Field graves of members of 3rd Parachute Battalion Cork Wood, Tunisia, 1943

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The wooden crosses were carefully carved by the battalion carpenter from scrap wood. The earlier makeshift grave markers can be seen discarded behind. These graves were referenced in a letter by Captain Peter Waddy (later killed at Arnhem) to William Blood's next of kin.