The bodies of 30 British soldiers and sailors and
their families, who died during Nelson’s Nile campaign more
than 200 years ago were discovered on the small island by
an Italian archaeologist looking for Greek and Roman
artefacts. The old graves were in danger of being washed
away as the sea eroded the island. The remains were
reburied at the Military and War Memorial Cemetery at
British families cemetery, Al-Shatby in Alexandria with
full families honours during a recent ceremony. One of the
dead’s descendent Gordon Watson, 87, from Hampshire, and
his 83-year-old wife, Joan, travelled to Egypt for the
ceremony. After the ceremony, Mr Watson said: “It’s
marvellous to be related to this man … It makes you proud
to be English.”