MelPack Posted 5 May , 2022 Share Posted 5 May , 2022 The burial today (5 May 2022) of Pte William Johnston of the Royal Scots Fusiliers is one of a number of such burials of soldiers recovered from the construction site of the new Lens Hospital. A significant number of remains were uncovered during the clearance of the top soil and ordnance from the site that started in 2018 and since last year work has started on the foundations, the depth of which will drive into the trench systems in the area. According to an article published in a local paper, L'Avenir de l' Artois, on 22 February last, 130 sets of remains hitherto have been recovered from the site. Does anyone with more local knowledge have further information on the recoveries including a breakdown by nationality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 5 May , 2022 Admin Share Posted 5 May , 2022 @gillesor @battle of loosare our men on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 5 May , 2022 Share Posted 5 May , 2022 (edited) There's a GWF member who is from that area. I forget his username. I'll tag him when I find it. Michelle found them already! Meanwhile, Franceinfo ran an article in november 2019, which read: On 4 January 2018, workers on the site of the future hospital in Lens (Pas-de-Calais) found bones. A picker engraved "4th Essex Regiment" made it possible to trace them back to Frederick Thomas Perkins. On this site, 56 bodies of British soldiers have already been found. The article, with a video of Frederick's reburial attended by his granddaughter : https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/guerre-de-14-18/premiere-guerre-mondiale-un-soldat-inhume-102-ans-apres-sa-mort_3694739.html https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1766637/frederick-thomas-perkins/ Edited 5 May , 2022 by JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 5 May , 2022 Share Posted 5 May , 2022 Good evening following the great discovery of Commonwealth bodies, the Loos British Cemetery will be enlarged. by the way, I participated in the ceremony (I took +/- 60 photos). I will put them tomorrow as a result of this post. I mentioned +/- 180 bodies, almost 50 of which are Canadian. regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 6 May , 2022 Share Posted 6 May , 2022 good morning, the "Loos British Cemetery" will soon know works for its expansion. here are the photos : michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 6 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 6 May , 2022 Hello Michel Many thanks for the update and the photos. How does the extension fit into the plan of the cemetery? cemetery-plan-62300.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 6 May , 2022 Admin Share Posted 6 May , 2022 I would say by plot XX looking at the markers on the ground in the photos, though they might be something as banal as Chasse Gardée markers…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 6 May , 2022 Share Posted 6 May , 2022 Hi here is a satellite view of the extent area of the cemetery (red rectangle) : I will follow the progress of the work that I will present to you. regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 6 May , 2022 Admin Share Posted 6 May , 2022 So next to plots XX, X1X and XV111 then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 6 May , 2022 Share Posted 6 May , 2022 that's right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 6 May , 2022 Admin Share Posted 6 May , 2022 I hope they keep the shelter and the lovely little paved slope up to it when they enlarge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscherinfanteriest Posted 13 May , 2022 Share Posted 13 May , 2022 Former WW1 cemetery or battlefield burials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 15 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2022 From what I understand these are batttlefield casualties who were left where they fell unlike the recoveries from the Lens Prison site that were found in a mass grave next to the site of a German field hospital which contained an admixture of British and German soldiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscherinfanteriest Posted 17 May , 2022 Share Posted 17 May , 2022 poor boys, may be no man's land? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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