Royal Canadian Air Force colleague honoured the bravery of Sgt. Harold Thomas Penfold Most Canadians know of Lieut.-Col. John McCrae and his iconic poem, “In Flanders Fields.” Every year at this time, the poem is part of Remembrance Day ceremonies. People familiar with the story of the poem’s origin know McCrae was moved to write it after his close friend Lieut. Alexis Helmer was killed in action in 1915 during the First World War. “In Flanders Fields” was published in a popular British magazine and became a universal eulogy for war dead. Helmer wasn’t the only war victim whose death...