He wrote a famous poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’, on the death of a comrade. Extracts of the poem are read, over footage showing aerial views of war graves today and images of death and burial ...

McCrae (1872–1918) didn’t survive the war — he died of pneumonia and is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves near Boulogne ... us who die we shall not sleep/though poppies grow in Flanders Fields’ — ...