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John McCrae. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during the World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields".
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer , who died in the Second Battle of Ypres .
List of episodes. " Alone Again, Natura-Diddily " is the fourteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American television series The Simpsons, and marks the final regular appearance of the character Maude Flanders. The episode aired on Fox on February 13, 2000. In the episode, she is killed in an accident while watching an auto race ...
Kevin Coen (1947-1975), killed by British Army members. Eamon Collins (1954-1999), became an informant in the late 1980s and was stabbed to death at his home in Northern Ireland. Colombia Three (Niall Connolly, James Monaghan, Martin McCauley) Eddie Copeland. Marion Coyle (born 1954), took part in the kidnapping of Dr. Tiede Herrema.
Countries from which at least one representative attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022. The state funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, was attended by a significant number of dignitaries from across the world, with priority given to those from the Commonwealth of Nations, becoming one of the largest gathering of ...
Lydia Davis (maternal half-sister) Olivia Wilde (niece) Claudia Cockburn Flanders, OBE (11 February 1933 – 25 June 1998) was an American-British disability activist who spent much of her working life in the United Kingdom. Her parents were Claud Cockburn, a journalist, and Hope Hale Davis. She married singer-songwriter Michael Flanders in 1959.
Friel's childhood home at Omagh in County Tyrone. Friel was born in 1929 at Knockmoyle, Northern Ireland, [1] before the family moved to nearby Killyclogher, both places close to Omagh in County Tyrone. [17] His exact birth date and name are ambiguous. The parish register lists a birth name of Brian Patrick Ó'Friel and a birth date of 9 January.
Legislator, author, entrepreneur. William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, ONB (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook ("Max" to his close circle), was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century.