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WW2 veterans medals found after week-long search | WW2 veterans medals found after week-long search |
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Medals lost by a World War Two veteran have been handed in to a police station following an extensive week-long search. | Medals lost by a World War Two veteran have been handed in to a police station following an extensive week-long search. |
Donald Nicholson, 93, said he was "devastated" when he realised the medals were missing a week ago. | Donald Nicholson, 93, said he was "devastated" when he realised the medals were missing a week ago. |
He initially thought he lost them on the way to the unveiling of a Bomber Command memorial in Lincoln, or when he arrived at the event. | He initially thought he lost them on the way to the unveiling of a Bomber Command memorial in Lincoln, or when he arrived at the event. |
But the medals were handed in to his local police station in Tyne and Wear. | But the medals were handed in to his local police station in Tyne and Wear. |
He now believes he dropped them when he was getting into a car as he left his home. | He now believes he dropped them when he was getting into a car as he left his home. |
He said it will be "marvellous" to collect them from the police on Saturday. | He said it will be "marvellous" to collect them from the police on Saturday. |
"I couldn't have felt any better if I'd won the lottery," he said. | "I couldn't have felt any better if I'd won the lottery," he said. |
He is looking forward to wearing the medals on Remembrance Sunday, and has promised not to lose them again. | He is looking forward to wearing the medals on Remembrance Sunday, and has promised not to lose them again. |
"It's a marvellous reunion but it's a clumsy thing that I've done," he said. | "It's a marvellous reunion but it's a clumsy thing that I've done," he said. |
"I will take more care in future." | "I will take more care in future." |
He said he wanted to thank everybody who had been involved in the search. | He said he wanted to thank everybody who had been involved in the search. |
About 80 volunteers with metal detectors searched a field near the Bomber Command memorial on Friday afternoon. | |
But the search was called off after two hours, and everyone had given up hope of ever finding the medals when Mr Nicholson received a call from the police. | But the search was called off after two hours, and everyone had given up hope of ever finding the medals when Mr Nicholson received a call from the police. |
Speaking before the search began, Paul Jackson from Lincolnshire Historical Search Society said: "If I found them myself then it would be the proudest moment of my life other than the birth of my two kids." | Speaking before the search began, Paul Jackson from Lincolnshire Historical Search Society said: "If I found them myself then it would be the proudest moment of my life other than the birth of my two kids." |
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