In 1915, Lt-Col John McCrae, a Canadian army surgeon ... Moina Michael, incidentally, wrote her own poem in 1918, entitled We Shall Keep the Faith, which includes the lines: ‘And now the Torch and ...

The poppy flower has long been associated ... used starting in World War I thanks to a 1915 poem written by Canadian soldier Major John McCrae, "who saw firsthand from the front lines of World ...

But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent ... was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the immeasurable ...

This distribution of the bright red memorial ... of the poppy, taken from a line in the poem “In Flanders Fields,” written on the battlefront during World War I by Lt. Col. John McCrae ...

Small, red flowers, which have been a repeating motif in much of war poetry ... The red poppy’s significance is a direct result of the work of Canadian poet John McCrae; McCrae served as ...

In Flanders Field is a famous poem. Written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. John McCrae was a Canadian field surgeon. He wrote the poem after his friend was killed in battle. He wrote a famous ...