The excuse to go :

Second World War Soldier to be re-interred
27 September 2012
A re-interment ceremony will be held at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery in the Netherlands on Wednesday October 3rd for Private Lewis Curtis of the 5th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment.
Private Curtis, who came from Liskeard in Cornwall, was killed on October 2nd 1944 in an artillery barrage in the aftermath of Operation Market Garden.
His body was found in 2003 at de Laar Farm to the south of Arnhem. He was identified in 2008 by the Dutch Army Recovery Team using dental records.
The re-interment service will begin at 10 am and it will be attended by his niece and nephew and their families. Private Curtis will be accorded full military honours by The Honour Guard of The 5th Battalion The Rifles. The Royal Netherlands Army National Reserve Band will provide the music.



Wreathes to be laid, I really need one of these..

The new stone prepared for this young man:






Children laying flowers on the new gravesite:

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