The remains of John Smith and Charles Lightfoot were found in a French cave in 2009.
Sgt John Smith from Gloucestershire and Gunner Charles Lightfoot from Edinburgh served with the 29th Battery of Royal Field Artillery.
Their families will travel to France next week to pay their respects to the fallen soldiers on behalf of their late relatives, who never found out what happened to them. Ministry of Defence detectives at Imjin Barracks in Gloucestershire carried out research and DNA testing, which allowed them to identify the two fallen men as Sgt Smith and Gunner Lightfoot.Sgt Smith's great nephew, Andrew Smith said he was "amazed" to receive a message from Gunner Lightfoot's granddaughter in 2018.
Ms Kruk was told about her grandfather as a young girl, and was "delighted" to receive confirmation that the remains were that of Gunner Lightfoot."It's closure at long last."Marcus Gibbons, from Malmesbury in Wiltshire, is also a great nephew of Sgt Smith.
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