Sanjha Morcha

Army to bring back remains of WW-I soldiers

Dehradun, October 30

A team of the Garhwal Rifles will travel to France in November to identify and bring back remains of its two soldiers killed during World War-I, an Army official said.The decision came after the French government recently found the remains of four soldiers, including the two unnamed Indian soldiers, at a construction site near Laventie, about 70 km from Dunkirk, in France.During World War-I, the now Garhwal Rifles regiment was known as ‘39 Garhwal Regiment’. The other two remains found from the site are said to be of British and German soldiers. — PTI