The rolling countryside of Europe hides a secret. Beneath these farmlands lie graveyards, final resting place for the fallen of the First World War.  By the end of the war, nearly two million soldiers were missing, presumed dead. 

Almost 90 years later, the bloody battlegrounds of France and Belgium are surrendering their secrets.  Finding the Fallen follows the work of No Man’s Land, a team of archaeologists, historians and forensic experts as they move through time across the battlefields of France and Belgium, including Ypres, Serre, Loos, Beaumont Hamel and Passchendaele. 

Using geophysical surveys and wartime maps they try to locate the original trenches, finding bones, shreds of uniforms, personal effects and the remnants of war to help them identify the fallen soldiers and finally lay them to rest.

Finding The Fallen Exhibition

To commemorate the Finding the Fallen series an exhibition has been created by the experts at the National Army Museum.  The exhibition gives historical insight into the Great War and looks at how the history of the battlefields and trenches of the war are really just inches below our feet.  It also looks into how today’s forensic science and technology can help identify the missing and illustrates a real life case study of one of the identified soldiers from the series.

National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road
Chelsea
London
SW3 4HT
020 7730 0717
info@national-army-museum.ac.uk

Admission is Free