Funeral of Major Roderick Bell-Irving, 16th Battalion, Cagnicourt, France October, 1918. The photo shows the grave site. The coffin is already lowered and the 16th Battalion soldiers on parade are at present arms. The piper is playing the lament. In the foreground there are other other graves and one of them is empty (at this time). 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.