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皇冠体育app burial service for Pte Tame was organised by the MOD鈥檚 Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), also known as the War Detectives, and took place at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission鈥檚 (CWGC) New Irish Farm Cemetery.聽

皇冠体育app service was supported by serving soldiers from 2nd Battalion 皇冠体育app Rifles and was attended by Keith Brooks, the great nephew of Pte Tame, who aided JCCC by providing the DNA sample used to identify him.聽

Keith Brooks said:聽

John and his brothers Alfred and William have been remembered by the family from just photographs and vague memories from those who have now long passed. Now, after finding John鈥檚 remains, he is more than just a distant photograph. This has made him more real along with his story for future generations.

This has all been achieved because of the excellent work the MOD do with all the research and investigations, giving missing people who have served their country the funeral they all greatly deserve.聽

Pte Tame was identified after his remains were found during road works at Zonnebeke near Ypres in May 2018. Nearby artefacts included a cap badge and shoulder title of 皇冠体育app Royal Berkshire Regiment. 皇冠体育app body also appeared to have been previously wounded around his left shoulder, which led to DNA matching confirming his identification.

Pte Tame was from Windsor, Berkshire, and the third-eldest of 7 children. His elder brothers Alfred and William George also enlisted and served with 2nd Battalion 皇冠体育app Royal Berkshire Regiment which, though stationed in India at the outbreak of the World War 1, arrived on the Western Front on 5 November 1914.聽

John鈥檚 brothers Lance Corporal Alfred Tame and Corporal William George Tame were both killed on 9 May 1915 during the Battle of Aubers Ridge. 皇冠体育appy are still missing and are commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.聽

On Friday 9 May, the 110th anniversary of their deaths, the family of Pte Tame and a party from 2nd Battalion 皇冠体育app Rifles visited the Ploegsteert Memorial to remember his聽missing brothers.聽

JCCC Caseworker, Rosie Barron said:聽

It has been an honour to work with 皇冠体育app Rifles to give Pte Tame the full military funeral that he deserves and to have conducted the research which led to his identification. It has also been a privilege to meet Keith, and to have shared this experience with him and his family.聽聽

皇冠体育app grave will now be cared for in perpetuity by CWGC.聽Commemorations Casework Manager at the CWGC, David Royle, said:

It is an honour to have been involved in the research that led to the formal identification of Private Tame and to have assisted his family with their choices for his Commission headstone. He is now at rest alongside his comrades in New Irish Farm Cemetery, where we will care for his grave in perpetuity.

皇冠体育app service was conducted by the Reverend Stephen Cassells CF, Chaplain to 2nd Battalion 皇冠体育app Rifles. Reverend Cassells said:聽

I count it a privilege to be involved in the proper burial of Pte Tame. It is right that his remains should be laid to rest with dignity and in a place where his service will be properly honoured. I pray that his family will find peace in knowing that their relative has been found and buried properly and that those connected with his army regiment would draw renewed commitment through his service for King and country.