How a Canadian team solved a century-old mystery to lay WW I soldier to rest
Pte. John Lambert, a young soldier from Newfoundland who was killed during the First World War, has finally been laid to rest after a Canadian team uncovered his identity.
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Pte. John Lambert, a young soldier from Newfoundland who was killed during the First World War, has finally been laid to rest after a Canadian team uncovered his identity.
The ceremony took place at the New Irish Farm Commonwealth War Grave near Ypres.
Joint military burial sees one Canadian, one German and five British soldiers laid to rest in Ypres
British and Canadian authorities have given seven soldiers killed more than a century ago in World War I a full military burial after their remains were discovered during a gas pipeline construction near Ypres, Belgium.
The evolution of DNA technology has allowed for the identification of more and more unknown soldiers from World War I.