World War One soldier laid to rest on the eve of the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

World War One soldier laid to rest on the eve of the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

Private (Pte) Robert Leonard Lock, from Littleport, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, buried in France today, on the eve of the first day of the battle in which he was killed. Identification was made through DNA testing nearly 110 years after he went missing in action Pte Robert Leonard Lock, of 12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, was laid to rest on the Somme on Monday (30 June 2026) at a burial service organised by MOD’s Joint Casualty and Comp…