An unknown British soldier who gave his life during the Second World War has been identified thanks to research carried out by his great-grandnephew.
Corporal Gilbert Nay Hamilton, from Lanarkshire, took part in the invasion of Sicily, where he was killed in action during the Battle for Gerbini in July 1943.
The 22-year-old received a hasty burial and, although a cross was erected showing his rank and regiment, all details of his identity were subsequently lost.
In March 1944, the remains of the unidentified Corporal of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders were exhumed from a field grave near Gerbini and moved to the Catania
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