• Nearly 100 years after they were killed in battle, British soldiers are laid to rest

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    A coffin containing the remains of a British soldier is carried on April 23 in the Honorable Artillery Company (HAC) Cemetery at Ecoust-Saint- Mein. Four British soldiers were laid to rest with full military honors in northern France on April 23, nearly a century after they were killed in action in World War I. Their bodies were discovered in 2009 when a local farmer was clearing one of his fields.

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    Coffins containing the remains of British soldiers are prepared for burial on April 23 in the HAC Cemetery at Ecoust-Saint- Mein.

    Almost 100 years after they were killed in action, Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard and Private Christopher Douglas Elphick were re-interred with full military honors in a private ceremony. Lieutenant Pritchard was killed in action on May 15, 1917 during an enemy attack near Bullecourt, France and his remains were found in a field near the site in 2009. His body was eventually identified by a silver bracelet with his name engraved on it. Private Elphick was born in Dulwich, South London in 1889. He was killed in action on May 15, 1917 during an enemy attack near Bullecourt, France and his remains were found in a field near the site in 2009. His body was eventually identified by a signet ring bearing his initials. Unidentified remains belonging to two other soldiers were also buried.

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    The coffin containing the remains of a British soldier is prepared for burial on April 23 in the HAC Cemetery at Ecoust-Saint- Mein.

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    Relatives of British World War I soldier Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard behind the soldier's headstone after a ceremony at the HAC cemetery in Ecoust-St-Mein, France, on April 23.

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    Farmer Didier Guerle shows a rusted and deteriorated rifle and pickaxe which he found in a field in 2009 near the site where he also located the bodies of two British World War I soldiers in Bullecourt, France, on April 22.

     

  • Melting glacier reveals World War I ammunition

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    Some of the more than 200 pieces of World War I ammunition which emerged from a melting glacier on a Trentino mountain peak are seen, Aug. 31. Each piece weighs between 7-10 kilos, and the 85-100 mm caliber explosive devices were found at an altitude of 3,200 meters, when a once-perennial glacier on the Ago de Nardis peak partially melted due to a recent heat wave that reached into Italy's highest peaks. The Finance Police Alpine rescue unit, operating in the area between Pinzolo and Madonna di Campiglio, saw brownish metal points emerging from the ice, got a fix on them via GPS, and then extricated the ordnance. The pieces were spread over a 100-square-meter area during series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy in northern Italy between 1915 and 1918. Disposal specialists returned to dispose of the munitions.

  • Remembering World War I and the battle of Gallipoli

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    An Australian wearing an WWI uniform, walks past graves at the Australian War Memorial in the northern French city of Villers-Bretonneux, on April 25, as part of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day ceremony.

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    Australian visitors attend the wreath-laying ceremonies at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, during Anzac Day, April 25. The ceremony marks the 94th anniversary of the recapture of the village of Villers-Bretonneux on April 25,1918.

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    Australians and New Zealanders take part in a dawn service, part of Anzac Day commemorations, April 25, at Gallipoli, to mark the anniversary of the ill-fated landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during World War I. More than 10,000 New Zealand and Australian servicemen died in the failed eight-month campaign on the peninsula, and Gallipoli has become a defining symbol of courage and comradeship for the two nations.

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    Children watch veterans march through Sydney streets as tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders gathered on April 25, 2012 to honor their war dead, attending sombre dawn services and veterans parades in memory of those who fought in war.

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    Parade participants take part in the Anzac Day Parade at Martin Place on April 25 in Sydney, Australia. Veterans, dignitaries and members of the public today marked ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day, when First World War troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey in 1915, commemorating the event with ceremonies of remembrance for those who fought and died in all wars.

     More information about ANZAC Day from the Australian War Memorial website.