Burial service for Lance Serjeant Robert Brand and two unknown soldiers of the 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

A burial service for Lance Serjeant Robert Brand and two unknown soldiers of the 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry will be held at 11.00am (local time)on 25 October 2023 at CWGC’s Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.

Lance Serjeant Brand died on 13 April 1918 while serving with the 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. He was previously commemorated on the CWGC Ploegsteert Memorial.

Following the recovery of Lance Serjeant Brand’s remains, the CWGC will mark his grave with a Commission headstone, bearing his name and a personal inscription chosen by his family. We will care for his final resting place in perpetuity.

The service has been organised by the British Ministry of Defence’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre and will be attended by Lance Serjeant Brand’s family, Defence Staff, Regimental representatives, CWGC staff and local dignitaries.