Rutland village to return Somme crucifix after 107 years
A British parson is thought to have salvaged the cross from the rubble of a destroyed village.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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A British parson is thought to have salvaged the cross from the rubble of a destroyed village.
A World War I crucifix that was discovered in rubble will finally be reunited with its home church in France. The cross has been in England for the last 87 years, SWNS reported.
A crucifix that was found in the Battle of the Somme, 1916, that sat on the altar of All Saints Church in Tinwell is finally returned home to France.
A crucifix brought to England from a First World War battlefield will be returned to its original home in France more than a century later.