In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants ...

The poppy’s origins as a remembrance symbol lie in Canadian soldier John McCrae’s 1915 poem In Flanders Fields. It cites the poppies growing on the graves of fallen first world war comrades in ...

Poppies grew on the barren fields of World War One and are used to remember soldiers ... war poet who agreed with Siegfried's feelings. 'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae was a famous wartime ...

The tradition has its origins in World War One but has become a symbol of remembering ... John McCrae wrote his famous war ...

A memorial for Welsh soldiers is at Mametz Wood in France This weekend people throughout Wales will be contemplating the words of World War One poet John McCrae: "In Flanders fields, the poppies ...

But the poppy wasn't made a popular way to remember the brave until the famous World War One poem 'In Flanders Fields was ...