The Mackay School Remembrance Day by Heritage

This book was made by Heritage as a compilation for
academic purposes.
Date: November 13th, 2023.
María Mercedes Yeomans C

Head of Academic Resources
myeomans@mackay.cl
Carlos Borrowman R.
Historical Archive Commissioner
cborrowman@mackay.cl
The Mackay School

Remembrance Day
By Heritage
The Mackay School Remembrance Day – by Heritage The Mackay School Remembrance Day – by Heritage
Remember Why We Remember, The Red Poppy

by Charles Wilson and adapted by Marcela
Wilson. Once a year in November, British people
(royals included) honour fallen troops by
It’s time to remember. wearing a crimson poppy. A century-old
Remember why we remember. tradition, the flower has now come to
symbolize hope and gratitude. But how did
Those boys, those men it get its meaning?
They gave their lives way back then.
We forget those who didn’t surrender, Our red poppy symbolizes both
Those great liberty defenders Remembrance and Hope for a peaceful
future.
To be thankful for the war,
we never had to meet.
Poppies are worn as a show of support for
All those lives taken for one great the Armed Forces community.
cause.
Fifteen Mackayans' lives cost The poppy is a well-known and well-
established symbol, one that carries a
It’s time to remember.
wealth of history and meaning with it.
Remember why we remember.
Wearing a poppy is still a personal choice,
reflecting individual experiences and
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memories. It is never compulsory but is The Western Front

greatly appreciated by those it intends to During World War I (WWI), much of the
fighting occurred in Western Europe. The
support.
countryside was blasted, bombed, and
But what is the inspiration and history behind
fought over repeatedly. Previously, beautiful
the poppy becoming a symbol of
landscapes turned to mud, bleak, and barren
Remembrance?
scenes where little or nothing could grow.
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Fields of Poppies Every year, our school’s garden is filled with

poppies, which remind us of those intrinsic
As the story goes, thousands of bright red
characteristics in the field: endurance,
flowers appeared during World War I after a perseverance, strength, and resilience.
particularly bloody battle in the fields of
Flanders in Belgium. These resilient flowers
flourished amid so much chaos and
destruction, growing in the thousands upon
thousands.
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In Flander’s Fields
In the Spring of 1915, Shortly after losing a by John D. McCrae
friend in war, a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant
Colonel John McCrae, was so moved by this In Flanders fields, the poppies blow
spontaneous bloom that he wrote a poem Between the crosses, row on row,
about the flowers' resilience, titled “In That mark, our place; and, in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly.
Flanders Fields.”
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie.
In Flanders fields.
Take up our 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.
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"For the Fallen" was explicitly composed in Over time, the third and fourth stanzas of
honour of the casualties of the British the poem (usually now just the fourth) have
Expeditionary Force, written immediately been claimed as a tribute to all war
following the retreat from the Battle of casualties, regardless of state. This poem
Mons by the British poet Laurence Binyon. selection is often taken as an ode that is
often recited at Remembrance Day and
ANZAC Day services and is what the term
"Ode of Remembrance" usually refers to.
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FOR THE FALLEN

by LAURENCE BINYON Values such as endurance and friendship are
present in these poems. Friendship is present
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: in our school song and the Spirt of Mackay.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
We invite you to reflect upon these virtues
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
and values so you may continue becoming
We will remember them.
an honourable Mackay student.
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The Mackay School & Remembrance Day commissioned officers on many of the fronts
but for the most part in France and Belgium.
“Remembrance” or “Armistice Day” is a

Memorial Day observed on November 11th Although they were not obligated to do it—
each year to mark the armistice signed because they had a Chilean nationality—
between the Allies and Germany, which they felt the duty to fight for the country of
ended the hostilities on the Western Front their fathers. Today, they are part of The Roll
of World War. It honours the armed forces of Honour of our school.
members who died in the line of duty during

that conflict.
Despite our geographical distance, The

Mackay School was also present in this
historical episode. During the war, sixty-five
members of our school traveled to Europe as
volunteers to participate in the war. Thirty-
five of them served as officers or non-
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† Frank Everald Boundy

(mortally wounded at the Somme)
† Lionel Cumming
(died in France a month later receiving his wings)
† Charles B. Geep
(shot dead by a German sniper)
Unfortunately, fifteen of these brave † Reginald Glegg Gordon

Mackayan soldiers did not return. On (died in action in France)
† David William Gray

Remembrance Day, we honour their names
(died while going to the assistance of a wounded fellow
and symbolically thank them for their service. officer)
† Maurice Paterson Inglis

(died by a shell while attending and wounded under heavy
fire)
† Kenneth Mathieson
(died in France at an early date. No details known)
† James McNab
(died in Mesopotamia in 1916)
† Thomas McNab
(died of wounds in France in 1918)
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† Herbert McPherson References

(died in action in 1917) Page 10 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029yv7l
Page 11 https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/publications/commemorations-
† Percival Morris war-graves/Gallipoli_Services_2015.pdf
(died in action after bringing down five enemy machines)
† W. G. Paton
Pictures
(died in action in France in 1916)
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† Leslie Paton https://depositphotos.com/vector/abstract-doodle-flowers-and-red-poppies-vector-
background-spring-time-watercolor-red-poppy-flower-vector-124831418.html
(died in action in France in 1917)
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† George Sheldon https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-
introduction/507185/#img01
(died while carrying despatches)
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† Alfred Vaughan https://www.discoveringbelgium.com/the-poppies-of-flanders/
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(died in an accidental explosion on board the vessel Cordelia
Taken by María Mercedes Yeomans, Nov 11th, 2022.
in 1915)
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† John Alfred Wylie https://www.deeprootstalltrees.com/Journals/mccrae/
(died in action during the advance on Cambrai in 1917). Page 10

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/laurence-binyon
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This book was made by Heritage as a compilation for

Date: November 13th, 2023.

María Mercedes Yeomans C

The Mackay School

Remember Why We Remember, The Red Poppy

memories. It is never compulsory but is The Western Front

Fields of Poppies Every year, our school’s garden is filled with

We are the Dead. Short days ago

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

FOR THE FALLEN

“Remembrance” or “Armistice Day” is a

of World War. It honours the armed forces of Honour of our school.

members who died in the line of duty during

Despite our geographical distance, The

† Frank Everald Boundy

Unfortunately, fifteen of these brave † Reginald Glegg Gordon

† David William Gray

† Maurice Paterson Inglis

† Herbert McPherson References

(died in action after bringing down five enemy machines)

(died in action during the advance on Cambrai in 1917). Page 10

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