There have been several reports recently in the press and online that the Lancashire Fusiliers Museum in Bury is hoping to solve the mystery of three Lancashire Fusiliers killed in Belgium in 1914.
The bodies were among six found by a French archeologist in Le Touquet, a village south of Ypres, in November 2010.
Officials from the Museum believe the three men are from Wigan and Manchester.
But before they can be given a full military funeral, experts need to trace the soldiers' relatives to confirm their identities through DNA checks. Documents held by the Museum point to three men - Henry Pulford, Edgar Parkinson and James Rowan - who were buried near the village.
All three had been at the front for a few months in 1914 during the early stages of the Great War.
The men were killed in an attack on the village on 20 October 1914, and later buried in a temporary graveyard, said Lt Col Mike Glover, curator of the regimental collection.
If you can help, please contact the Lancashire Fusiliers Museum who will alert the MoD.
Source: BBC News.
