The War Detectives
Missing for over 100 Years - using archaeology and specialist research the war detectives track down the living relatives of two fallen soldiers killed in action during World War One.
Missing for over 100 Years - the human remains of two Scottish soldiers, killed in 1915 during the Battle of Loos in Northern France, are uncovered by construction workers.
The bodies lie missing for over a century until the war detectives, using archaeology and specialist research, track down the living relatives of 23-year-old, Lance Corporal Gordon McPherson and 20-year-old, Lieutenant James Allan.
Finally the names of these two young soldiers will be engraved on headstones as they are laid to rest, alongside thousands of others, with full military honours.
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