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Shannon News, 3 September 1926, Page 2

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- identifies unknown SOLDIER. WAR GRAVES SECi.LT. A small Piece of a P tal order found on the body of an u* mown soldier during/ removal froi isolated graves into authorised Bn* -sh .Cemeteries in France hqs led t< the ldent ity being established. The soldier, one of the ' jyal Spots Regiment, fell in action a on ® le-Preux, East Arras, betv on April and June, 1917. , This postal order clue w ; found to be issued at Clarborougb Retford, Nottinghamshire, on Marc 20, 191 »

and the postmistress there., was asked whether she was aquainted with anyone who might be able to supply information likely to lead to the identification. The postmistress was a distant relative of a soldier in the Royal Scots Regiment who fought at 2ionchy-le-Preux, being first reported missing and later presumed killed. She went to the parents ot the so.dier, and when the facts e.’ere revealed tliey at once , realise d that the body was that of their son, Private J. W. Stevenson, remembering that they sent the postal order to him. A metal wristlet watch was also found on tha body, similar to the one possessed by Stevenson.