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CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1918
CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1918
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LOST AND FOUND MEDALS
Posted on June 29, 2013 at 7:47 AM |
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Sometimes, to everyone's distress, war service medals can be lost or stolen. These important items, the record of a service history, mean so much to all concerned. Sometimes however there is a good ending to a "Lost Medals" story and here is one such story from the DISS EXPRESS. The Diss Express is an Englishnewspaper that covers a 500-mile square circulation area on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. The paper was founded by Mr Abbott in November 1864 as the Diss Express and Norfolk & Suffolk Journal. Published on 03/06/2013 A Diss man has been reunited with his grandfather’s lost wartime medal following an appeal in the Diss Express.
The 1914-1915 Star Victory medal, a First World War
campaign medal, was found by chance in Diss by passer-by Adam Spriddell
on the pavement near Louie’s Lane and Factory Lane. After the
Diss Express featured the lucky find, John Gintner got in touch to say
it was his grandfather’s medal and had been stolen during a burglary at
his mother’s house. The medal was awarded to Diss man Reginald
William Sturman, who saw service as a bombardier in northern France with
the 15th Siege Battery, which later became part of the 2nd Army. Norfolk-based
military researcher and battlefield guide Steve Smith investigated for
the Diss Express but said Mr Sturman’s personal war record had not
survived having been destroyed by a fire during the Blitz in the Second
World War. However, as part of the 2nd Army, he said Mr Sturman
would have seen service in some of the heaviest fighting on the Somme in
1916 and at the 3rd Battle of Ypres, known as the Battle of
Passchendaele, in 1917. Both battles have come to symbolise the
First World War for their catastrophic and futile loss of life and the
appalling conditions endured by soldiers.“Siege batteries were
deployed behind the front line, tasked with destroying enemy artillery,
supply routes, railways and stores,” Mr Smith said. “The batteries were
equipped with heavy Howitzer guns firing large calibre shells in a high
trajectory.” Mr Gintner was pleased to be able to reunite the Star
medal with his grandfather’s other wartime medals, which had also been
taken during the burglary but were found soon after. Although his grandfather survived the war, he was sadly killed in a road accident in 1933 when he was run over by a van. Steve Smith is happy to offer advice to people researching relatives’ wartime histories. See www.memorial-tours.org.uk Full credit for this story goes to - http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/diss-man-reunited-with-grandad-s-lost-medal-1-5148404 |
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- BUY NOW - GALLERY ON LINE
- INSURANCE CLAIMS
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- PERIOD FRAMES RECREATED
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