The final resting place of missing WWI soldier has finally been found
The final resting place of a missing WWI soldier has finally been found after 100 years and now bears his name - thanks a three-year quest by a British historian.
Major Octavius Darby-Griffith was listed as lost in action after he was killed fighting in the Third Battle of the Aisne, on May 27 1918.
He was buried in a military cemetery with a headstone which simply read: "Unknown Major, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment".
But now the gravestone finally carries his name after historian David Tattersfield spent three years piecing together the soldier's final weeks and days.
Major Octavius Darby-Griffith was listed as lost in action after he was killed fighting in the Third Battle of the Aisne, on May 27 1918.
He was buried in a military cemetery with a headstone which simply read: "Unknown Major, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment".
But now the gravestone finally carries his name after historian David Tattersfield spent three years piecing together the soldier's final weeks and days.