Hero postman is a ‘medal detector’

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A postman with a metal detector has reunited a Calderdale pensioner with her soldier father's war medal after more than 60 years.



A postman with a metal detector has reunited a Calderdale pensioner with her soldier father's war medal after more than 60 years.

Mick Wells, from Luddenden Foot, was looking for forgotten treasures in Rishworth when he stumbled across a silver campaign medal from the First World War belonging to Pte Joseph Hinchcliffe.

And after a bit of detective work with help from a friend he managed to track down the rightful owner, Pte Hinchcliffe's daughter Mary Turner, who had since moved to Triangle.



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