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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 (Cpl) Gilbert...
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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.
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Lance Corporal Freeman, who died in Iraq during routine training activity on 31 May 2026. He was 29 years old.
Sergeant Richard Rounsley of 12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry was laid to rest yesterday (17 September 2025) with two unknown comrades in France, nearly 109 years after his death in the First World War.
More than a century after his death, the previously unmarked grave of Serjeant (Sjt) Robert Sutherland has finally been identified and marked.
Family members and military representatives gathered in France to honour Second Lieutenant John Taylor Macintyre of the Highland Light Infantry over a century after he fell in battle during the World War One.
Service Inquiry report into the death of a soldier from 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment at MOD Woodbridge in July 2022.
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