The poem 'In Flanders Fields' by the Canadian army physician John McCrae remains one of the most memorable war poems ever written.
It is a lasting legacy of the terrible battle in the Ypres salient in the spring of 1915.

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

by JOHN McCRAE

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.

John McCrae