I deleted my comment as I felt it was too harshly worded and unnecessarily critical of your opinions based on a few sentences. However I will rebuff your points.

I remember and respect the fallen Germans with equal measure to British. On both sides there were innocent people marched to their deaths.

And that is absolutely correct and fair, however what you have done is say a german remembrance installation is better than a British installation for soldiers killed. It isn't a competition. It's a memorial instillation for British soldiers killed in wars with Germany. It has nothing to do with being better or worse than Germans, Germany or anything else. There is no need to bring up such criticism of a memorial.

Though yes, as an installation, I do believe it is 'better' way of marking a past event. Which is more of a comment on it as an installation.

There would be no way of having a similar installation to that of the Berlin Wall for the purpose of commemorating millions of war dead in another country. Secondly similar events occurred in the UK in 2010 and 2012 along Hadrians Wall, illuminating it from one side of the country to the other. In Britain the poppy is the traditional symbol of remembrance, and thus a wall of balloons would have no relevance whatsoever, whilst a sea of poppies is directly relevant.

I don't believe it marks the occasion with any significance and distracts me as previously commented.

The Tower of London has had significance with the British military for centuries and the moat is a great open space for this kind of installation, which looks great. There is no connection between the medieval history of the Tower of London and the conflicts of the 20th century. I can't even grasp how one would try to draw a link between the two.

Many were just men. As ordinary us all, forced into war.

All soldiers are just men. The conscripts and volunteers should be remembered equally with the honour they have earnt, as soldiers.

They should be remembered as individuals.

Which is the exact point of this type of installation where a sea of poppies is representative of the vast number of people killed. The poppies represent individuals.

Not as the Armed forces, which Hijacks remembrance day. Posturing as honourable along side politicians, when many of them are warmongers.

People like you bring politics into this. The military has every single right to be involved in remembrance day. To suggest they are hijacking it is simply absurd. The remaining veterans aren't forced to wear their berets and medals, and the Chelsea Pensioners aren't forced into uniform. They are the individuals that served, and they are proud of their military service. They have earnt the right to be, and the military has an absolute obligation to honour them.

Remembrance day to me is remembering the tragedy of war not honouring a death cult of military service.

How incredibly disrespectful and distasteful. You clearly have a hatred for the military. I see no point in trying to change your opinion but I fundamentally disagree. The people in the military are the military, and calling the military a death cult directly implies an awful lot of negative connotations towards British soldiers, including them being immoral cult followers.

Which is not a statement against those who choose to join the military

Yes it is.

we need soldiers

So you think their death cult followers but someone has to do it, right?

we should not blind ourselves with pride that they or the institutions behind them are infallible. In particular those who send men and women into war. The likes of Tony Blair for example. Who will stand in line with those as guilty.

Remembrance day has fuck all to do with Tony Blair or whatever political agenda it is you wish to attach to the day. It is to commemorate the END of WW1, and to reflect on the loss and horrors of conflict.

Respectfully, I'll stand elsewhere.

I doubt you bother to stand at all.