The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is trying to find a place in the Somme for a new memorial with thousands of names that have been missed.
Speaking to Today presenter Justin Webb, Terry Denham co-founder of the In From The Cold Project, - the initiative established to find a place for the soldiers to be remembered - explained "the bureaucracy of the day did not keep up with the events... and names just got forgotten."
via www.bbc.co.uk
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