Paddock Reburial
On the 4th May 2011, 47 sets of remains were re-interred in the Paddock, following five years of research by Cranfield University, lead by Dr. Andrew Shortland and Mr. Peter Masters. | |||
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The service was held in memory of those re-interred the previous day in the Paddock and was attended past Haslar Staff from the QARNNS and Medical Branch also by Senior Naval Officers from The Institute of Naval Medicine and the Portsmouth Command including the Russian Naval Attaché Commander Bogachev who later laid a laurel leaf wreath at the burial site, to commemorate the 217 members of the Russian Navy and Army who died whilst at Portsmouth in 1808-1809. To read more about the Russians at Haslar please follow this link: The Russians at Haslar 1808-1809 | |||
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