FINAL arrangements have been announced for the military funeral of a soldier whose remains were found in Belgium almost a century after his death.

The remains of Private Richard Lancaster - who was killed three months after the outbreak of the First World War - were found by two French amateur archaeologists at the scene of a battle near Ypres in 2005.

Granddaughter Doreen Grimshaw, of Sherfin, near Rising Bridge, had given up hope her that his body would be found, but will now travel to Belgium in July where a full military funeral will be held on July 4.

The Honour Guard and Buglers will be formed by 1st Battalion and The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers will accord Pte Lancaster and two other soldiers found by the archaeologists full military honours.

After this ceremony staff from the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 will unveil a plaque on the spot where he was found and where a preserved section of the wartime railway has been restored.

Pte Lancaster, 31, fought with the Royal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, and has links with Clayton-le-Moors, Burnley and Nelson.

He was killed on November 10 1914.