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Deep under no man's land lie the remains of Sapper William Arthur Lloyd. 

The father of six was killed in an underground explosion, 80ft down a network of secret British tunnels at La Boisselle under the Somme.

His family never knew what happened to him until now.

Archaeologists have unearthed the World War One tunnels, dug by the 179th tunnellers and located William's final resting place behind a blocked gallery.

In a 91Èȱ¬ Radio Shropshire exclusive, William's great-granddaughter, , makes a special pilgrimage into the labyrinth of tunnels under the Somme. 

Out of the millions of men killed during the war, the Woodbridge family from Telford will become the first in history to travel deep underground to the cramped tunnels where their ancestor died.

Standing feet from William's final resting place 80ft under the Somme, Lesley described what she could see to her mother Thelma. .

Watch from the moment Lesley laid an urn by the resting place of her great-grandfather 80ft under the Somme.

Under the Somme has been in the planning for over a year. Read 91Èȱ¬ Radio Shropshire reporter Nick Southall's detailing how this project came together.

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