A young soldier killed on the Western Front in one of the most devastating military attacks of WWI has finally been honoured with a gravestone engraved with his name - more than a century after he died.
For 105 years second lieutenant Wilfred John Massey Lynch, from West Derby, lay in a nameless grave at the Crucifix Corner Cemetery at Villers-Bretonneux, France. The 25-year-old was killed by German troops on April 4, 1918, during the latter stages of Operation Michael.
Now, Wilfred's final resting place has been marked with a headstone unveiled during a service led by the Ministry of Justice. 2nd LT Lynch's grave was located by the ministry's "war detectives" who provided the information to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
