Feb 02 2025 26 mins
The Canadian Defence Forces are urgently trying to trace the relatives of a Canadian Soldier killed on the Western Front in 1917 and is believed to have had relatives in the Kinsale/Cork Area. Despite the Great War having ended over 106 years ago, the killing fields of the Western Front continues to give up the remains of soldiers lost in No Man’s land. The latest remains to be discovered are believed to be those of James Patrick Buckley, who was one of 1588 men, who lost their lives between 15th and 20th August 1917 in a bid to capture the strategic hill 70, near to the coal-mining city of Lens, France. ‘In advance of construction projects near the village of Vendin-le-Vieil (near the city of Lens), multiple sets of remains belonging to members of the Canadian Corps have been recovered. At present, the Casualty Identification Program has successfully identified ten sets of remains. We are working towards identifying the others,’ said a spokesperson for the Canadian Defence Forces.