WWI sailor to be buried after DNA match is made

A sailor whose body was found 100 years after he died fighting in the First World War is to be buried with full military honours thanks to a DNA match with his sole surviving relative.

Able seaman James Robertson was killed in the Battle of Gavrelle on April 28 1917. His body was never recovered and he was commemorated on the Arras memorial along with 35,000 others with no grave.

However, human remains discovered near Gavrelle earlier this year have now been identified as the 26-year-old sailor.

Mr Robertson will be buried alongside his fallen comrades in Arleux-en-gohelle, France, on July 11.