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"No Man's Land" (also known as "The Green Fields of France" or "Willie McBride") is a song written in 1976 by Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, reflecting on the grave of a young man who died in World War I. Its chorus refers to two famous pieces of military music, the "Last Post" and the "Flowers of the Forest".
William McBride (doctor) (1927–2018), Australian physician; Will McBride (photographer) (1931–2015), American photographer based in Germany; Bill McBride (politician) (1945–2012), 2002 candidate for Florida governor; William V. McBride (1922–2022), general in the United States Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
William McBride Jr. was born in 1912 in Algiers, New Orleans. [1] He was the second of three children of William and Mary McBride. When he was around ten years old, he joined the so-called Great Migration of African Americans as he and his family moved to the Chicago's South Side, where he attended St. Elizabeth grammar school and Wendell Phillips High School. [1]
Eric Bogle was born on 23 September 1944 in Peebles, Scotland.His father was a railway signalman who played the bagpipes. [1] [2] Bogle started writing poetry when he was eight years old. [2]
In 1974, the British & Irish Lions toured South Africa, with matches in South West Africa and Rhodesia.Under the leadership of Willie John McBride, the Lions went through the tour undefeated, winning 21 of their 22 matches and being held to a draw in the final match, albeit in controversial circumstances.
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William James McBride, CBE, better known as Willie John McBride (born 6 June 1940) is a former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He played 63 Tests for Ireland including eleven as captain, and toured with the Lions five times; a record that gave him 17 Lions Test caps.
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