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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 157985, member: 22&quot;]I heard a story today on the radio. </p><p><br /></p><p>A guy purchased the WWI medals and death plaque of a soldier who died in the Somme who was from his same city Manchester.</p><p>The medals and plaque were sent to the soldiers parents along with a letter from the king after the war.</p><p><br /></p><p>The parents had no other relatives and after they died the medals eventually found there way into an auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>After buying the medals this guy researched the deceased soldier.</p><p>This week he put a wreath and poppy on the door of his former home, he then found the grave marker in France and visited it yesterday and laid another wreath and flowers.</p><p><br /></p><p>He said he felt compelled to do it for someone he had no connection with, didn`t know and never met.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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