Dozens of First World War remains disinterred in West Flanders
Sunday, 27 May 2018 09:23
The remains of more than 40 soldiers who died in the First World War have been uncovered by archaeologists working on a site in Wijtschate in West Flanders province, part of the war’s main Western front and part of the battle of Passchendaele.
The dig was funded by crowd-funding, and involves an area of about one hectare which will be the site of new construction. The project is of importance because most of the site remains untouched since the end of the war almost 100 years ago.
Wijtschate was a German position at the height of the war, but remains already discovered have been determined – on the basis of uniforms, to be French, German and British, which allows historians to map the progress of the war in that area.
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