The Lincolnshire explorer's coffin was found in an HS2 archaeological dig in London.
Captain Matthew Flinders led the first circumnavigation of AustraliaThe remains of a Lincolnshire explorer credited with naming Australia will be reburied in his home village in 2024.His remains were identified after they were found in an HS2 rail project dig at St James's burial ground in Euston, London, in 2019.Jane Pearson, of the Matthew Flinders Bring Him Home group, said: "What we want to do is make sure he has the proper tributes to him, the proper grave.
"He will be buried within the [village] church so we have been through the church authorities, got the faculty permission to dig up the church floor."His grave will be marked with a splendid black marble ledger stone, all of which is a big expense, so having this UK levelling up fund grant gives us the assurance to go ahead with doing all the right things."
Ms Pearson told BBC Radio Lincolnshire there had been suggestions about where Flinders should be laid to rest, including Australia, "but we were quite determined that Donington, his birthplace, was the right place". She said Flinders' coffin will be carried by Royal Navy pall bearers during the service at St Mary and the Holy Rood Church in Donington on 13 July 2024, with services for children and the village either side of the interment.Archaeologists were able to identify the remains of the explorer by a lead plate placed on top of his coffin
Flinders joined the navy aged 15 and he made several coastal explorations of Australia, completing the circumnavigation in 1803.However, the headstone marking his grave was removed in the 1840s, and it was thought his remains had been lost.Follow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on
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