The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) says it has confirmed the identity of a previously unknown World War I soldier buried in a graveyard in France.
Research into the identity of the Canadian soldier started in 2016, about 100 years after he died. The investigation followed an inquiry by an external researcher who raised questions about the captain buried at that location.
The CAF and Department of National Defence (DND) say the soldier, Captain William Webster Wilson, was buried in a grave in Adanac Military Cemetery in Miraumont, France, in 1916.
The CAF confirmed Wilson’s identity in December 2024 after historical and archival DND research, the department said….