Graves of lost World War One soldiers found

Rogers was awarded a medal for his military service

World War One marines have had their graves identified on mainland Europe - more than a century after their deaths.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the resting place of Reginald Clarence Rogers, who was born in Kent, has now been marked at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 in France.

It added that Thomas William Brogan, from Surrey, was commemorated in a special service at St George's Memorial Church, Ypres, Belgium.

Rogers enlisted with the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1906.

By the outbreak of war in 1914, he had been promoted to corporal and had already served in India, Gibraltar and Hong Kong.

Rogers served with the Royal Marines during the conflict at Ostend, Dunkirk and in the defence of Antwerp.

Promoted to acting sergeant-major in May 1917, he was awarded the military medal for "very good service", according to the MoD.

He was killed in action at the crossing of the river Ancre the following year.

Rogers' brother Archibald was also killed in the fighting and is buried less than five miles (8km) from where Rogers fell, the MoD said.

Polly Brewster, commemorations case officer at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, said it had been a "true privilege" to unite the pair once more.

Brogan died leading a platoon of men, said the MoD

Brogan served three years with the Royal Marines, initially as a private at Gallipoli in 1915.

He was then posted to the Chatham Division, where he served in Greece.

In March 1917, he received his officer commission and embarked for France as a second lieutenant later that year.

Just before 6:00 on 26 October - the first day of the Second Battle of Passchendaele – Brogan's 2nd Battalion attacked an enemy position opposite their own front lines.

He was one of seven officers in the battalion killed on this day, alongside 301 men of the other ranks.

Contemporary news reports say Brogan died leading a platoon of men in the attack, according to the MoD.