Lance Corporal Claude Stanley Dell, a native of Scarborough (Great Britain), was buried in Belgium more than a hundred years after his death during World War I. The burial ceremony was conducted with full military honours, attended by representatives of the armed forces and relatives of the fallen soldier. Dell died during combat operations on Belgian territory, but his remains went unidentified for a long time. Thanks to modern identification methods and archival research, it was possible to establish the soldier's identity and arrange his dignified burial at one of the military memorial cemeteries. Such ceremonies are regularly held in Belgium and France, where numerous World War I battlefields are located. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission continues its work searching for and identifying the remains of soldiers who died over a century ago, to pay them final respects and preserve the memory of the fallen for future generations. Lance Corporal Dell's story serves as yet another reminder of the scale of losses suffered by the British Army during World War I and of the importance of preserving historical memory of those events.