“It is a new element in warfare. It is indiscriminate,” said Piet Chielens, curator at the In Flanders’ Fields Museum in nearby Ypres. And what’s more, he said, “you create psychological ...

It was a journey that those who lost their lives in Flanders Fields would never make. Seventy bags of soil, one from each of the Commonwealth War Grave cemeteries and battlefields in Flanders ...

Entombed in Flanders Fields: World War One tunnel system that was buried by artillery fire killing up to 300 troops is uncovered 103 years after battle that killed nearly 60,000.

His death came just three months before the WW1 armistice was announced. At 32 years of age, McNicholas died from shrapnel injuries having fought in both France and Flanders, Belgium.

These stunning photographs show that, even though a century has passed, the scars of the Battle of the Somme still run deep on the fields of Flanders. A British photographer spent over 400 days in ...

On May 2, 1915, Lt. Alexis Helmer of Ottawa died in Belgium during the First World War. One day later, Lt.-Col. John McCrae wrote "In Flanders Fields" in Helmer's honour. Laurie Fagan tells us ...

According to the In Flanders Fields museum in Ieper (Ypres), more than 13,000 Irishmen died in Belgium in the first World War. Almost all of those who died did so in the 13 miles of front in Ypres ...

The poppy is an integral part of the famous World War One poem, In Flanders Fields, written by Canadian soldier John McRae. A ceremony Sunday will celebrate the iconic poem.

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — A World War I soldier finally found his resting place on Wednesday after he went missing at the height of the carnage in 1917 and his remains were found four years ago.

It was a journey that those who lost their lives in Flanders Fields would never make. ... 70 bags of soil from WW1 cemeteries, battlefields in Belgium taken to London.

It was a journey that those who lost their lives in Flanders Fields would never make. ... 70 bags of soil from WW1 cemeteries, battlefields in Belgium taken to London.