A family link is traced to Kent for a victim of a World War Two tragedy who was buried in Ayrshire.
By Giancarlo RinaldiRelatives of the victim of a wartime tragedy who was buried in an unmarked grave in Ayrshire have been traced.
Charlotte Tasselli-Arnold, from Southfleet, is the great-granddaughter of Ginevra Tasselli who married Francesco after her first husband died.Francesco D'Inverno, second from right, married Ginevra Tasselli, centre, after her first husband died "He name-dropped a few of the people in my family - Ginevra and Francesco - and then obviously I quickly realised that it was all true.Image caption,Her great-grandmother Ginevra had four children with her first husband but she was widowed quite young and met and married Francesco who became their stepfather.
"She felt relief for Ginevra that he was laid to rest - he was found, he had a Catholic burial. My nan's found a lot of comfort in it I think."Ritchie and Lorna ConaghanIt is hoped a proper gravestone can be put at the spot where Francesco D'Inverno is buried"I learned about World War Two in school - a lot of people do and you hear all the war stories - but this is a really big story that doesn't really get talked about.
"If it wasn't for their perseverance of trying to find out the history of this person we would never have known any of this information," she said.
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