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A church destroyed in France during The Somme has regained its holy crucifix lost in the battle.
Plucked from the mud in 1916 by a British reverend, it was brought back to Britain and has proudly sat on the altar of All Saints Church in Tinwell since 1936.
The crucifix will is due for a return to its rightful home this June after some All Saint’s parishioners discovered the church in Doingt-Flamicourt had been rebuilt only a few years after the war’s end.
A church destroyed in France during The Somme has regained its holy crucifix lost in the battle.
Plucked from the mud in 1916 by a British reverend, it was brought back to Britain and has proudly sat on the altar of All Saints Church in Tinwell since 1936.
The crucifix will is due for a return to its rightful home this June after some All Saint’s parishioners discovered the church in Doingt-Flamicourt had been rebuilt only a few years after the war’s end.
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Plucked from the mud in 1916 by a British reverend, it was brought back to Britain and has proudly sat on the altar of All Saints Church in Tinwell since 1936.
The crucifix will is due for a return to its rightful home this June after some All Saint’s parishioners discovered the church in Doingt-Flamicourt had been rebuilt only a few years after the war’s end.
A church destroyed in France during The Somme has regained its holy crucifix lost in the battle.
Plucked from the mud in 1916 by a British reverend, it was brought back to Britain and has proudly sat on the altar of All Saints Church in Tinwell since 1936.
The crucifix will is due for a return to its rightful home this June after some All Saint’s parishioners discovered the church in Doingt-Flamicourt had been rebuilt only a few years after the war’s end.
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Church's Lost Crucifix Rescued From WWI Battlefield Finally Returned After 107 Years
A group of ten churchgoers will set out on a pilgrimage to reunite the crucifix with the church on a 297-mile trip to the village in France
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