The BBC's Mike Donkin: George Froud's family are shocked and surprised

Corporal George Froud was killed in the Battle of the Arnhem in 1944.

Terry Marsh will be flown out to see his father's internment

But his body was not found until July last year when it was unearthed by workmen.

He is being buried with full military honours on Friday.

The Ministry of Defence are planning to fly out his newly discovered family for the ceremony.

Surprise for his sister

It had launched a nationwide appeal to trace relatives in time for the burial service at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Oosterbeek, Holland.

Winnie Marsh, George's sister, adopted his son Terry

But the soldier's sister Winnie Marsh from East Dorset was unaware of the national appeal, until a distant relative contacted BBC South in Bristol and passed on her details.

Winnie adopted her nephew Terrance, Cpl Froud's son, two years after his father was killed.

Terry, now 57-years-old and a builder, lives near Chichester.

He was stunned to find out about his father and promised that he would definitely be flying to Holland on Friday for the ceremony.

'Never knew what happened'

George's sister Winnie, said: "It's very very nice to know that he's been found after all these years and to know that he was killed with the rest of the boys. It's very nice to give them a decent funeral."

George Froud's gravestone

Winnie said that she had tried to find out what had happened to her brother before - but no one seemed to know.

" He just went missing and we didn't know whether he'd been shot or not," she said.

Finding the body

Workmen digging a ditch at Lennepweg, Oostebeek, Holland, discovered George Froud's body in July 1997.

Jeanie Thompson recognised the man who used to billet with her family

He was able to be identified because of artefacts found with the body, including a cigarette case with the initials GF, dental records and his dog tags.

Two other soldiers Sergeant Laurence Herbert Howes and Sergeant David Thompson, whose remains were also recently discovered, will be honoured at the same time.

The long search

Mandy Marks at the MoD has been searching for Cpl Froud's relatives for the past nine months. After making little headway she and her colleagues decided to ask the BBC to help.

"Its wonderful news that he's been found," she said after hearing about the appeal's success.

"We will make every effort to meet his (Terry's) arrangements for travelling to Holland - it's wonderful that Cpl Froud has some family at last."

Read about Cpl Froud's family details

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