WW2 medal found in Coventry UPDATE

[madfan]

Hi all,

I have also put this post in the Warwickshire board. A WW2 APR medal, photo of WW1 soldier, demob certificate and ID card have been found in the Coventry War Memorial Park, they all belonged to a Private Patrick Bennett of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. More details can be found here:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,277415.0.html

They are trying to trace the owner and as I know people on RC like a good mystery to get their teeth into I thought it maybe of interest and it would be great to trace the people who lost it.
Zoe

[ourbill]

May I suggest that you try:

http://www.ww2talk.com/

there are a lot of very well informed experts on both WW1 & WW2, I'm sure one will come forward. It's also a great site and free to join like RootChat.

If you have his Army Number that would help a great deal.

[madfan]

 Thanks ourbill for the link, 

I'll give it a go

Zoe

[madfan]

Hi,

Just an update on this, despite local publicity the owner has still not come forward or been traced.  The medal however has now been identified as a local defence force emergency service medal.It has a gaelic inscription and the dates 1939 -1946.

I have posted on the WW2 forum given by ourbill (thanks again) but was wondering if there are any other ideas/suggestions that people may have to try and trace the owners.
Thankyou
Zoe