WWI 'sacred soil' ceremony held to mark arrival

Name: WWI 'sacred soil' ceremony held to mark arrival
Uploaded: 2013-11-30T18:54:54.000Z
Duration: 1 min 48 s
Description: A ceremony to mark the arrival of soil from 70 Belgian World War I battlefields has taken place at what will become a memorial garden for the conflict.

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A ceremony to mark the arrival of soil from 70 Belgian World War I battlefields has taken place at what will become a memorial garden for the conflict.

Sandbags containing the "sacred soil" were carried on a gun carriage through London from HMS Belfast on the Thames to Wellington Barracks.

Robert Hall reports.

30 November 2013