Scarborough soldier Claude Stanley Dell buried in Belgium after identification
DNA testing identified the remains of Lance Corporal Claude Stanley Dell, who died in 1915. He was buried with military honours in Belgium on 13 October.
Lance Corporal Claude Stanley Dell, a soldier from Scarborough whose remains were identified more than a century after his death, was buried with full military honours at Poelcapelle British Cemetery in Belgium on 13 October 2026, the UK Ministry of Defence said.
How Claude Stanley Dell was identified
Dell’s remains were found during excavation work in Belgium in 2021. The ministry said genealogical investigators traced descendants of missing men from his regiment before DNA testing identified him.
Dell was killed in action on 25 April 1915, two days after his battalion arrived at the Ypres Salient, according to The Scarborough News.
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- Scarborough soldier buried in Belgium more than a century after his deathUK Ministry of Defence
- Scarborough soldier buried in Belgium more than a century after his deathThe Scarborough News
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