AN APPEAL has been launched to try to find any relatives of a West Fife man who was killed in World War One.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have discovered that William Salmond is buried in an unmarked grave in Dunfermline Cemetery and is in the process of producing a headstone.

Born in Townhill, the son of John and Catherine Salmond, he was a corporal in the 7th battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) and died on May 3, 1917, when he was just 24.

The CWGC are trying to trace any relatives of William and have posted an appeal on Twitter, adding: "It would be wonderful if any relatives could be found to attend a dedication ceremony."

At the moment, he is commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing at Brookwood in Surrey.

William came from a mining family and, although born in Townhill, from the 1911 census it appears they were living at Millers Buildings, Kelty.

The entry includes John, 56, George, 25, Grace, 24, John, 3, Robert, 23, William, 18, Catherine, 15, and Charles, 27.

William and his brother, Charles, both died in the Great War and are commemorated on the Kelty War Memorial.

The CWGC's mission is to "honour and care for the men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, ensuring they will never be forgotten".