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Loos British Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France.Re-Interrement of 20 British Soldiers. March 2014

Loos British Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France.Re-Interrement of 20 British Soldiers. March 2014
Seen Here: Almost 100 years after they were killed in action in the battle of Loos in Northern France during WW1, twenty British Soldiers were re-interred in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Loos British Cemetery after their remians were found in 2010 during construction of new buildings at Vendin-le-Vieil, north of Arras.
Private William McAleer from the 7th Battalion the Royal Scottish Fusiliers was found with his identity disc, but it was not possible to identify the other nineteen soldiers who were buried as soldiers 'Known unto God'. Private McAleer was carried into the cemetery in a coffin covered with the Union Jack flag. The 19 unidentified soldiers were placed in 4 coffins and buried prior to the burial of William McAleer.

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Loos British Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France.Re-Interrement of 20 British Soldiers. March 2014<br /> Seen Here: Almost 100 years after they were killed in action in the battle of Loos in Northern France during WW1, twenty British Soldiers were re-interred in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Loos British Cemetery after their remians were found in 2010 during construction of new buildings at Vendin-le-Vieil, north of Arras.<br /> Private William McAleer from the 7th Battalion the Royal Scottish Fusiliers was found with his identity disc, but it was not possible to identify the other nineteen soldiers who were buried as soldiers 'Known unto God'. Private McAleer was carried into the cemetery in a coffin covered with the Union Jack flag. The 19 unidentified soldiers were placed in 4 coffins and buried prior to the burial of William McAleer.
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