My great uncle was killed in the attack on the Chemical Works on 11 April, part of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and was listed as missing until 1959, when they found him and two others along the sunken road running northeast out of Fampoux toward the Hyderabad Redoubt. He is required in Terlincthun Military Cemetery near Boulounge Sur Mer.
Oh wow, how amazing. For me naturally the shrapnel balls and piece of shrapnel from his thigh are very poignant. So good that all his things are with you
What an amazing story. Thank you Taff.
Our pleasure, Andy 👍🏻
Best one so far!
Thank you very much, Leonard.
An absolutely amazing story and collection. Shame his last resting place cant be found. I shall look forward to my next visit.
Thank you very much, Mark.
What a sad story. What a super story.
What a kind comment 🙂
Wow.. an incredible story and recovery of these artifacts.
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My great uncle was killed in the attack on the Chemical Works on 11 April, part of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and was listed as missing until 1959, when they found him and two others along the sunken road running northeast out of Fampoux toward the Hyderabad Redoubt. He is required in Terlincthun Military Cemetery near Boulounge Sur Mer.
Dear lord, I may have grit in my eye.
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Oh wow, how amazing. For me naturally the shrapnel balls and piece of shrapnel from his thigh are very poignant. So good that all his things are with you
Yes indeed, Bobbie.
Those few, small, fragments are incredibly poignant.
We shall take good care of them.
Amazing story. Such a shame that he's under an 'unknown' grave when it's quite obviously him. Surely, there is a record of which headstone?
Sadly not, Rick. We have hundreds of pages of correspondence, dating back to the 1990s, between the CWGC and firstly the late Jean Louis then Colin.