British WW1 soldiers to be exhumed from mass graves in France and given individual burials
The remains of about 400 British and Australian First World War soldiers will be dug up from a battlefield in northern France and given individual burials.
The excavation of six mass graves on the Somme will begin in May after archaeologists found human remains and fragments of kit and equipment. The work is expected to take up to six months.
The bodies will each be buried with full military honours in a new cemetery near the town of Fromelles.
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The excavation of six mass graves on the Somme will begin in May after archaeologists found human remains and fragments of kit and equipment. The work is expected to take up to six months.
The bodies will each be buried with full military honours in a new cemetery near the town of Fromelles.