The Battle of Ypres, Spring 1915

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In Flanders Fields

by Major John McCrae, a surgeon during the Battle of Ypres.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

The Battle of Ypres, Spring 1915

On 2 May 1915 Lt. Alexis Helmer of Ottawa was killed by a shell burst. His funeral service was performed by the Canadian surgeon Major John McCrae, who later remembered it in his famous poem, ``In Flanders Fields.''

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