A Donegal solider is among ten men from Irish regiments who died in the first World War who will be honoured this month after their graves were located. Rededication services will take place in France and Belgium following research carried out by a group known as the war detectives. Almost half of the 1.1 million British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the first World War have no known grave. The UK ministry of defence’s war detectives squad, officially known as the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), is tasked with matching the graves with regimental diaries which record how and where men died during the war. Though the first World War ended more than a century ago, the search to identify remains has never stopped.

Source: The Irish Times July 02, 2024 17:15 UTC