A BOLTON soldier whose body was found nearly 60 years after the Second World War has been buried with full military honours in Holland.
Private Arthur Foster was laid to rest on Wednesday in the Airborne cemetery at Arnhem not far from where he died.
His niece Margaret Sheldon has travelled from Bolton to attend the funeral, even though she knew little of her uncle until she was traced by the British Army.
Pte Foster, who was with the Border Regiment, died during the battle of Arnhem on September 21, 1944. He was 27.
His skeleton was found in a garden in Veerweg, Oosterbeek, by the Royal Dutch Army during an excavation exercise last spring.
The army traced the soldier's name through objects found with him.
Pte Foster was in 11 Platoon, B company, 1st (Airborne) Battalion, the Border Regiment.
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