One hundred and ten years ago, Lt.-Col. John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields after the funeral of a close friend who had died in battle in the First World War. More than 30 years later ...

A larger-than-life bronze statue of Lt.-Col ... McCrae at the moment he looks up from the notebook where he has just signed his name to what would be published as "In Flanders Fields." ...

The town will be marking VE Day 80 in Nantwich with a series of moving events and speeches on May 8 2025. It will start with a Proclamation at 9.00am, read by Joe O’Leary and Jake Johns of Nantwich ...

where Canadian physician and Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae wrote his famous poem "In Flanders Field." He also said it is meaningful to observe the open farmers' fields and their cemeteries. “Those ...

The meaning of the poppy was first captured in by a poem, 'In Flanders Fields', written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, and has become a tribute to the unmarked graves of soldiers. This year is the ...

WEAR is giving a salute to our military. Tonight we honor Lieutenant Colonel J. Todd McDonald who served in the U.S, Air Force. He was a Communications Officer and Cyber officer. He is currently ...

Retired Lt. Col. Jerome Thomas (“Tom”) Bellen passed away peacefully on March 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. He was 79. Born in Chicago on October 22, 1945, he moved to Southern California ...

Sarah Barron DL as his Lord-Lieutenant for Midlothian, to succeed Lieutenant Colonel Richard Callander LVO OBE TD, who retired on April 2. Mrs Barron, a landscape architect and town planner ...

Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian Pretorius is on the stand on Monday to give the court details about the confession statement he took from Jacquen Appollis. Kelly Smith, Jaquen Appollis and Stevano van ...