Social media helps French police find WWI soldier’s relative
PARIS: A fallen soldier’s letter from World War I that was discovered in France has touched authorities so much they launched a successful search for the soldier’s living relatives.
The handwritten missive was written on May 27, 1915, from the Somme by 24-year-old Frenchman Sgt. Jean Soulagnes to a friend.
Soulagnes was killed in fighting 12 days later in the battle of Hebuterne.
The letter was found by Marseille police in February in a search following a burglary.
With the aid of social media, authorities found Soulagnes’ great-grandnephew, Stephane Drouhot.
He attended a ceremony Friday at a Marseille police station where he was given the letter.
Published in Dawn, February 24th, 2018
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