The owner of a set of Second World War soldier's tags found on the beach in Weston-super-Mare has been tracked down - on the other side of the Atlantic. David Whalley, 65, of Rhode Close in Keynsham, found the military tags - often known as dog tags and used for identification - when he was metal-detecting in Weston.
For 15 years, the tags gathered dust but Mr Whalley never stopped wondering about them.
Two months ago, he decided he would set out to try to return them to their owner or his closest relative.
The tags were inscribed with the name Charles R. Ward and stated that he was born in Jersey City, USA, in 1924.
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