Another amazing account of a young soldier who died on the Western Front during World War 1 who has finally been laid to rest just yards from where he was found.
Private (Pte) Herbert Greaves, a 28-year-old who served with 6th Battalion The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), was buried with full military honours at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC) Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, near Arras in France on Thursday 3 November 2022.
The service was organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), also known as the ‘MOD War Detectives’ and supported by 5th Battalion The Rifles who bore his coffin.
Pte Greaves’ remains were uncovered in 2019 during maintenance work on the footpath outside the CWGC cemetery where they had laid for 102 years.
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https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/news/sheffield-soldier-laid-to-rest-105-years-after-his-death/Sandra
