About 20 years ago my nan’s house in Church Lane in Melksham was broken in to and several items where stolen. One of things taken were my late grandfather’s two medals for his service in the First World War (they were the standard British War Medal and the Victory Medal, so nothing of great financial value).
No one was ever arrested for the burglary and none of the items taken were ever recovered.
With the centenary of the war now approaching, everyone’s thoughts occasionally turn to the war heroes and the sacrifices that were made by so many. My grandfather was fortunate to survive the trenches despite being badly wounded on three separate occasions in Ypres and the Somme. He was also gassed once.
Sadly my grandfather passed away when I was only two so I have no memories of him myself, only a few pictures and stories passed on by my nan and parents.
My question is, would it be possible to make an appeal to whoever was responsible’s conscience for the theft to pass on any information about what happened to his medals?
I am not interested in them being brought to justice, just anything that may help me trace the whereabouts of the two medals so that I can maybe one day recover them and allow me to pass them on to my own children at some point so that they in turn will never forget what all of our grandfathers did for our country.
Phil Dix, Hardenhuish Avenue, Chippenham.
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