A memorial to a Dorset soldier who died in Bosnia is to be returned to the Balkans – five years after it was brought back to England.

Private Ben Hinton was serving with the newly-formed Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment in 1994.

He died when the armoured personnel carrier he was driving crashed along a narrow track near Gorazde in September that year, at the height of the Bosnian conflict.

Three of his comrades were injured in the accident, which came just days after a similar incident that claimed the life of three other soldiers from RGBW.

Now two memorials are being unveiled next month to the four men.

Private Hinton, aged 22, was a former pupil of the Grange School.

His parents Mike and Adrienne still live in Christchurch and will be guests at a special dedication ceremony in Gloucester on Thursday.

Mrs Hinton described Ben as “a super son, loved by his family and comrades”.

The family had been overwhelmed by reports of what a good soldier he had been.

The many messages of sympathy included one from the Duke of Edinburgh.

A spokesman for the memorial project said that following the deaths, two slabs of marble were erected in the Gorazde area.

On completion of the British Army’s involvement in Bosnia in 2007, the memorials were returned to the UK – but without appropriate regimental consultation.

“Since then, a number of ex-RGBW soldiers including some of those injured in the incident have been committed to returning the memorials to their original locations,” said the spokesman.

The men also want to rededicate them, pay their respects and visit the people of Gorazde.

The ceremony on June 13 will be co-led by the Reverend Patrick Irwin, the battalion’s padre who dedicated the original memorials.