John McCrae, a Canadian physician, soldier and poet during World War I, was designated a figure of national historic significance for the his poem, In Flanders Fields which made the poppy a symbol of the soldiers who died during the war. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1872/11/20 | Janet Simpson Eckford, wife of David McCrae, gives birth to a son, John McCrae, at home in Guelph, Ontario. | Born | McCrae House National Historic Site of Canada | Guelph | |||
| 1915/04/22 | The German Army attacks a British Advanced Dressing Station with heavier than air chlorine gas. "The general impression in my mind is of a nightmare. We have been in the most bitter of fights." - John McCrae | Medical Officer | Site John McCrae | Ypres, BE | Second Battle of Ypres | ||
| 1915/05/00 | Medical Officer McCrae treats wounded during the Second Battle of Ypres from a hastily dug 8-by-8-foot bunker at the back of the dyke on the western bank of the Yser Canal. | Medical Officer | Site John McCrae | Ypres, BE | Second Battle of Ypres | ||
| 1915/05/02 | Lt Col John McCrae presides over the funeral of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer of the 2nd Battery, 1st Brigade Canadian Field Artillery, at Essex Farm Cemetery. Helmer's grave is now lost. | Medical Officer | Site John McCrae | Ypres, BE | Second Battle of Ypres | ||
| 1915/05/03 | Lt Col John McCrae writes "In Flanders Fields", noting that poppies sprout quickly around the graves in Flanders. | Author | Site John McCrae | Ypres, BE | Second Battle of Ypres | ||
| 1915/06/01 | Major John McCrae is ordered to establish No 3 Canadian General Hospital at Dannes-Camiers near Boulogne-sur-Mer, in northern France. | Medical Officer | Pas-de-Calais, FR |
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