World War I Medal Found on Building Site in Wales

Posted by admin on Mar 25, 2009

A man has unearthed a World War I medal under more than 40 tonnes of soil on a building site. The silver British War medal was found in the village of Llanfechain near Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales where Thomas Murphy is building his house.

He is trying to trace descendants of the soldier, Charles Edwards from nearby Bwlch-y-Cibau, to hand it back.

Mr Edwards, a sapper with the Royal Engineers, died in 1919 from wounds he suffered two years earlier at Ypres. Mr Murphy said it was a mystery why the medal had been buried in a field, where he is building his house, for 90 years. He explained that Mr Edwards’ service number was 65744, and his body was buried in Bwlch-y-Cibau churchyard.

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