A DNA sample was taken and the remains were reburied at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s cemetery at Écoust-Saint-Mein, near Arras, with ‘Known Unto God’ the only tribute. The research was led by two retired officers, Lieutenant Colonel Ingram Murray and Major Tom Shannon, who have conducted several similar investigations. Tom Shannon with a photograph of Lieutenant Osmond Bartle Wordsworth. Lt Col Murray believes Wordsworth’s body must have been missed. With no known grave to visit, Osmond Wordsworth’s name had been inscribed on a memorial in Arras, as well as on war memorials at Winchester and Trinity College.

Source: Daily Mail November 11, 2021 12:59 UTC