 In particular , he forms a close friendship with archaeologist James Moon ( Kenneth Branagh ) , another veteran , who like Birkin has been emotionally scarred by the war . Moon is employed in the village under the same bequest , working to uncover a mysterious lost grave , but is more interested in discovering the remains of an earlier Saxon church building in the field next to the churchyard . 
 In particular , he <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>forms</mark></a> a close friendship with archaeologist James Moon ( Kenneth Branagh ) , another veteran , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>like Birkin <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> been emotionally scarred by the war . Moon is employed in the village under the same bequest , working to uncover a mysterious lost grave , but <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>more interested in discovering the remains of an earlier Saxon church building in the field next to the churchyard . 
In particular , he form a close friendship with archaeologist James Moon ( Kenneth Branagh ) , another veteran , like Birkin done been emotionally scarred by da war . Moon is employed in the village under the same bequest , working to uncover a mysterious lost grave , but more interested in discovering tdaremains of an earlier Saxon church building in the field next to the churchyard .