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Nick Forbes

BIZARRE: Grave of unknown scottish soldier identified after 83 years - You Need To See This

Corporal Gilbert Hamilton’s grave was rededicated in a ceremony on Tuesday (Crown copyright/PA) -

An unknown Scottish soldier who was killed in Sicily during the Second World War has been identified thanks to research carried out by his great-grand-nephew.

Corporal Gilbert Nay Hamilton, from Lanarkshire, died near Gerbini on July 21 1943 while serving with the 7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

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