A British parson is thought to have salvaged the cross from the rubble of a destroyed village.
Tinwell villagers believe they have solved the mystery of how the cross came to their churchA crucifix plucked from the rubble of the Somme battlefield and brought to England is to be returned to its original home in France.
Doingt, near Amiens, was one of many settlements wiped from the map during the 1916 campaign that claimed more than 300,000 lives. The coronavirus pandemic put the plan on hold, but a 10-strong delegation from Tinwell will take the 22in oak cross, bearing the figure of Jesus, back to Doingt in June. The answer came, she said, from Sir Giles Floyd who worships at All Saints who explained the cross was found by Parson Percy Hooson.
"It is a symbol of hope and the promise of new life - a village once destroyed is rebuilt; where there was trauma and death, today there is life and community.
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