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Private (Pte) Robert Leonard Lock, from Littleport, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, buried in France today, on the eve of the first day of the battle in which he was killed. Identification was made through DNA testing nearly 110 y…
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
A new online form is now available, making it easier and quicker to refer to Veterans Services.
Six men from Essex, London, Bradford, Bristol and the Northampton who served and died together, have finally been buried more than 100 years after their death.
More than 100 years after their deaths, the graves of two soldiers of the QRWS who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War 1 have finally been identified.
Burial services for three unknown Commonwealth soldiers found on the Western Front have taken place at Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension in France (2 June 26) and at CWGC Tyne Cot C…
The previously un-named grave of an Officer from Ireland, who served with the Royal Air Force has been identified and rededicated in his name more than 108 years after his death.
Members of the public gathered in France yesterday (19 May 2026) to witness the burial with full military honours of a World War Two Hurricane Pilot. Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) George Morley Fidler was laid to rest exactly 86…
A Scottish soldier killed in Sicily during World War 2 has finally been identified and given a named grave, 83 years after he died in battle. The previously unknown soldier’s grave has been identified as that of Corporal (C…
The previously un-named graves of two officers who gave their lives during World War One have been identified in Belgium. Captain (Capt) Gordon Cuthbert of Sunbury, Middlesex, and Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie Harvey, originally f…
Lance Corporal William Voice MM was born in Horsham, Sussex in 1886. Lance Corporal Lionel Weller Sandell – known to his family as Solly, was born in Worthing, Sussex in 1899. Both men were buried after the was in graves ma…
Lieutenant (Lt) George Kenneth Steinberg MC, from Hampstead, London, has been given a named grave after he was killed near Arras during the Great War in 1918.
Private (Pte) Reginald Joesph Blake, from Tendring, Essex, was buried in France today nearly 110 years after he went missing in action.
Ilford Park Polish Home in Devon is welcoming applications from eligible individuals.
The previously un-named grave of an Officer from Kent, who served with the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, has been identified and rededicated in his name more than 85 years after his death.
The previously un-named grave of a Yorkshire man who served with the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards has been identified and rededicated in his name more than 85 years after his death.
The grave of Captain (Capt) John Russell Pound who was attached to 2nd Battalion The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, has been identified in Belgium more than 110 years after his death during the Second Battle of Ypres. A r…
The partial remains of 72 British soldiers who served and died during the First World War have been returned to France from a museum collection.
The MOD remains committed to honouring Churchill's historic pledge with the Ilford Park Polish Home.
The poignant burial of an unknown soldier of World War 2 took place today in Arezzo, Italy, with a bearer party from the Gurkhas carrying him to his final resting place.
The grave of Serjeant (Sjt) William Augustus Fritz of 4th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers has been identified near Mons in Belgium more than 111 years after his death. A rededication service took place today (13 November 2025)…
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