Funeral of Major Roderick Bell-Irving, 16th Battalion, Cagnicourt, France October, 1918. The photo shows the pall bearers carrying the Union Jack draped coffin in front of a group of senior saluting officers under some trees. Major Roderick Bell-Irving, who had won the Military Cross, was acting commander of the 16th Canadian Battalion when he was killed in action on 1 October 1918 near Cuvillers, France. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order. After his body was recovered, he was buried in the British cemetery at Eterpigny on the 17 October 1918.