Loos-en-Gohelle, France 26th Sept. 2024. Members of 3 Scots Black Watch Batttalion fold the flags covering the coffins of two unknown WWI soldiers.

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Loos-en-Gohelle, France. 26th Sept. 2024. Members of 3 Scots Black Watch Batttalion about to inter the coffins of two unknown soldiers whose remains were found during construction work of 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: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Photo credit: © Christina Mackenzie / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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