World War One possessions show life 100 years ago

The photos that Private Jack Dorell carried with him in war Credit: ITV Anglia

Throughout 2018 there will be a number of events marking the centenary of the end of the First World War.

One of them is in Hitchin and it's teaching children about what life would have been like in the town during the war.

They're using artefacts to illustrate this - one of which is a wallet that was found that belonged to a local soldier that was killed in action.

Our reporter Claire McGlasson has been along to hear about the family story that brought it to light.

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