Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

04 August 2014

The CWGC cares

The story of how the Commonwealth War Graves Commission corrected history allowing a soldier's family to reclaim his grave

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-08-01/ww1-a-long-battle-to-reclaim-my-great-uncle-robert-hoolans-grave-from/

Thanks to Anne Sterling for the tip.

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