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.
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD
Arthur, Edward | Dunvegan St | Died December 1914 aged 16 | Army Will |
Atkinson, Hugh | Mersey St | Died August 1917 aged 20 | |
Cochrane, Robert | Dundela St | Died March 1917 aged 20 | Army Will |
Crotty, Richard A | Cregagh Rd | Died March 1918 aged 35 | |
Hodgen, William | Dee St | Died July 1916 aged 22 | |
Holmes, John | Edith St | Died July 1916 aged 22 | |
Kennedy, William Wolfe | Island St | Died November 1914 aged 25 | Army Will |
King, Gerald | Westbourne St | Died March 1918 aged 22 | |
Maxwell, David | Tamar St | Died October 1916 aged 28 | Army Will |
McDowell, William | Frankfort St | Died May 1915 aged 21 | |
McGoveran, Patrick Joseph | Killowen St | Died August 1918 aged 21 | Army Will |
McKibben, Hugh | Templemore St | Died August 1917 aged 22 | |
Millar, James | Pitt St | Died June 1916 aged 19 | |
Miskelly, Samuel | Bangor St | Died July 1916 aged 22 | |
Pitkethly, William L | Ravenhill Rd | Died June 1917 aged 18 | |
Polly, William | Madison Avenue East | Died July 1916 aged 22 | |
Shields, John | Pitt St | Died July 1916 aged 26 | |
Wallace, George | Leonard St | Died August 1917 aged 24 | Army Will |
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