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March 19, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.jta.org/2015/03/15/news-opinion/united-states/british-colonel-finally-buried-in-israel-near-the-soldiers-he-commanded

British Colonel Buried in Israel near Soldiers He Led

(JTA) Hillel Kuttler - During World War I, British Lt.-Col. John Henry Patterson commanded the Zion Mule Corps and the Jewish Legion - the first Jewish military units in two millennia. In December, Patterson's ashes were buried in Avichail, a moshav in Israel founded by many of his soldiers. Although he was Christian, Patterson had expressed an interest in being buried in Israel alongside the men he had commanded. Patterson had been reared on the Bible and a love for the Jewish people and their land.

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