New cemetery for British WWI soldiers to be built in northern France

A new cemetery for the freshly discovered remains of British soldiers who died in World War I is under construction in northern France, with the graves expected to be ready in 2024.

The new Commonwealth military cemetery, the first in France in more than a decade, will house more than 1,000 British soldiers who fought in World War I.

Financed by the UK and Canada, it will be located next to an existing Brit