New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) Two soldiers of 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles of the Indian Army, who were martyred in World War-I, will get ceremonial burial with full military honours at military cementry La Gorgue in France on November 12 along side the annual Memorial Service to commemorate the Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives in France and Belgium.
The ceremonial burial is being organisaed by the office of Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWWGC) -- which is curator of the graves of these unsung heroes, in consultation with the French Government and the Indian Embassy in France -- decided to hold a burial ceremony at Laventie Military Cemetery.

The Indian Army will send a delegation comprising the Commandant and the Subedar Major of the Garhwal Rifles Regimental Centre, two bagpipers from the Garhwal Rifles Regimental Pipe band and Colonel Nitin Negi, grandson of late Naik Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross, the gallant hero in the battle of Festubert, to attend the ceremony.

In a symbolic gesture the soil from the graves of these soldiers would be brought back to their homeland.
The homage will also be paid to the martyrs at Nueve Chapelle War Memorial in France on November 12 by laying wreaths by Brigadier Indrajit Chatterjee, Commandant and Subedar Major Trilok Singh Negi of the Garhwal Rifle Regimental Centre on behalf of the Chief of the Army Staff.
On September 20, 2016, during an excavation work on the southern side of Richebourg village near Laventie Military Cemetery, around 230 km away from Paris, two human remains were found. On examining their belongings, they were identified as causalities of 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles.
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