British serviceman killed in action in 1943 is laid to rest in Albania

RAF officers carry a wreath and the remains of Sergeant Peter Twiddy during the burial ceremony in Tirana (AP Photo/Llazar Semini)

The mortal remains of a Second World War British airman were formally buried in a Tirana war cemetery on Wednesday, following their discovery last year at the site where his bomber crashed in Albania.

Sergeant Peter Twiddy was laid to rest at the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery — a British war cemetery — on what would have been his 100th birthday, and the 78th anniversary of the crash.