A Poet Encounters Tragedy, at 2nd Ypres, by Lt-Col John McCrae MD | 23-25 April 1915 | Episode 67
Published on 23 April 1915
The Horror of Second Ypres.
The distinguished Canadian, Colonel John McCrae, a Boer War gunner, did magnificent service as a medical officer. Author of the famous war poem "In Flanders Fields," he died in January 1918. In the second battle of Ypres he was attached to the 1st Brigade, Canadian Artillery.