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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dan Barker

Soldiers laid to rest more than a century since they fell in Battle of Loos

PA Wire

Two British soldiers killed during the Battle of Loos have finally been laid to rest with full military honours more than a century after they died.

Private William Johnston, of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and an unidentified soldier who served in the East Yorkshire Regiment were buried on Thursday at the Loos British Cemetery in France.

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