Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918)

John McCrae was a Canadian poet, gunner, and physician who participated in the First World War. In May 1915, he was moved to write the well-known poem "In Flanders Fields" following the death of comrades during the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium. His poem came to symbolize the sacrifice of all who fought and died in the First World War and inspired the poppy as the symbol of remembrance in Canada and other countries.

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