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Pic: Reverend John Power, Chaplain to the Royal Lancers, conducting the service.<br />
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The Duchess of Cornwall has honoured a 'lost' Dunkirk hero who died while fighting alongside her father in the Second World War.<br />
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Camilla sent a heartfelt message that was read out at a redidication ceremony for Lieutenant Piers Edgcumbe whose grave was discovered over 80 years after his death.<br />
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Lt. Edgcumbe served in the same regiment as Major Bruce Shand in the war. <br />
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At Dunkirk, the two officers had highly-dangerous reconnaissance roles; making contact with the advancing enemy and reporting their position back to headquarters.