Full storyFor more than two centuries, the remains of a soldier lay undisturbed on a windy beach in the northern Netherlands.
But in March 2011, birdwatchers discovered bones and metal artefacts among sand-dunes that had once been covered in asphalt.
The find was near an area known as the "Bonehole" because of the number of historic remains that had previously been unearthed.
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200-year-old British soldier found in the dunes of Holland
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J.D. Oswald
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