Written May 3, 1915 after the battle at Ypres, by Maj. (Dr.) (later Lieutenant-Colonel) John McCrae of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. Published in "Punch", December 8, 1915
John McCrae (1872-1918) was a Canadian physician, soldier, and poet. He contributed verses to Canadian periodicals before WWI. But he did not become famous until 1915 when he published 'In Flanders Fields' in Punch, an English magazine. His poems were published after his death under the title 'IN FLANDERS FIELDS, AND OTHER POEMS' (1919).
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