to Remembrance Day. Her grandfather served during the First World War and, as Poppy was growing up, she used to watch the soldiers leave in boats from Weymouth and Portland.

From her namesake to her family connections, Mrs Butcher has always understood the significance of the poppy: “I think it is very important to remember because it was such a terrible war in which so many men lost their lives. It was such a hard war.”

For more than 20 years, Mrs Butcher has tirelessly dedicated herself to helping veterans by organising the vehicle parade during Weymouth’s Veterans Day celebrations.

Among other charitable work, she has raised funds for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, worked as an active member of the Weymouth Moose Lodge and supported teas, dances and entertainment for the elderly of the borough.

In 2016, she became the first honorary freeman in 14 years when she was awarded the Freedom of the Borough by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in recognition of all the work she has done for the community.

Now that we have reached the centenary of Armistice Day, people are starting to wonder what remembrance will look like in the future, but that does not worry Mrs Butcher.

She said: “That’s for other people decide, not me, I will still go to the service in Portland like I do every year.”

When asked if she had any other plans to celebrate her birthday, Poppy said: “My family have organised something, but they haven’t told me what it is yet!”