Metal detectorist reunites navy medic’s family with First World War medal after unearthing it in his back garden Mark Williams, 71, discovered the 105-year-old medal in his garden in Hampshire With help of genealogist, he found the medal belonged to William George Waters Mr Waters, who eventually became chief medic in the Royal Navy, joined in … Read more
A desperate race against time is underway to find relatives of a First World War hero before his medals and ‘heartbreaking,’ letters home from the trenches are auctioned off near Remembrance Sunday. More than 100 years after Sgt Sam Atherton wrote to his parents from France, the young soldier’s letters and medals were found stored … Read more
David Walliams discovered his great-grandfather was a WW1 hero who spent 43 years in a mental asylum after being driven insane by the horrors of conflict on an upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are? The BGT judge, 49, was left devastated as he uncovered his paternal great grandfather John George Boorman suffered … Read more