Lance Serjeant Robert Brand, from Glasgow, has been buried more than a century after his death.
Lance Serjeant Robert Brand was buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Messines Ridge Cemetery in Belgium
He was buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Messines Ridge Cemetery in Belgium on Wednesday.German WW1 U-boat found off the coast of Shetland This information was used in combination with battalion war diaries and other records to narrow their dates of death to a period between 13-15 April 1918, during the Battle of the Lys.
He first went to France with the Army in November 1914 and in 1916 he was admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the neck. It was supported by members of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, who provided the bearer party, piper and bugler.Lance Serjeant Brand's great-niece Caroline Smith said her family was honoured to attend the burial."We would like to thank the JCCC whom have guided us through the process of DNA and organising the burial. Also thank you to the regiment for being here to support and honour.
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