Hidden for a Century: Dewsbury Soldier’s Lost Medal Reunites Family with First World War Hero

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A forgotten photograph tucked behind an old picture frame has helped uncover the story of a young soldier from Dewsbury who died on the battlefields of the First World War. For former Coldstream Guardsman Derrick Lyles, the discovery became the beginning of a remarkable journey that would eventually lead him to the grave of a relative he never knew, exactly

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