Twenty British WW1 soldiers laid to rest in northern France

Twenty British soldiers who died during the First World War have finally been laid to rest with full military honours, almost 100 years after they died. Duration: 01:04

Published

11 months ago

Categories

Seriously?, World, Arts & Society

Topics

Military Veterans, Seriously?, Europe, History

People

Jeffrey Norton, Patricia Hawkins, William McAleeret, Jean-François Caron

Places

France

Transcript

SHOTLIST: LOOS-EN-GOHELLE, FRANCE, 14 MARCH 2014, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1 - Jean-François Caron (man), Mayor of Loos-en-Gohelle (French, 24 sec): "It's important because at Loos-en-Gohelle, tens of thousands of people died. In one battle that lasted two days there were 20 thousand dead. English, Scottish, Irish, Australian and Canadian troops died here. Our soldiers had gone to Verdun or Argonne." SOUNDBITE 2 - Patricia Hawkins (woman), British mourner (English, 15 sec): "What I can say because I had two uncles of the first World War here and they never came back, so today they could have been members of my family, we don't know" SOUNDBITE 3 - Jeffrey Norton (man), Former British soldier (English, 6 sec): "The service was absolutely first class, I'm delighted to be allowed to be present here on this day" - VAR of soldiers carrying coffin of Scottish soldier William McAleeret - VAR of ceremony - CUs of wreaths being laid /// ------------------------------------------------------ NO AFP TEXT STORY