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In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We
lived, saw dawn, felt sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up your quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If
ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Reflections and Eulogies
World War I:
1. 628,736 Canadians served.
2. 66,573 died and 138,166 were wounded.
3. 2,818 were taken prisoner of war.
4.
175 merchant seamen died by enemy action.
World War II:
1. 1,031,902 Canadian men and 49,963 Canadian women served.
2. 44,927 died and 43,145 were wounded.
3. 8,271 were
taken prisoner of war.
4. 1,146 merchant seamen died by enemy action
Gifts and Donations
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle--The Battle of Neuve Chapelle was an action in which, through a surprise attack, the British reconquered
the position which the Germans had occupied in October and powerfully organized in front of the British pivot at La Bassee.
This position formed a salient in the British line, and in order to preserve the integrity of that line (in other words to
make it stronger), it was necessary to take the village of Neuve Chapelle.
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