John McCrae was a Canadian field surgeon. He wrote the poem after his friend was killed in battle. He wrote a famous poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’, on the death of a comrade. Extracts of the poem ...

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The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the ...

John McCrae's beautiful words written amid the horrifying bloodshed ... If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep/though poppies grow in Flanders Fields’ — and went out to search the shops ...

Lt.-Col. John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields after the funeral of a close friend who had died in battle in the First World ...

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One hundred and ten years ago, Lt.-Col. John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields after the funeral of a close friend who had died in battle in the First World War. More than 30 years later ...