There was a poetic meaning while the interred was unknown that is now lost. But, having said that, RIP 2nd Lt. Osmund Bartle Wordsworth.
For more than a century, the British soldier lay in an anonymous grave, one of so many unidentified victims buried beneath the killing fields of World War I. But now, his headstone finally bears a name: 2nd Lt. Osmund Bartle Wordsworth—a great-great-nephew of English poet William Wordsworth—who was recently identified by DNA research and given a funeral ceremony Tuesday, 105 years after he died.
A new headstone for Wordsworth, who was killed in action in the Battle of Arras in April 1917, was mounted at his gravesite at a cemetery in Ecoust-St.-Mein in northern France, reports the AP. A cleric led the ceremony, and a British military attache handed Wordsworth’s relatives a carefully folded French flag to place on the grave. The evolution of DNA technology has allowed for the identification of more and more unknown soldiers from World War I. A service will be held for others in Ypres, Belgium, next week.
All gave some, some gave all. R I P Sir.
He may have been unnamed, but he was never unknown…..
Good for him and good for his family.
sidenote…do not donate your DNA to anything..EVER
GROUP!
ATTENTION!
PRESENT ARMS!
ORDER ARMS!
PARADE REST!
FALL OUT.
Get Obama’s DNA, and trace it back to Kenya: one generation.
Probably get some off one of his Kool’s butt. 👆🏻
Both “You Know What I Mean” and “Gunny” hit the nail on the head!
Rest in peace, Leftenent Wordsworth.
Bring them home.
That’s pretty cool.
Glad for his family.