tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6481778704807191467..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: 100 Years Ago Today: John McCrae Writes "In Flanders Fields"snielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82105532457767395732023-01-05T16:08:14.231-08:002023-01-05T16:08:14.231-08:00According to Wikipedia, he graduated from medical ...According to Wikipedia, he graduated from medical school in 1898. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-25317050515102610692015-05-04T18:56:37.808-07:002015-05-04T18:56:37.808-07:00Lovely background and biography. Lovely background and biography. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-37007646712530322802015-05-03T13:48:50.516-07:002015-05-03T13:48:50.516-07:00John MaCrae was originally an artillery officer, a...John MaCrae was originally an artillery officer, and served in this capacity with E Battery of the Canadian Contingent in the Boer War. Shortly after war commenced in August 1914, McCrae volunteered for service as an artillery officer, but instead was accepted as a medical officer. He remained closely connected to the guns, and some have remarked that McCrae was an artillery officer who knew Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-70205386565644069652015-05-03T10:47:51.884-07:002015-05-03T10:47:51.884-07:00I last visited Essex Farm in 1996. They were in pr...I last visited Essex Farm in 1996. They were in process of preserving the bunkers. They were filled with dirty water and walls covered in modern day graffiti. It is nice to see the completed project in the photo above.bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.com