Question 256

Who composed the famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' during the First World War, a poem often recited on Remembrance Day?

  1. AAgnes Macphail
  2. BGeneral Sir Arthur Currie
  3. CSir Robert Borden
  4. DLieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
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Correct answer: D) Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

Explanation

The poem 'In Flanders Fields' was composed in 1915 by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer. It is a powerful symbol of remembrance for those who died in the First World War.

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