The resting place of a First World War soldier from Stoke-on-Trent was finally dedicated in his name at Zantvoorde British Cemetery in Ypres.

Serjeant James McLyn, of the 4th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, was killed just weeks before the end of the First World War in Belgium and buried as an unknown soldier.

After nearly 100 years, new information about the unknown grave was presented to the Ministry of Defence’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC).

The compelling evidence lead the JCCC to a nationwide search for any living relatives or people who knew Sjt McLynn.