LCpl Morrison’s remains were discovered in 2014 together with a spoon engraved with his service number – 5181. This, and insignia found with the remains, led the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) to trace Dr Morrison and his cousin, Sheila Thomson (age 92), as LCpl Morrison’s nearest living relatives, their DNA having proved to be a positive match with the fallen infantryman.

Sheila Thomson currently resides in Forres, only two miles away from LCpl Morrison’s family home in Brodie, where he was born and brought up.

LCpl Morrison was given a full ceremonial burial on 27 July in Arras, France, with The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland soldiers bearing the coffin, firing the salute and playing the pipes.

Oliver Thorne