Prince Charles attends last Fromelles soldier reburial
The last of 250 British and Australian World War I troops recovered from mass graves has been reburied with full military honours in northern France.
Prince Charles and the relatives of identified soldiers attended a commemorative ceremony at the new Fromelles Military Cemetery.
It comes 94 years after the soldiers were killed in the Battle of Fromelles.
Work to excavate and identify the soldiers began two years ago, after the bodies were discovered.
Of the bodies recovered, 205 have now been identified as belonging to Australian soldiers, three served with the British army and 42 are still classified as unknown.
The remains of the first soldier were reburied in January.
Opening the ceremony to mark the anniversary of the battle, the Duke of Kent, president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, said the soldiers were "lost no longer... here, at last, in peace".
Relatives of those killed during the battle paid tribute to their family members, reading moving extracts from diaries and letters home....
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Prince Charles and the relatives of identified soldiers attended a commemorative ceremony at the new Fromelles Military Cemetery.
It comes 94 years after the soldiers were killed in the Battle of Fromelles.
Work to excavate and identify the soldiers began two years ago, after the bodies were discovered.
Of the bodies recovered, 205 have now been identified as belonging to Australian soldiers, three served with the British army and 42 are still classified as unknown.
The remains of the first soldier were reburied in January.
Opening the ceremony to mark the anniversary of the battle, the Duke of Kent, president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, said the soldiers were "lost no longer... here, at last, in peace".
Relatives of those killed during the battle paid tribute to their family members, reading moving extracts from diaries and letters home....