The hope is now to organise a meeting - and return them to the young lance corporal's Liverpudlian descendants.
Hidden for more than a century, the letters sent to Lance corporal William Swift during the First World War. Pic: Memorial 14-18 Notre Dame de Lorette FacebookA French couple who uncovered letters sent to an English WW1 soldier have made contact with his great-great-nephew after a social media appeal.
The letters to lance corporal William Swift, who signed up underage at 16 in 1914, had been hidden for more than 100 years, when workers renovating the couple's home found them under the floorboards. The heartfelt messages from the parents of Liverpool-born Swift enquired how their son was doing and whether he had received their last parcel.
And after making the discovery, Mathilde Bernardet, the owner of the apartment in Noeux-les Mines, did months of research, but the young lance corporal's family proved elusive. As a last resort, with the help of World War One memorial organisation, Memorial 14-18, she posted a plea on Facebook.Lance corporal William Swift's grave in Tilloy British Cemetery in northern France Pic: Memorial 14-18 Notre Dame de Lorette FacebookThe plan is now to organise a meeting - and return the letters to Mr Swift's descendants.
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