The bodies of five soldiers from the First World War soldiers have been found ‘frozen in time’ in a French wood almost 100 years to the day since they were killed SIA reports quoting the Daily mail.
All are believed to have died on September 5th 1914, the day of a ferocious fire fight between the Allies and Germans near Luneville, in eastern France.
The find is particularly poignant this week, when millions around the world will focus on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Scraps of the red trousers which the French still wore at the beginning of the war were also found.
Once his descendants have been informed, his body is likely to be exhumed and buried with full military honours, along with his comrades.
Despite the passing of the years, France and neighbouring countries are still covered with the bodies of those who died in the First and Second World War.
The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will arrive in France on Thursday to honour the sacrifice of such fallen heroes.
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