TWO heroes killed in the Second World War 80 years ago were finally laid to rest yesterday.
Glider pilot Lieutenant Dermod Anderson, who was 36, and Private Henry Moon, 21, were buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Arnhem Oosterbeek cemetery in the Netherlands.
Both men were killed during the crucial Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands in September 1944.
More than 250 people attended yesterday, including many locals.
Lt Anderson's great-nephew Lt Col Julian Anderson was among them.
Lt Col Anderson, who is with Nato's Joint Support and Enabling Command, based in Ulm, Germany, told the Mirror in an exclusive interview: "When they found his remains last year, they found his University of Liverpool tie put away in the pocket of his parachute smock.
MATCH
"That gave them a clue to his identity.
"He had studied architecture at Liverpool before the war.
"They gave me a call and said they may may have found his remains.
"They asked for a DNA test.
"I gave them a cheek swab and they checked it with DNA from his left femur and it was a match.
"His body was first found by metal detectorists who were searching in the area. Dermod was my great-uncle - my grandad's brother.
"There was always a photo of him in the study when I was growing up.
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