Memorial Drowned Soldiers
On 17 January 1945, ten soldiers drowned while taking part in an exercise, when their boat was swept over a weir in the River Coquet. The men, all aged 18, were weighed down by full combat gear. All men from the boat drowned.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Les Hull
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