http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25158245
A ceremony has taken place in London to mark the arrival of "sacred soil" from 70 World War 1 battlefields in Belgium.
The soil is going to be laid at a memorial garden marking the 100th anniversary of WW1 in 2014.
The soil, collected by British and Belgian schoolchildren and put into 70 sandbags, arrived on the Belgian Navy frigate Louisa Marie on Friday.
It went on a ceremonial procession through London before reaching its last resting place at Wellington Barracks.
On arrival in London, the Louisa Marie moored alongside HMS Belfast and the soil was transferred to the British light cruiser.
The bags were loaded onto the gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery along with a crucible of soil from all the battlefields.
A ceremony has taken place in London to mark the arrival of "sacred soil" from 70 World War 1 battlefields in Belgium.
The soil is going to be laid at a memorial garden marking the 100th anniversary of WW1 in 2014.
The soil, collected by British and Belgian schoolchildren and put into 70 sandbags, arrived on the Belgian Navy frigate Louisa Marie on Friday.
It went on a ceremonial procession through London before reaching its last resting place at Wellington Barracks.
On arrival in London, the Louisa Marie moored alongside HMS Belfast and the soil was transferred to the British light cruiser.
The bags were loaded onto the gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery along with a crucible of soil from all the battlefields.
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