Three unknown soldiers whose remains were uncovered in a field in Belgium have been remembered by students from a college in Flackwell Heath while on a trip to the country last week.

While they were taking part in a battlefield walking tour in Easter holidays, 24 staff and students from the public services department of Amersham and Wycombe College in Flackwell Heath were invited to attend the re-burial of the soldiers, who were found in a farmer’s field in Wijtschate, Belgium.

The students visited Belgium as part of the ongoing project to remember the fallen from Flackwell Heath during World War One.

The ceremony, on Tuesday, April 5 at Derry House Cemetery No.2, Wijtschate, Belgium, was presided over by Reverend Ian Rogers, Chaplain to 4th Battalion The Rifles and was attended by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Belgium Miss Alison Rose, The Defence Attaché to Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg Colonel James Phillips, local dignitaries, and members of local veteran organisations, as well as the staff and students from the college.

Trip organisers Rob Offord and Mick Forsdick thought that it would be a “unique experience” and a fitting way to complete their four-day tour and student Mark Burnard laid a wreath of behalf of the college.

The 18-year-old from High Wycombe said: “It was an honour to be asked to lay the wreath on behalf of the college by my tutors.

“We often forget how fortunate we are today and it is only right that we have come here as a sign of remembrance and thanks for those who died, and to let them know that they are not forgotten.”

Tutor, Mr Forsdick, said: “It is astonishing that even after 100 years, the remains of fallen soldiers are still being unearthed, and it was therefore an honour and a privilege to attend the reburial.”

The Public Services Department will be making more trips to Belgium following in the footsteps of those from Flackwell Heath who fought and died during the First World War.

If you can help with any information about fallen relatives, email Rob or Mick on rofford@amersham.ac.uk or call 01494 585375.