LOST War Medal found in Coventry UPDATE

[madfan]

There is an article in todays Coventry Evening telegraph concerning a war medal which was found the War Memorial Park after the remembrance parade, so I thought I would also put some of the info on here in the hope that it will be claimed:

The WW2 Air Raid Precautions (APR) medal was found along with a photo of a WW1 soldier, demob certificate and ID card. The soldier was Private Patrick Bennett of the Royal Irish Fusiliersn who was born in 1880.

There is a contact phone number (which i will give if you PM me) - not sure what the rules on putting up telephone numbers are?
Zoe

[tony h]

Hi,
I'm looking forward to watching this story unfold It looks to be the perfect RootsChat mystery for RC's to get their teeth into. I do hope it has a happy ending.

good luck
Tony

[madfan]

Hi Tony, quite agree, it must have been so upsetting for whoever is was when they realised they had lost it.
Fingers crossed for a happy ending like you said.

Zoe

[tony h]

Might as well make a start then. I think this is Patrick

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=844741

And it has his parent's address at the time

Cheers
Tony

[tony h]

Oops false start I assumed the WWI photo was of somebody who had died, but not necessarily so as I have just seen having read the Coventry Evening Telegraph. All the items relate to the same person.

So back to the drawing board.

tony

[madfan]

Sorry Tony, perhaps I should have given more info in my original post, thank you for starting the search though

I've put this in the Warwickshire board as I have assumed that the family are from Coventry but perhaps not? Do you think I should add it to another board as well - the army one or maybe the Irish one?
Zoe

[tony h]

I'd go for the army boards, there are some great people watching there

Cheers
Tony

[madfan]

Hi Tony,

I've taken your advice  and posted in the army board.

I've found his medal card, but no luck so far with service record.
Zoe

[madfan]

Hi,

Update on this is that the owners have still not come forward or been found 

The medal has now been identified as a local defence force emergency service medal, it has a gaelic inscription on it and the dates 1939-1946.

Any ideas from anyone about where to go from here?
Thankyou

Zoe