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It took 90 years after his death for a World War One soldier buried at City Road Cemetery in Sheffield, to get an official war headstone.

Charles Titterton fell on the battlefield in France in 1915 with a bullet in his spine. He came home and survived for two and a half years before dying in May 1918. But he was from a poor family and was buried in an anonymous plot. It took nearly 9 decades for his name to be added to the official war dead.

It's all down to the detective work of a distant cousin, Kevin Titterton. He provided evidence to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission which eventually led to an official headstone and a ceremony held on the 90th anniversary of Charles Titterton鈥檚 death. About sixty people including his relatives gathered at his graveside to commemorate his death, including retired soldiers from his old regiment and three who were serving in Afghanistan at the time.

Location: Sheffield City Cemetery, City Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire S2 1GD
Image of Charles Henry Titterton
Photograph courtesy of Vaughan Titterton
Presented by 91热爆 Reporter, Kate Linderholm