"French POW remains in Hampshire." Topic

Found in a suburban garden in Hampshire… the chilling centuries-old skeletal remains from Napoleon's army.

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When they decided to put an extension on their home, Nicola and Paul Walling were simply hoping for extra space to enjoy family life.

But instead, they discovered their modern property was playing host to a macabre echo of history.

Underneath their back garden a builder found the partial skeletons of at least two French prisoners captured in the Napoleonic Wars…"
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Armand

Have you ever read such poorly researched stuff? Typical Daily Mail. The skeletons are up to 300 years old so must be Napoleonic. They were 100 years old by Waterloo then. there were veteran units I know.

Even better. French prisoners of war were kept there between 1770s and 1850s. Funny I thought they were on our side by then.

Absolute nonsense. What is a software consultant anyway?

I didn't know you could tell the nationality from bones.

The Waterloo "British" skeleton in the car park proved that…proved to be Hanoverian!

Well Porchester Castle nearby was used as a PoW camp.

If you're ever in England it is one of my favorite sites. It is a very complete Roman cavalry fort (one of the Saxon Shore forts). It contains a Saxon church, a Norman keep and later medieval additions and was used a a PoW camp during the 2nd Hundred Years War.

@DrJackson,

There is a way to determine which parts of the world the person came from by studying the minerals in the bone. But in this case, it appears they are making some wild guesses and presuming it must simply be right. It could just as easily be a couple of drunks who didn't pay their tab. Seeing how one skull had but 3 teeth, that would appear to be clear evidence it is British… but I digress.