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Author : Lawrance, W Category : Special Features
Tags : In Flanders Fields, John McCrae, poppy, Poppy Appeal, Royal British Legion
On 2nd May 1915, one of McCrae’s close friends, Lieutenant Alex Helmer was hit by a shell and killed. In the absence of a chaplain, McCrae took charge of the hastily convened funeral service and Helmer was buried in a make-shift grave just behind the lines. Wild poppies were beginning to flower between the growing […]
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