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Veteran reunited with lost medals

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A 93-year-old veteran of the Dunkirk evacuation has been reunited with war medals after they were recovered by scuba divers from the River Thames.

Charles Brown lost two rows of medals last Sunday as he boarded a boat during the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships cruise from Kingston to Weybridge.

Mr Brown said he was "emotional" about the medals which included an OBE, a Dunkirk and Normandy campaign medal.

Divers from Teddington Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) found them.

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Nice story, thanks for seeding this. I'm a sport diver, and I've been in water that murky; It's not fun work, but a good cause.

Fought 'Rear-Guard at Dunkirk? Wow.

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