Loos-en-Gohelle, France. 26th Sept. 2024. A piper of 3 Scots Black Watch Battalion plays a lament at the burial of two unknown WWI Scottish soldiers.

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Loos-en-Gohelle, France. 26th Sept. 2024. A piper of 3 Scots Black Watch Battalion plays" Loch Aber No More" lament at the interment ceremony for two unknown WWI Scottish whose remains were found during construction work at the Lens hospital. The soldiers were buried with full military honours at the official opening of the cemetery's extension, only the second such extension of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in France since the end of WWII.

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Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Photo credit: © Christina Mackenzie / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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