None of the inquiries held into the riots produced conclusive findings on who was responsible. That's no surprise to Putkowski. For mutineers, uncovering the truth could mean convictions, and officers feared proof that they had lost control of their troops. The stones of the other four men killed in the riots resemble the low white markers bearing the Maple Leaf seen at Canadian war graves across Europe. The riots still attract local attention.
Bus tours stop by the church and tourists wander between the neatly kept war graves.
The village council holds an annual Remembrance Day service. Two plastic poppy wreaths sat undisturbed last week at the foot of Gillan's gravemarker. Richard Bunny, a member of the council, thinks the many stories surrounding the deaths add to people's curiosity. The vicar, Berw Hughes, says visitors often want to make sense of what happened. They can't understand why.