A Dundee soldier killed in action during the First World War is being brought in from the cold.
Private James Scotland will have his name added to the roll of honour at the Scottish National War Memorial 104 years after his death at the age of 26.
Keen historian Patrick Anderson, from Letham in Angus, took up his case after being contacted by Pte Scotland’s family.
He discovered Pte Scotland was born on July 12 1889 at Kerr’s Lane in Lochee and began working as a message boy after leaving school.
He joined the ranks of The Black Watch in Dundee, aged 17, before leaving Glasgow on the ship Cassandra in February 1907 to sail to St John’s in Canada.
He was working as a coachman when he signed up for war service in Montreal with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in 1915, just a year after the start of the conflict.
Pte Scotland sailed from Montreal on the SS Cameronia in May 1915 and arrived in England before the unit embarked for France from Folkstone in September where he was transferred to the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
He was killed in action on April 30 1916 at Dickebusch in Belgium following a German gas attack.
The fire from the enemy increased, with shells dropping and the office staff were ordered to clear out and take to the fields.
Unfortunately some of the staff, including Pte Scotland, took refuge in a shelter.
A German 5.9 shell passed through the end of the dug-out just above the door and detonated inside, killing everyone.
Mr Anderson said: “I found that he was listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Index but not on the roll of honour at the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle.
“I submitted a detailed file to the trustees of the Scottish National War Memorial and have just received notice that he has been accepted as a casualty of war.
“He is now in from the cold and I’m delighted that he is now listed with his comrades on the rolls of honour at the castle.”
Mr Anderson said Pte Scotland – who is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery in Belgium – was obviously extremely proud of his Lochee roots.
The family wording on his headstone in Belgium reads: “Born at Lochee, by Dundee, Scotland, 1889.
“To Memory Ever Dear.”