Hope for soldiers’ remains

The remains of two soldiers from Scotland may finally have been discovered more than 100 years since they were killed during the First World War.

The specialist unit in charge of recovering the remains of Commonwealth war casualties in France has found artefacts linked to Scottish soldiers.

They believe the finds could be linked to two men who lived locally, one from Fife and another from Dundee.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is now searching for descendants of the two men, Private David Gemmell and Private George Brown, both 1st Battalion Black Watch.