Let’s not be too hard on them.
They found what they were looking for and more and were very pleased to have done so – nothing more natural than to record the moment.
On later reflection they might possibly have overstepped the mark, but it is patently out of thoughtlessness, not ghoulishness.
And without these guys there would be no prospect of a CWGC burial in the near future.
Moggy
Quite agree – this excavation appears to have been well researched and planned and they were prepared for what they found and dealt with it accordingly.
I do feel that perhaps we in the UK have a rather different viewpoint to those in many European countries though – I have been exploring WWI and WWII battlefields for many years and have met many others who do the same, both British and from other countries – and have probably seen more human remains lying in situ than most. I have always found, that apart from a very few individuals with other motives, that the overriding attitude towards such remains is great respect and understanding of the sacrifice made by those whose remains they are – whatever side they fought on.
However, in many European countries (& further afield) where the battles actually took place and such finds are relatively common, there is a practical need to deal with such remains on an almost daily basis, which perhaps leads to a little familiarity on the part of the finders and conversely a bit of misunderstanding by those who have never had to deal with such things?
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