In Flanders Fields (That We Never Forget)

World War I ^ | 1915 | John McCrae

[tet68]

A bump in memory of the KOYLI.
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Ninety years ago today, the guns fell silent.

I recently watched “Du Long Dimarche de Fiancaille”
a french film about a young french girl who’s fiance
was one of six men sentenced to die in no man’s land
for the crime of self mutilization. Her search to find
out what happened to them after the war is stunningly
told and the photography is awesome.

Well worth viewing.

[tet68]

Note to all, the poppy is used as a symbol of the first world war because poppies grow best in freshly turned earth
so as a consequence of the shelling they were everywhere along the front.

[GOPJ]

...the poppy is used as a symbol of the first world war because poppies grow best in freshly turned earth so as a consequence of the shelling they were everywhere along the front.

Thanks for sharing - you've filled out the poem.

[naturalman1975]

Fear not that you have died for naught
The Torch you threw to us, we caught
And now our hands will hold it high
It's glorious light shall never die
We'll not break faith with you who lie
In many a field.

[caddie]

YORK, ALVIN C.

Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division. Place and date: Near Chatel-Chehery, France, 8 October 1918. Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn. Born: 13 December 1887, Fentress County, Tenn. G.O. No.: 59, W.D., 1919. Citation: After his platoon had suffered heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Cpl. York assumed command. Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great daring a machinegun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In this heroic feat the machinegun nest was taken, together with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns.