The remains of two First World War soldiers have been laid to rest in a cemetery in northern France, almost 100 years after they were killed in action.
Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard and Private Christopher Douglas Elphick, of The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), were re-interred in the HAC Cemetery at Ecoust-St Mein near Arras.
Relatives of both men, who were killed on May 15, 1917, during an enemy attack near Bullecourt, while serving with the NAC's 2nd Battalion, attended the ceremony, where the men were accorded full military honours.
Prince Michael of Kent also attended in his capacity as HAC Royal Honorary Colonel.
The men's remains were found in a field near Bullecourt in 2009.
Lt Pritchard was identified by a silver bracelet and Pte Elphick by a signet ring bearing his initials.
Two further sets of remains could not be identified, but they were re-interred at the same time as "HAC soldiers known unto God".
The HAC, the oldest regiment in the British Army, was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII.
Lt Pritchard, born in Wandsworth, southwest London, in 1886, was the eldest of three boys in a family of seven.
He attended St Paul's Cathedral School and was a chorister at the cathedral.
He worked as an inspector at the Alliance Assurance Company before joining the HAC in 1909.
Pte Elphick was born in Dulwich, south London, in 1889 and attended Alleyn's School before becoming a clerk at the Prudential Insurance Company in 1904, then joined the HAC in 1916.
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