WW1 Soldiers Re-Interred in Belgium

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Over 90 years after he was killed in action, Private Richard Lancaster of
The 2nd Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers, has been re-interred at Prowse
Point Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Belgium.

Pte Lancaster's remains were discovered by archaeologists in 2006 alongside
two unknown soldiers who were also re-interred during today's ceremony.

Born in Lancashire in 1882, Pte Lancaster served in the Regular Army from
1901-05, when he married Phoebe Porter in Burnley. The marriage certificate
lists them both as weavers. He was mobilised in August 1914 and embarked
for France, where he saw action at Le Cateau and Armentières.

Pte Lancaster was killed in action on 10 November 1914 during a counter-
attack south of Ieper (Ypres), near Ploegsteert Wood, only a few hundred
yards from where the Christmas Truce would take place a month later.

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R.I.P., Private Lancaster, at last in a known and honoured grave. sal;