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 ...

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 War. More than 30 years later, Montreal Canadiens GM Frank Selke absconded ...

Another Remembrance Day has come and gone, with it the solemnity and the hushed voices, the recitation of John McCrae’s iconic poem In Flanders Fields. The poppies disappear from lapels and ...